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oseburg’s new golf and RV resort, Bar Run, is far more than an engineer looked over the property. “He came out and said, ‘I think we
a new place to play. The several-hundred-acre farmland that can really do this.’ My son was pretty excited about the golf and I was
hosts both a cherry and hazelnut orchard, the Umpqua Sand excited about the RV park. It’s turning out really great.”
Rand Gravel mine, and now an 18-hole golf course and RV
resort, is soaked in family legacy, hard work, and most likely, a lot of Bar Run Golf and RV Resort sits nestled at the back of the property,
stories. hugging the South Umpqua River and providing beautiful valley views
and quiet. The 18-hole public course was designed by Pacific Northwest
One of those good stories is how Bar Run came to fruition. native Dan Hixson who is well known for his course designs at Bandon
Crossings, Wine Valley, and Silvies Valley Ranch. “When you have this
“It started as a joke 25 years ago. I never planned on doing it,” says owner landscape – with no homes, a mix of large ponds, beautiful trees, the
Kelly Guido. About 12 years later, the joke manifested into reality after riverside setting along holes 10, 11, and 8 – and ownership like the

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