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Bandon Dunes Golf Resort boasts four courses that stretch along the rugged Oregon coastline. The courses are perched 100 feet above the Pacific Ocean, offering panoramic views from almost every hole. They sprawl across massive coastal dunes that tumble towards the ocean, a landscape that will make golfers feel as though they are playing a course in the British Isles. Although they all share the same landscape, each course has a different character and set of challenges. The Old Macdonald Course is newest of the four courses. It was created as an homage to course architect C.B. Macdonald. Designs Tim Oak and Jim Urbina did their best to simulate what Macdonald would have done if the Oregon Coast had been his canvas. The result is a layout with massive greens with myriad angles of play and surrounded by strategically placed bunkers.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 71 | 6944 yards | 74.4 | 131 |
| Green | 71 | 6320 yards | 71.6 | 125 |
| Green (W) | 71 | 6320 yards | 77.8 | 137 |
| Gold | 71 | 5658 yards | 68.0 | 116 |
| Gold (W) | 71 | 5658 yards | 74.1 | 126 |
| Orange | 71 | 4985 yards | 65.2 | 104 |
| Orange (W) | 71 | 4985 yards | 70.1 | 117 |
| Royal Blue | 71 | 4040 yards | 62.5 | 101 |
| Royal Blue (W) | 71 | 4040 yards | 66.1 | 107 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 74.4/134 W: 81.1/144 | 341 | 181 | 375 | 504 | 160 | 555 | 363 | 181 | 416 | 3076 | 465 | 445 | 237 | 346 | 370 | 535 | 455 | 546 | 469 | 3868 | 6944 |
| Green M: 71.4/127 W: 77.6/138 | 304 | 162 | 345 | 472 | 134 | 520 | 345 | 170 | 352 | 2804 | 440 | 399 | 205 | 319 | 297 | 482 | 433 | 515 | 426 | 3516 | 6320 |
| Gold M: 67.8/117 W: 74.1/127 | 275 | 139 | 312 | 441 | 121 | 467 | 322 | 152 | 343 | 2572 | 383 | 390 | 164 | 253 | 254 | 424 | 408 | 397 | 413 | 3086 | 5658 |
| Orange M: 65.1/112 W: 70.0/119 | 242 | 106 | 244 | 391 | 100 | 401 | 311 | 130 | 284 | 2209 | 369 | 344 | 149 | 247 | 238 | 340 | 326 | 391 | 372 | 2776 | 4985 |
| Royal Blue M: 62.6/104 W: 65.8/107 | 213 | 102 | 217 | 283 | 100 | 354 | 195 | 121 | 231 | 1816 | 278 | 250 | 91 | 220 | 184 | 313 | 270 | 343 | 275 | 2224 | 4040 |
| Handicap | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
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Bunkers out here are not your friend Photo submitted by QuantumGolfx on 10/24/2021
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Wide Expanses of Fairway Photo submitted by QuantumGolfx on 10/24/2021
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The Ghost Tree from 2 tee Photo submitted by QuantumGolfx on 10/24/2021
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Photo submitted by noahjurik on 03/08/2019
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Photo submitted by noahjurik on 03/08/2019
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Photo submitted by noahjurik on 03/08/2019
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Photo submitted by noahjurik on 03/08/2019
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Photo submitted by noahjurik on 03/08/2019
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Photo submitted by noahjurik on 03/08/2019
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Photo submitted by RyanLavnerGC on 06/08/2016
A great change of pace from the other 3 courses
I knew I would enjoy this course, but didn't figure I would like it as much as I did. Not only are there some really well-designed holes, but there are some incredible views from the high points on the course as well. The greens are humongous and a game unto themselves. Four putts are common, and three-putts are nothing to be ashamed of, which makes it paramount to find the right parts of the greens on approaches if you want to score. Love the view from above the 15th green. The punchbowl green on 18 is the one that's supposed to funnel everything to the hole, but you still have to hit a quality putt or two there as well.
wasted our $
This was without a doubt one of my biggest mistakes ever. Took 2 of us nearly 5 hrs to walk. Nobody behind us and nobody in front of us. Was the Bataan death march. Some of the holes were so over designed as to be silly. Was looking for the clown and the windmill on some greens. Advertised as a links course. EXCEPT you cannot bounce the ball on the green on most holes. Tricked up in front of almost all greens unnecessarily. A "links" course where you have to hit a high 2nd or 3rd ball in on a WINDY course. Save your $ and play Pacific Dunes (which I have played 5 times, Bandon Dunes 4 times, Bandon Trails 4 times). If it was free, I would decline.
Closest golf course to The Old Course I have found
Old Mac may not be everyone's highest rated course at Bandon Dunes, but it is an excellent links experience and should not be missed by anyone visiting the resort. The green complexes alone are a study in golf architecture and the conditioning was the best of all we played this week. The front nine is a fun scoring opportunity, while the back nine (3 strokes more and 700 yds longer) is a hang on for dear life to save your score experience. This is the closest course I have ever seen to the "feel" of playing The Old Course at St Andrews. No, there's no town next to 18, but the roll of the land and the grandness is there. This is also certainly the easiest course to walk at the resort. The giant greens will test your short game and you'll begin to realize that just getting a GIR doesn't mean much here. You really need to dial in and hit exact quadrants of the greens to score. Fun and exciting, this one should not be missed.
It's good, because it's so different than the others.
I like it a lot, didn't love it though.
I think if I played it again I'd grow to love it more. There were just several blind shots that I thought were forced and unnecessary. They were there for the sake of it.
But it was another fun walk and it was the second round of a 36-hole day for me.
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