Course record

Sheep Ranch

Sheep Ranch opened to Bandon Dunes guests on June 1, 2020. Its earlier form had thirteen green sites laid out by Tom Doak near Five Mile Point, where golfers could make an unconventional round across the property.²

Open the Club record

Original design: Tom Doak
Opened: 2020
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Club location: Bandon

From thirteen greens to an oceanfront course

The design firm Coore & Crenshaw reworked the ground for the present course. A mile of ocean frontage and nine greens beside the coast put the Pacific close to much of the round; the resort’s opening account describes features preserved from the earlier greens.¹²

Course design

2001 Original design

Tom Doak

Original free-form 13-green arrangement, without a fixed routing.
Date unrecorded Redesign

Ben Crenshaw

Design of the public 18-hole layout, opened in 2020.
Date unrecorded Redesign

Bill Coore

Design of the public 18-hole layout, opened in 2020.

Sources and record notes7 references

Sources for this history

Sheep Ranch Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
Course introduction: Coore & Crenshaw and oceanfront greens
Consulted 2026-10-24
Sheep Ranch Is A Walk Unspoiled Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
September 10, 2020; June 1 opening and preceding thirteen-green layout
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 workTom Doak · Original design · 2001
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: named design workBen Crenshaw · Redesign · Date unrecorded
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: named design workBill Coore · Redesign · Date unrecorded

Course design

Tom Doak

Ben Crenshaw

Bill Coore

Sources for this history

Course record sources