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“Pacific is best played with a variety of shots in your armory. Every hole offers variation in how to tactically play from tee to green. For those reasons, my ranking starts with Pacific Dunes. I place Pebble at number two.”

—GOLF Magazine

Local Knowledge

Pacific Dunes doesn’t feel like it was built as much as it was discovered. Rippling fairways remain just as they were found and natural bunkers line the landscape as they have for centuries.

Course Stats:

6,633 yards | par 71 | 73.2 | 143

Year Opened:

Architect:

Tom Doak

Course Ranking:

Top-100 Public – Golf Digest

Pacific Dunes is my favorite course at Bandon because…

“To me Pacific Dunes had it all. Quality holes, insane views and mint conditions!”

@robkemp

Popular Pacific Dunes Videos

Every hole at Pacific Dunes with Tom Doak

—Golf Digest

Every shot at Pacific Dunes – Front 9

—Random Golf Club Films

Every shot at Pacific Dunes – Back 9

—Random Golf Club Films

Pacific Dunes lives up to the hype

—Fore Play by Barstool Sports

Pacific Dunes roundtable

—The Fried Egg

Tourist Sauce: Pacific Dunes

—No Laying Up

Pacific Dunes flyovers

—Course Preview

First timer pro tips:

Keeping score sometimes can be a huge mistake! Enjoy the walk, and when you hit a bad shot, look around, you are in the most beautiful golf setting in the world.

Popular Pacific Dunes Podcasts

Bandon Deep Dives: Pacific Dunes

—The Fried Egg

What makes Pacific Dunes unique?

The back nine with four par-3s, three par-5s, and only two par-4s is one of the most interesting mixes of nine holes you’ll ever find!

Popular Pacific Dunes Articles

The Ultimate Bandon Dunes Golf Trip

—Open Links Golf

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13 USGA championships over next 24 years

—Golf Channel

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Pacific Milestone: 20 years of Pacific Dunes

—Dream Golf

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Reliving three golf-packed days at Bandon

—GOLF

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Advice from the architects

—LINKS

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Pacific Dunes Course Tour

—Golf Digest

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Bandon: Top 10 essentials

—Bleacher Report

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15 cool things about Bandon

—Bleacher Report

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Pacific Dunes: Third Time’s the Charm

—Tom Doak

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Bandon: Planning your trip

—Golf Digest

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Did you know?

Running along the coast, the green for #13 is perched between the cliff near the beach and a massive dune on the right. The land wasn’t initially part of the property for Pacific Dunes, but when Tom Doak said it was necessary to building a great hole, Mike Keiser quickly agreed.