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The Sheep Ranch - At Bandon Dunes Golf Resort

SHEEP 57744 Round Lake Rd.
Bandon, OR 97411
RANCH 833-218-4319
www.bandondunesgolf.com

he legendary Sheep Ranch Course Details
has long held a special Designer:
Tplace in Bandon Dunes
lore. But on June 1, when the Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw
Sheep Ranch opens to the public 18 Holes, Par 71
for the first time, a new page will
be written. 6,785 Yards from Back Tees
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw Practice Facility
— the incomparable team that
designed Bandon Trails and The 50-Acre Practice Center
Preserve — have returned to Ban- Two Short Game Practice Areas
don Dunes to breathe new life
into the Sheep Ranch. The result One-Acre Practice Green
is a par-71, 6,785-yard, 18-hole Two Full Driving Ranges
design that offers perhaps the 9-Hole Par 3 Practice Course
most dramatic Bandon Dunes set-
ting yet.
Etched along a spectacular mile Property Amenities
of oceanfront on Five Mile Point, Caddie Services
the Sheep Ranch presented the Private Instruction
designers some unique opportu-
nities. And Coore and Crenshaw Group Instruction
made the most of the stunning Junior Instruction
geography. The Sheep Ranch of- Lodging
fers views of the Pacific Ocean on
every hole, a first among Bandon Massage Center
Dunes designs. And nine holes 186 Lodging Rooms Onsite
are set directly on the coastline,
the most of any Bandon Dunes
golf course. Restaurant/Dining
It is the newest and best chapter in The Gallery Restaurant
the Sheep Ranch, which has long Tufted Puffin Lounge
been one of Bandon Dunes’ most Pacific Grill
compelling tales. Co-founded by
Phil Friedmann and Mike Keis- McKee’s Pub
er, the original Sheep Ranch was The Bunker Bar
for many years a mysterious golf
landscape set just north of Old Trails End
MacDonald and Pacific Dunes.
Easily seen, but not often played.
When the Sheep Ranch opens on
June 1, that will change forever.
And Bandon Dunes will once
again make good on its promise to
showcase “Golf as it was Meant Opening
to Be.”
But words can only do the Sheep June 1st
Ranch so much justice. So only
one question remains … when 2020
are you going to experience the
Sheep Ranch for yourself?

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