Chapter Five Pacific Dunes

Pacific Dunes is part of a world famous Bandon Dunes Resort in Southern Oregon; it is set by natural sandy dunes and the Pacific Ocean. It is considered the best work made by the Renaissance Design and it is ranked at the top of many charts compiled by Golf magazines.


ROUTING

Looking at the scorecard the routing is quite unconventional (Fig 5.1), after the opening with two par 4 and a par 5, there are eight hole without a par 5, with four par 4 in a row (holes 6-9) and a back to back par 3 (holes 10-11), the finish is very exciting, in the last 7 holes there are not two holes in a row with the same par, with variations in angles of play, hazards and length, it seems to me that the architect routed the first 11 holes to accommodate the placement of the last 7.