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Course record
Shorty's
At Bandon Dunes
Shorty’s has nineteen holes among the dunes and shore pines at Bandon Dunes. Rod Whitman, Dave Axland and Keith Cutten designed it, with the final number emerging as they explored more of the site.1
Open the Club record- Opened
- 2024
- Holes
- 19
- Club location
- Bandon Oregon
How a short course reached nineteen holes
Axland describes a first plan of twelve holes, followed by work farther south that brought the total to nineteen. The course honors Shorty Dow, an early caretaker of the property, and its net proceeds support the Bandon Dunes Charitable Foundation.1
Course design
Sources and record notes6 references
Sources for this history
- Shorty's
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
Course introduction; Dave Axland routing account; net-proceeds statement
Consulted 2026-10-24
Course record sources
- Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: physical course and historyCourse record
- Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: course opening historyCourse opening
- Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: named design workDave Axland · Co-design · Date unrecorded
- Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: named design workKeith Cutten · Co-design · Date unrecorded
- Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: named design workRod Whitman · Co-design · Date unrecorded