“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
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.
