Oregon, USA
A feature from the IAGTO Directory
2018
Oregon, USA
Oregon, USA 10 Top 100 courses. Diverse landscapes. Craft beer. It’s just what Oregon does. Unique layouts, stunning scenery and challenging golf from the Oregon Coast through the Cascade Mountains into the High Desert. The Oregon golf experience offers more than 200 acclaimed public courses designed by the game’s most respected architects. In fact, we’re home to 10 of Golf Digest’s Top 100 Courses, including Bandon Dunes – named Best Golf Course in the World. Our state’s diverse landscape is the perfect canvas for memorable layouts. Each course provides a breathtaking backdrop that allows you to soak up the true beauty of this great game. In Oregon, we’re rewriting golf bucket lists 18 holes at a time.
Sunriver, Central Oregon With 63 holes of world-class golf, Sunriver Resort is the perfect site to host the IAGTO 2018 North America Golf Tourism Convention (NAC). The four distinct award-winning courses are among Sunriver’s wetlands, meadows and gently-flowing water. Sunriver is a premier golf destination w i th d ra matic a nd ae sth etic challenges on every hole. Off the course, Central Oregon is an outdoor recreation paradise with hundreds of miles of hiking and biking trails, worldclass fishing, Mt Bachelor (the sixthlargest ski area in America,) nearly 30 craft breweries and so much more.
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Tetherow Golf Club
Central Oregon Golf Trail The accolades continue to build: Three of Golf Digest’s Top 100 Courses, half of GolfWeek’s Top 10 Courses in Oregon, a Golf Digest Top 10 Family Golf Destination, a Golf Digest Top 25 Golf Destination in the World. That’s a lot of high, but deserved, praise for the Central Oregon Golf Trail – 30 diverse courses located within an hour’s drive of each other in Bend/Sunriver, from Prineville to Sisters, and from Redmond to La Pine. A tour of our Top 100 Courses is the perfect way to experience a lot of what the Central Oregon Golf Trail has to offer. Day 1
Tetherow
Begin the trail with the lavish lodging that overlooks the course at Tetherow. Grab a quick bite at The Row before heading down to the range where you’ll meet your caddie. There’s music playing on the range and the vibe is laid back and fun – in fact, forego the cart for a GolfBoard and surf the turf during your round. The smile won’t leave your face even after a couple of double bogeys. The high praise for Tetherow begins with this: GOLF Magazine named it the Best New Course of 2008. Since then, the David McLay Kidd Scottish links masterpiece in the heart of Bend has only become more popular. Today, it’s ranked 63 in Golf Digest’s Top 100.
Tetherow Golf Club
Scenic and challenging, Tetherow’s knobs, knolls, tufts and fescue are a more common sight on courses along the ocean, but they feel oddly perfect in Bend’s high-desert setting. At 7,300 yards, Tetherow is all the course you can handle, especially with prevailing winds whipping across the links.
After your round, head into downtown Bend for a pint at one (or more) of its craft breweries before dinner at 5 Fusion and Sushi Bar, home to a chef who three times has been a James Beard Award semi-finalist. 65
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Crosswater Golf Club
Day 2
Crosswater Club & Sunriver Resort
Just 15 minutes from Bend, you’ll find Sunriver Resort – the Pacific Northwest’s premier family and golf destination resort. Crosswater Club is the resort’s flagship course, with a perennial spot among Golf Digest’s Top 100 courses in America – ranked at number 50 in 2017. Caldera Links
The Woodlands
The Meadows
The PGA Professional Championship returned to Crosswater for the fourth time in 2017, adding to several NCAA championship events and a Champions Tour Major held at the course over recent years. It’s a Bob Cupp design that stretches out to 7,600 yards over 600 acres of heathland. Trouble abounds with the little Deschutes River winding through the course, coming into play as many as seven times during your round. After the round, settle your bets with a quick nine at Caldera Links, an immaculate short course that will test your iron game, before lunch at Carson’s American Kitchen at the resort.
After lunch, choose another 18 to complete the day. The Woodlands Course is a Robert Trent Jones Jr design that winds through the forest in Sunriver. Water is abundant here as well, with unique lava rock outcroppings making for a scenic track. The Meadows Course is another gem, having hosted several NCAA Championship events and the PGA Professional Championship. The John Fought design pays tribute to the great American golf courses from the 1920s and 30s with its aesthetic grace, while its dramatic use of directional and forebunkers serve up ample challenges for golfers of all skill levels. Dinner awaits at one of the fine restaurants at the Village at Sunriver. 66
Gone fishing: IAGTO’s Peter Walton and Josh Willis, Director of Golf at Sunriver Resort, with a catch in Central Oregon
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Day 3
Pronghorn
Pronghorn Resort is also just 15 minutes from Bend – and home to two of Central Oregon’s most highly-acclaimed courses. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Course is no. 36 on Golf Digest’s Top 100 list while the private Tom Fazio Course was voted no. 11 on Golfweek’s list of Best Residential Courses for 2017.
