When Mike Keiser purchased a swath of coastal gorse and sand dunes south of Coos Bay, Oregon, the golf industry was skeptical. Why would American golfers travel to an isolated, wind-lashed Pacific coastline to walk 36 holes in the rain? Twenty-seven years later, Bandon Dunes is the undisputed spiritual home of modern American walking golf.
Pacific Northwest & Dunes
Bandon Dunes: Pacific Trails and Fescue Dreams on the Oregon Coast
David McLay Kidd’s 1999 breakthrough proved that minimalist, walking-only linksland on remote American shores could redefine modern golf culture.