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Bandon Trails
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Bandon Trails is the Coore/Crenshaw design at Bandon Dunes, and plays to 6,775 yards, par 71, 132 slope from the back tee. Unlike the other courses here, it's off the water in more of a rolling and forested environment. Like the rest of the courses here, it doesn't seem like much of the land has been touched to create the course. Some of the rolling and rippling fairways seem a bit contrived, but otherwise, you're playing on ground and terrain and features that have always been here. This is the toughest of all the courses, IMHO, and isn't affected as much by the wind. There's more areas of trouble here, along the fairways, heavy fescue, gorse like dense shrubs, and some elevation changes, along with tree lined fairways. It is still very scenic. and you have to walk, having a caddie was the best money I could have spent. Enjoyable, but I prefer the courses on the Pacific. .
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Posted by: pat9mkl
Jul 4th, 2011
I was let down by Bandon Trails after playing Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes. It was just like a nice golf course in midwest. I wouldn't set foot on it with the other two (and now Old MacDonald) right there!
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Posted by: Pmontgomery
Nov 6th, 2010
Personally, Trails was a close second Pacific because it had a lot of great elements even though it is missing the ocean side holes that can vault a course to the next level. I thought every hole was interesting and challenging, and there was a great mix of long/short par fours, reachable and three shot par fives, along with long/short par threes. Although it is set back from the ocean the wind is still a major factor, especially on the three finishing holes. As a walk, it is in the category of Chambers Bay which means not easy but still possible to knock off thirty six in a day.
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Posted by: Jim Mullins
Jul 9th, 2010
Played all the courses at Bandon and really enjoyed it. The golfers at Bandon tend to be much more golf savvy than at your typical resort course (the walking requirement nd remote location weed out many potential customers) so 95% of the people I played with were interesting people welll acquainted with the game with ability ranging from club pro to 20 handicap. It was very interesting to see different people play the courses and see how differently the courses play for players of varying ability levels. I had a fair amount of time to hang out in town in a bar that was a tin shed which had its share of colorful characters, many of whom were caddies finishing a long day. Also - it would allow you to justify a day at the Sheep's Ranch and spend time on the short course/practice area.
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Posted by: dyland
Mar 13th, 2010
The Trails course bordered Bandon Dunes, where we had played the previous day, and I figured the two courses would be essentially the same. With different architects, designs, and scenery, though, the courses had less in common than I could have imagined. If Bandon Dunes was reminiscent of Scotland, Bandon Trails was New Hampshire crossed with Cape Cod. Although the opening couple holes wound through dunes and were in view of the ocean, the majority of the course moved into the neighboring wooded area. Every hole was set up with a purpose, to test different shot shapes and to favor position over distance. The most notable feature of Bandon Trails and the course’s greatest defense was its greens—immense and undulating. The character as well as the length of any given hole could be radically changed by a different pin position, with some greens measuring 50 or more yards from front to back.
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