Jack Nicklaus Signature Course
The courses cut through the natural setting of lava rock outcroppings within an ancient juniper forest. You’ll use the snow-capped Three Sisters Mountains in the distance as targets on this fast and firm course that features some of the finest putting surfaces on which you’ll ever roll the ball. From the pristine practice area to the pro shop, Pronghorn is a true luxury golf experience in Central Oregon. It has the feel of a gated Tuscan village including a 55,000-square-foot clubhouse, recreational centre, spa, vacation rentals and a brand new lodge. For dinner, stay on-site and enjoy fine dining at Cascada or head back into Bend and Worthy Brewing – the world’s only brewery with a full-sized telescope. Day 4
Big Meadow
Black Butte Ranch
Don’t let your visit to Central Oregon escape without a stop at Black Butte Ranch, near Sisters. The breathtaking Cascades loom large over this golf destination community of two amazing courses over 1,800 acres. John Fought renovated The Glaze Meadow Course in 2012 while the Big Meadow Course was named by Golf Magazine as One of the Best Courses You Can Play in Oregon in 2013. Luxury vacation homes, tennis courts, horseback riding, pools and more await at this family-focused destination resort.
Tom Fazio Championship Course, Pronghorn Resort 67
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Bandon Dunes, Oregon Coast
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort’s Pacific Dunes course
You’ve probably heard of Bandon Dunes. Perched high above the Pacific Ocean, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is unlike any other. Four world-class courses unfold along a sweeping shoreline, grassy dunes and towering coastal forest. Beyond the stunning scenery is a unique, true-to-form game of golf. Firm turf, challenging tee shots and the occasional strong ocean breeze make for an unforgettable experience. Bandon Dunes is regularly ranked among the world’s top golf resorts. The namesake course, designed by David McLay Kidd, is considered the first genuine Scottish-style links course in the US. Year after year, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is honoured, from Golf Digest’s Best Resort in North America in 2011 to all four courses ranked highly in Golfweek’s Best Modern Courses and GOLF Magazine’s Top 100 Courses You Can Play. And the accolades keep coming. In 2020, the resort will host the US Amateur Championship. And there’s plenty to do in between rounds. Prime your skills at the 13-hole par-3 Bandon Preserve track or the 18-hole putting course. Indulge in a day at the resort spa. Experience Oregon’s South Coast like you’ve never done before. Bandon Dunes is open year-round, and with a fifth 18-hole course in the works, it continues to innovate and inspire.
Pumpkin Ridge, Greater Portland A championship 36-hole golf club near Oregon’s largest city, Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club is known as Portland golf at its finest. Since opening in 1992, Pumpkin Ridge has hosted several major national tournaments, including the Nike Tour Championship, the US Amateur Championship and the US Women’s Open. The club’s public course, Ghost Creek, features a par-71, 6,839-yard layout designed by Bob Cupp to emphasise the wetlands terrain, with subtle elevation changes that both surprise and delight.
Ghost Creek
Pumpkin Ridge is where great golfers become even better. Hone your skills with a lesson taught by PGA professionals Jerry Mowlds and Christopher Smith or tee off at the club’s 17-acre practice facility. 68
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Sandpines, Oregon Coast With windswept sand dunes and towering pines, Sandpines Golf Links is a breathtaking place to tee off. The 18-hole course borders the largest expanse of coastal sand dunes in North America and features a mild coastal climate with pleasant year-round playing conditions. Renowned golf course architect Rees Jones designed the par-72, 7,190-yard course, inspired by the natural lay of the land. The outward nine is shaped by forest and lakes, while the inward nine reflects a traditional links style. Challenging yet generous, Sandpines is an ideal course to test skills and indulge senses.
Sandpines Golf Links
Running Y, Southern Oregon Featuring the only Arnold Palmer signature course in Oregon, Running Y Ranch Resort is a premier destination for international golfers. The prestigious Palmer even named Running Y as one of his favourite 16 designs. And he’s not alone. Running Y is a regular on Golf Week’s Oregon Top 10 and ranked number one on Golf Advisor’s Top 20 Golf Courses in Oregon.
Arnold Palmer Signature Course, Running Y Ranch
The 72-par, 7,133-yard course is surrounded by impressive beauty, overlooking the unspoiled Oregon Outback. The front skirts meadows and an extensive wetlands area while the back fairways wind through lake-dotted woodlands. With five tee boxes on each hole, the course welcomes players of all skill levels. And thanks to more than 300 days of sunshine in Klamath Falls, it’s open year-round.
Arnold Palmer Signature Course, Running Y Ranch 69
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Salishan, Oregon Coast Rugged natural beauty and coastal elements make Salishan Golf Links an exciting 18-hole course for players of all abilities. Designed in 1964 and revamped by PGA Tour veteran Peter Jacobsen 40 years later, the par-71, 6,470-yard course is as scenic as it is challenging. The front nine hugs an old-growth forest hillside while the back nine winds toward the ocean on links-like land. With great shot variety, greens as smooth as glass and the roar of the mighty Pacific Ocean close by, Salishan is known as one of the Oregon Coast’s finest.
Salishan Golf Links
Fun continues off the course. Salishan Resort is home to four restaurants, one of the largest wine cellars in Oregon and an award-winning spa.
Langdon Farms, Willamette Valley Easy to access and a joy to play, Langdon Farms Golf Club is a golfers’ getaway in the rich farmland of the Willamette Valley. But due to its close proximity to Portland, just 15 miles away, Langdon Farms is consistently ranked highly among Portland golf courses. Award-winning architects Bob Cupp and John Fought designed the course to emphasise dynamic mounding and bunkering. The result is an attractive links-style course that puts a premium on accurate iron shots – while staying playable for the recreational golfer. Langdon Farms is committed to dry playing conditions, making it an ideal course every day of the year. Copy supplied by Visit Central Oregon and Travel Oregon
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