Crenshaw and Coore designed it behind the Bandon Trails clubhouse and it has amazing views of the Pacific Ocean and the Bandon Dunes course. The holes range from 70-150 yards, and one can go out with just a handful of clubs to play it.
The wind is the x-factor at Preserve and the day we played it was blowing 25 mph. The greens have incredible humps and bumps in them with hillocks to the sides to play off, so imagination is as important an attribute as execution.
Bandon Preserve is some of the most fun one will have at Bandon Dunes. It is a definite must play when you travel to the resort. During the summer, if one plays two rounds, then the third is free. I feel that’s the best time to play Preserve, otherwise the resort charges a hefty price. (It cost me $100)
(The view of the seventh green with Bandon seventeenth to the right).