Phil Friedmann’s ‘sanctuary,’ the Bally Bandon Sheep Ranch, transformed by Bill Coore For roughly 15 years, Phil Friedmann was content to have the Bally Bandon Sheep Ranch exist as a personal sanctuary for himself and a few friends to golf in solitude over 13 rough holes on a mile of spectacular Pacific Ocean coastline north…
He built it, against all odds, and major amateur tournaments followed Mike Keiser, the founder and owner of Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, has deep respect for the U.S. Amateur championship, which he will host next year. He considers it “another major.” He understands that the USGA traditionally awards the U.S. Amateur to sites that it…
Trip Kuehne’s quest for an individual USGA title finishes in the 2007 Mid-Amateur In 1994, a young golf sensation, 18-year-old Tiger Woods, rallied from a five-stroke deficit with 12 holes to play to defeat Oklahoma State junior Trip Kuehne and win the U.S. Amateur crown. Woods went on to become Tiger Woods, dominant on the…
In 2000, Quinney had two major wins at a relatively new course on the Oregon coast When the original course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort opened on the southern Oregon coast in May 1999, Jeff Quinney was finishing his sophomore year on the golf team at Arizona State University. Memories are hazy, 20 years later,…
Scott Campbell blends ranching, luxury, golf at The Retreat & Links at Silvies Valley Ranch SILVIES — In the eastern half of Oregon, on a straight as-the-crow-flies line from Eugene, is Silvies Valley Ranch. It covers 140,000 acres, which can be a hard concept to grasp; maybe easier to visualize is the fact that the…
BANDON — Ten years ago this month, Eugene residents Rex and Carla Smith opened Bandon Crossings Golf Course just south of here on the site of a cattle and sheep ranch a mile from the Pacific Ocean.
A Bend resident for 10 years, the designer of the first course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort has embraced the concept that ‘harder isn’t better’
The under-the-radar Bally Bandon Sheep Ranch to become resort’s fifth 18-hole course BANDON — The Sheep Ranch, the rustic under-the-radar golf course north of Bandon Dunes, will become the site for the fifth 18-hole golf course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, owner Mike Keiser said last month. The Golf Channel’s Matt Ginella, writing on GolfAdvisor.com,…
If you’ve ventured to this coastal resort north of Seaside over the years and played Gearhart Golf Links, just two blocks from the Pacific Ocean, and if you’ve even stayed in an old hotel overlooking the course, because there’s been a hotel on site going back decades …
PORT ORFORD — The banner on the fallen flag stick is ragged, torn apart by the winds that sweep the coastline, but there’s still enough fabric to flutter as Troy Russell lifts the stick from the dune grass and plants it in the rugged ground.
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