I got here @ 550am and was immediately impressed that the grounds crew had already mowed the 1st tee, 1st green and were almost finished with the 1st fairway. Great early bird deal of $22 to walk. This is a City of Portland muni, no frills but for the $$$, is a great deal. I walked 18, often laying down an extra ball for practice shots while playing alone in 3 1/2 hours.

The greens were smooth, firm and medium fast. I usually can read greens fairly well, but there were breaks that I had a hard time reading on some greens. It's unusual for me to read break in one direction and the ball actually goes the other way, which happened twice today.

The fairways were lush and well maintained, as were the tees. Very few areas with severe divot damage. The rough is not too punitive, usually the ball sits up nicely. However, there are hundreds of tall, thick, mature trees lining every fairway that will catch stray shots and challenge your recovery shots skills. Only a few holes have water or OB.

Overall, I like the layout. Fun course that measures app. 6500 from the blues. Many holes have slight elevation changes as you constantly are going up/down rolling hills and almost every hole turns slightly (almost no straight holes). While there are no real signature holes that stand out as a great golf hole, there aren't any really poorly designed holes either. Fun course in excellent shape!

$25 to walk. Played in 3.5 hours on a hot, muggy afternoon. Fun little tree lined layout where you can make some birdies.

That said, I was very disappointed in the overall course conditions considering how nice the weather has been locally for the past couple of weeks. The fairways looked like they hadn't been mowed in several days, on many holes it was tough to tell where the fairway and light rough merged. Your lie was basically the same whether in the middle pf the fairway or 20 yards off the fairway.

They must have had a fungus issue previously on their greens. The poa annua greens had hundreds of silver dollar sized to fist sized bare spots, and several had large discolored patches. The tees were average and there are no sand traps on this course. The course was not nearly in as good a condition as when I first played it last summer.

Review #4 of 4

Just returned from playing Bandon Dunes from SAT, April 27th to Tuesday, April 30th.
We were able to get the last April rates before they go up significantly for the summer.
This was recently voted the #1 Golf Resort in America by Golf Digest. It was truly golf mecca. No where else in the US, can you play the #1, #5, #10 and #13 best rated courses all on 1 location.

What a memorable trip! Let me first by saying the pride of ownership is really what separates this golf resort from the rest of the resorts I have been too. Everyone from the caddies, to the bus drivers and staff all truly take pride in their resort. Customer service was A+++, best ever at any golf resort. This resort is for serious walking golfers only. You can't ride any carts to check off any bucket list wishes to play golf, so you weed out a lot of jackasses (they go to Pebble Beach instead). We played Bandon Dunes (#5 best course you can play) the 1st day, Old MacDonald (#10) & Bandon Trails (#13) (back to back) the 2nd day and the 3rd day, we played Pacific Dunes, (#1 rated public course in America according to golf.com)

Review #4.

This was my favorite course out of the 4. It is also voted #1 best course you play in America over Pebble and other favorites. The views are magnificent here, as many holes play right along the ocean. The highlight would be two incredible back to back par 3's on #10 and #11 right next to the ocean. The back 9 is unique has it has 4 Par 3's and 3 Par 5's with 18 being a brutal finishing hole. Greens were in great shape running @ 10. The breeze was stiff @ 20 mph, apparently getting worse than 35 plus in the afternoon. The layout was incredible. Imagine taking Rustic Canyon....and putting it along the Oregon Coast with 10 ocean holes...and 4 holes..right next to the beach. The world's tallest bunker @ 100 feet probably resides at this course on the back nine. Fairways were in great shape with little divot damage and sand was the best shape out of all the courses. I also shot my best score...here at the last round of my trip. Incredible experience.

Review #3 of 4

Just returned from playing Bandon Dunes from SAT, April 27th to Tuesday, April 30th.
We were able to get the last April rates before they go up significantly for the summer.
This was recently voted the #1 Golf Resort in America by Golf Digest. It was truly golf mecca. No where else in the US, can you play the #1, #5, #10 and #13 best rated courses all on 1 location.

What a memorable trip! Let me first by saying the pride of ownership is really what separates this golf resort from the rest of the resorts I have been too. Everyone from the caddies, to the bus drivers and staff all truly take pride in their resort. Customer service was A+++, best ever at any golf resort. This resort is for serious walking golfers only. You can't ride any carts to check off any bucket list wishes to play golf, so you weed out a lot of jackasses (they go to Pebble Beach instead). We played Bandon Dunes (#5 best course you can play) the 1st day, Old MacDonald (#10) & Bandon Trails (#13) (back to back) the 2nd day and the 3rd day, we played Pacific Dunes, (#1 rated public course in America according to golf.com)

Review #3

We played Bandon Trails @ 1:40 pm after finishing our round @ Old MacDonald in 4 hours. Bandon Trails was my #2 favorite course on the resort. You have spectacular ocean less views, but instead you see the many trees and tops of trees as Hole #15 is the highest point at the resort. The hike up there is so brutal, they have a truck that drives you up there because a caddy had a heart attack walking up there. Many of the holes seemed like they are carved right into the forest by the golf gods. Many holes were beautifully framed by the Oregon trees and the bunkering blends the holes into the nature terrain. This was the toughest walk with many up and down elevation changes. It's the equivalent of walking Eagle Glen in Corona (funny thing is they don't let you walk Eagle Glen because of the terrain). Greens were immaculate running @ 10. Fairways were lush and had plenty of roll. I think Bandon Trails gets less play and love so the course was in great shape. There is a scenic walk between many of the holes...as you get wander through the forest only to discover the gems of the next hole. I would recommend walking this course first...as it is tiring and demanding.

