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    Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: Sheep Ranch

    Bandon, OR, United States Public

    Overview

    Sheep Ranch began life as a different Sheep Ranch in the early 2000s, a rag-tag, cross-country, 13-hole course with no irrigation built by Tom Doak on a bluff just north of what would later become Old Macdonald. It was a little-used recreation that only insiders knew about. Mike Keiser tapped Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw to convert it into Bandon Dunes’ fifth regulation 18-hole course and Coore and Crenshaw’s second. Spread across an open, windswept plateau, using many of the same greensites, Coore managed to triangulate the holes in such a way that nine now touch the cliff edge along the Pacific Ocean. Extremely wide fairways and large putting surfaces allow the exposed course to be playable in extreme winds, and with its fast arrival to the top 15 public courses alongside Bandon’s other courses, Sheep Ranch has accomplished the most difficult of feats for resort courses—distinction among equals.

    About

    Holes 18
    Price $345
    Facility Type Public
    Designer Coore & Crenshaw

    Awards

    100 Greatest the Second 100
    100 Greatest Public
    Best Courses in Every State

    Ranking history:

    Second 100 Greatest: Made its inaugural appearance this year.
    2023-'24 ranking (and highest): 115th.

    100 Greatest Public: Ranked 15th, 2021-'22.
    2023-'24 ranking: 16th.

    Best in State: Ranked since 2021.
    2023-'24 ranking: 5th (and previous).

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    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4.3

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    7.4073
    Character
    7.7777
    Challenge
    7.0718
    Layout Variety
    7.481
    Fun
    7.8657
    Aesthetics
    7.9874
    Conditioning
    7.1772

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