55 the most walkable portion of the site. We were then urged to keep going and easily added another six [holes one to six]. However, the clubhouse shifted, giving us enough room to add an additional short hole, raising the total to 19. We could have easily kept going south, but the routing as it stands today takes full advantage of the site.” Another short course – Coore & Crenshaw’s Bandon Preserve is a 13-hole par-three layout – was a priority for the resort, and was to be designed with fun and memorability in mind. Both of the short courses fund the Bandon Dunes Charitable Foundation. “The dunes on Shorty’s are some of the most severe on the property, and the sand is consistent and pure,” says Cutten. “This site was made for a par-three layout, as any longer holes would have required the removal or flattening of the abrupt ground movement. For a short course this Photo: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
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