Once fabled as the speakeasy of Bandon Dunes, land north of the resort kept a secret golf oasis that few knew of.  If you asked the right questions at the right time, one may have been fortunate enough to get pointed out to a hidden playground of tees + greens, a place to themselves for the day.

Welp, the cat’s out of the bag and birdies beware: Sheep Ranch is a fantasy no more, officially announced as Bandon Dunes’ future 5th golf course, coming June 2020 (and perhaps will be the very best of ’em all). 

Coore & Crenshaw’s team, tasked with the design, is hard at work blending beauty along the Pacific Coast.  They’ve carefully plotted their way from the furthest out to in, shaping + seeding along the way. 

After our group teed it on Pacific Dunes (you can see those shots in our previous log post here), we were offered one final treat before heading back to PDX: a behind the curtains tour of Sheep Ranch in the design stage.