A call to arms is sounded on the very first hole,
where a gentle drive is met with a hard right turn
to a well-elevated but reachable green. As if that
wasn’t enough to stir the blood, the technique
is repeated on the par-three second. Having
dispensed with the difficult, high ground of the
tract, the golfer descends to the flats of Bandon
Dunes, free to roam this way and that, amid
natural hillocks and sandy wastes. The Pacific
is spied on numerous occasions on both nines,
and is met with full force on the wonderful 4th
through 6th holes, and later on the incomparable
16th, perhaps the finest golf hole in existence.
The original course at Bandon Dunes was
never fated to be recognized as the best, or
the toughest, or the mo