Review #2 of 4

Just returned from playing Bandon Dunes from SAT, April 27th to Tuesday, April 30th.
We were able to get the last April rates before they go up significantly for the summer.
This was recently voted the #1 Golf Resort in America by Golf Digest. It was truly golf mecca. No where else in the US, can you play the #1, #5, #10 and #13 best rated courses all on 1 location.

What a memorable trip! Let me first by saying the pride of ownership is really what separates this golf resort from the rest of the resorts I have been too. Everyone from the caddies, to the bus drivers and staff all truly take pride in their resort. Customer service was A+++, best ever at any golf resort. This resort is for serious walking golfers only. You can't ride any carts to check off any bucket list wishes to play golf, so you weed out a lot of jackasses (they go to Pebble Beach instead). We played Bandon Dunes (#5 best course you can play) the 1st day, Old MacDonald (#10) & Bandon Trails (#13) (back to back) the 2nd day and the 3rd day, we played Pacific Dunes, (#1 rated public course in America according to golf.com)

Review #2.

We played Old MacDonald @ 7:30 am on Day 2 of our trip because we heard it can get the most windy out of the 4 courses. The layout is very unique. Not as many ocean holes like Pacific and Bandon, but you have fairways that run for miles. It's like the put a golf course on Mars. You can see a lot of the course with it's various elevation change holes. Holes #3 to #16 look like they were build on a crater. Greens were in great shape. Even with light rain on the first 7 holes, they putted true around a 9.5. Hard to find any divots on the greens. The fairways were in great shape and firm so you get tons of roll. The bunkering @ Old MacDonald is insane. Everywhere you aim your tee shot, there is trouble. Sand traps were not fluffy, but you'll never get fluffy sand on this course.

Review #1 of 4.

Just returned from playing Bandon Dunes from SAT, April 27th to Tuesday, April 30th.
We were able to get the last April rates before they go up significantly for the summer.
This was recently voted the #1 Golf Resort in America by Golf Digest. It was truly golf mecca. No where else in the US, can you play the #1, #5, #10 and #13 best rated courses all on 1 location.

What a memorable trip! Let me first by saying the pride of ownership is really what separates this golf resort from the rest of the resorts I have been too. Everyone from the caddies, to the bus drivers and staff all truly take pride in their resort. Customer service was A+++, best ever at any golf resort. This resort is for serious walking golfers only. You can't ride any carts to check off any bucket list wishes to play golf, so you weed out a lot of jackasses (they go to Pebble Beach instead). We played Bandon Dunes (#5 best course you can play) the 1st day, Old MacDonald (#10) & Bandon Trails (#13) (back to back) the 2nd day and the 3rd day, we played Pacific Dunes, (#1 rated public course in America according to golf.com).

Review of Bandon Dunes. Played on Sunday, 4/28

What an incredible course. Many holes are played right on the ocean or hitting into the ocean. The views are incredible, no homes, no yachts...just golf. Winds were 15 to 20 mph with gust up to 30 mph. The course is in good shape. There will be divots in the fairways and tee boxes. If you are imagining perfectly manicured fairways, this is not your place. Greens were hard and medium speed at 8.5 to 9.5. They look bumpy at first, but they rolled very true. It is really hard to land the ball with any kind of spin. The layout of the holes are incredible. Bunkering is unique as they blend in seemlessly with the terrain. The last 3 holes will really bite you good. The snack shop was well stocked at the turn and very reasonably priced too. This was my #3 favorite course out of the 4.

Go Play!!!!. Course was a lot of fun to play. Sits in a wind tunnel. Huge greens, huge fairways and huge bunkers. Awesome

This was 2nd fav. Love the layout, elevation changes ,not many blind shots, Recomend to play first round of day, toughest walk of all. a little guarded from the wind. Must play!!!!

This was my favorite course at BD. Although the fairways were a little hard and the grass a little on the tight side. The greens rolled good, a little slower than they looked. Wedge cost me a few strokes, Please go play here so they can plant some rel grass. Hehe

Played here one my Bandon trip. Very enjoyable, good warm up round. If in the area play. Guy in pro shop very helpful, course all around in great shape.

This is a solid little course. It is a lot more difficult than in may seem. Being right on the coast, there is always a bit of a wind, one to two clubs with or against. There are a bunch of little rolling hills and bumps around the course so if you are off the fairway, you will have some sort of uneven lie. The fairways were cut pretty nicely but not too short since it is still early in the season. The greens were in great shape. Putts roll smooth and straight which are always a help to scoring. There were just a couple of soft spots due to the amount of rain the Oregon coast has had lately.

Play for $35 in the off season. $75 in the summer for an early tee time and $35 in the afternoon.

played Colwood during the week. had not played it in a while. was very impressed with conditions for late feb. course is in good condition and is well worth the fee for playing. right now it is a hidden gem, not many people realise how firm and nice this course is. will be heading back there very soon!!!