{"id":6167,"date":"2011-11-10T00:03:13","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T07:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robertfagan.com\/?p=6167"},"modified":"2015-04-17T11:07:35","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T18:07:35","slug":"worlds-best-13-hole-par-3-golf-course-the-bandon-preserve-bandon-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/golf\/courses-and-travel\/6167\/worlds-best-13-hole-par-3-golf-course-the-bandon-preserve-bandon-oregon","title":{"rendered":"World’s Best 13-Hole Par-3 Golf Course: The Bandon Preserve, Bandon, Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>\n

The first hole of the Bandon Preserve Course at the Bandon Dunes Resort lets you know that you are in for a short-game and par-three treat! \u00a0(Photo by Robert S. Fagan)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Want to know what might be the best 13-hole par-3 course on the planet?\u00a0 I propose that it is the new Bandon Preserve course that officially in 2012 becomes the fifth course at the esteemed Bandon Dunes Golf Resort.<\/p>\n

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Owner Mike Keiser saw a need for a shorter, but fun and demanding layout in which perhaps weary golfers who may want something a little less physically strenuous, but as gamey.\u00a0 He hired the team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw who already designed the wonderful adjoining par-71 Bandon Trails as well as an equally engaging 9-hole par-three course for the Colorado Golf Club.\u00a0 The result is an up-and-down layout that features about every kind of hole you can imagine at or less than 152 yards and with no water.\u00a0\u00a0 There are trees, deep bunkers, double greens, semi-blind, and uphill and downhill holes in a wonderfully engaging assortment.\u00a0 About the only weakness some may point to is that this compact layout went with 13 short holes as opposed to a smaller number of holes with some offering more length.\u00a0 Anyway on most days, many can lighten their load to just short irons.<\/p>\n

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Rather than describe the holes in detail, here are a series of pictures that say so much more.<\/p>\n

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Watch out for the bunkers on the second hole. \u00a0(Photo by Robert S. Fagan)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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The 106-yard pitch on the third is appears benign. \u00a0(Photo by Robert S. Fagan)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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There are no routine putts at The Bandon Preserve as evidenced by the 4th. \u00a0(Photo by Robert S. Fagan)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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The fourth green shares a common surface with the seventh in the distance. \u00a0(Photo by Robert S. Fagan)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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The fifth illustrates the many looks you face. \u00a0(Photo by Robert S. Fagan)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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Dastardly bunkers guard the front and left of the 6th green. \u00a0(Photo by Robert S. Fagan)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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The 8th is only 78 yards from the tips, but you’d better be precise. \u00a0(Photo by Robert S. Fagan)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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Hitting toward the 9th green the day I visited was like hitting toward an ocean of misty infinity. \u00a0(Photo by Robert S. Fagan)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The 152-yard 11th is tied with the 5th for being the longest hole, and don’t go left. \u00a0(Photo by Robert S. Fagan)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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The 12th continues the journey back to the clubhouse. \u00a0(Photo by Robert S. Fagan)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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The 110-yard 13th finishes “The Baker’s Dozen” of little artistic and challenging delights – another delicious offering in the wonderful Bandon Dunes menu. \u00a0(Photo by Robert S. Fagan)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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