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2 SPOKANE, WA
318 MI.
SISTERS EAGLE
AIR AIRPORT 97 26
20 Prineville
370 26
126 Redmond
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20 Municipal 380
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DESCHUTES 20 1. Eagle Crest Resort
NATIONAL
FOREST 97 2. Crooked River Ranch
KLAMATH
FALLS 3. Quail Run Golf Course
137 MI. BOISE, ID 4. Widgi Creek Golf Club
318 MI.
3 5. Pronghorn Resort
6. River's Edge Golf Course PRONGHORN

C E N T R A L O R E G O N I S A G O L F DESTINATION THAT HAS IT ALL

Choosing a golf destination typically begins—and too often celebrated while offering three distinct golf experiences. Imaginative
ends—with a decision about the style of golf one wants to play. Not in gems such as Black Butte Ranch’s Glaze Meadow, a Fought
Central Oregon, where the quality of golf is rivaled only by the diversity of redesigned inspired by golf’s golden era of architecture, and desert
the region’s courses. masterpieces like Jacobsen’s Brasada Ranch only add to the region’s
rich tapestry.
Central Oregon has long cultivated its reputation as a golf mecca, and
it is well-earned. It’s not just that the quality of golf in Central Oregon Hard as it might be to believe, though, there is more to Central Oregon
has yielded three of the Golf Digest’s “America’s 100 Greatest Public than just golf. And that only makes a golf trip to the region that much
Courses” ... though it has. Nor is it just the fact that the most influential more appealing. Central Oregon’s famously laid-back lifestyle has
names in golf course architecture—David McLay Kidd, Bob Cupp, Tom fostered a rich culinary scene and made it a hub for craft brewing,
Fazio, John Fought, Robert Muir Graves, Peter Jacobsen, Robert Trent just the thing for a buddies golf trip. Yet the region is also home to
Jones Jr., Jack Nicklaus, and Tom Weiskopf, among them—have made an outdoor playground. Blessed with incomparable natural geography,
indelible marks on the region … though they certainly have. Central Oregon has undeniably become a mecca for outdoor
adventurists regardless of their activity of choice. For good reason,
With 30 golf courses on the Central Oregon Golf Trail, what has made too. Bordered by the Cascade Range to the west and the High Desert
Central Oregon unique among golf destinations is that any golf trip yields to the east, with Wild & Scenic rivers, pristine mountain lakes, and
almost limitless possibilities. The volcanic landscape of the region— perfectly preserved lava caves, Central Oregon’s unique landscape
which stretches from the foothills of the Cascades to the High Desert— has created a wealth of outdoor recreational opportunities.
has naturally forged a canvas where all styles of golf design are possible.
Desert links carved from the region’s volcanic rock, classic parkland-style Central Oregon’s reputation as an outdoor mecca is widely-known and
designs, Scottish-style links, and mountain courses with fairways shaped well-deserved. But it also is home to a thriving arts and entertainment
by ponderosa and lodgepole pines are all within a 45-minute drive of scene that makes it a bona fide destination for concerts, festivals,
Bend and Sunriver. cultural immersion, and artistic expression. From outdoor concert
venues that attract true headliners like Dave Matthews Band and
Because so many of the masters of design have chosen to ply their trade in Jack Johnson, to nationally-acclaimed museums that explore the
Central Oregon, courses such as the Jack Nicklaus Course at Pronghorn area’s history, culture, flora, and fauna, to an impressive list of artists,
(ranked No. 37 on Golf Digest’s list), Cupp’s pristine Crosswater (No. 55), authors, and performers who call Central Oregon home, the region is
and Kidd’s fescue-carpeted Tetherow (No. 71) can all be internationally as cultured as cities many times it size.

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