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Bandon Dunes Sheep Ranch COAST

region: Oregon Coast | course type: Public

he legendary Sheep Ranch has long held Etched along a spectacular mile of oceanfront original Sheep Ranch was for many years a
Ta special place in Bandon Dunes lore. on Five Mile Point, the Sheep Ranch presented mysterious golf landscape set just north of
And in 2020 when Sheep Ranch opened, the designers some unique opportunities. And Old MacDonald and Pacific Dunes. Easily
Bandon Dunes added a new page to their Coore and Crenshaw made the most of the seen, but not often played.
stunning golf repertoire. stunning geography. The Sheep Ranch offers
views of the Pacific Ocean on every hole, a When the Sheep Ranch opened in the middle
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw — the first among Bandon Dunes designs. And nine of 2020, that changed forever. And Bandon
incomparable team that designed Bandon holes are set directly on the coastline, the Dunes once again made good on its promise
Trails and The Preserve — returned to most of any Bandon Dunes golf course. to showcase “Golf as it was Meant to Be.”
Bandon Dunes to breathe new life into the
Sheep Ranch. The result is a par-72, 6,636- It is the newest and best chapter in the Sheep But words can only do the Sheep Ranch so
yard, 18-hole design that offers perhaps the Ranch, which has long been one of Bandon much justice. So only one question remains
most dramatic Bandon Dunes setting yet. Dunes’ most compelling tales. Co-founded … when are you going to experience the
by Phil Friedmann and Mike Keiser, the Sheep Ranch for yourself?

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