Course record
Punchbowl
At Bandon Dunes
The Punchbowl opened at Bandon Dunes in 2014. Tom Doak designed the 100,000-square-foot putting course with Jim Urbina, the same team responsible for Old Macdonald. Bandon credits the Himalayas putting course at St Andrews as its inspiration.1
Open the Club record- Opened
- 2014
- Club location
- Bandon Oregon
A Changing Route Across the Punchbowl
The resort’s guide describes changing routes through the site’s natural hollows. Those hollows also explain the name: a punchbowl is a bowl-shaped feature in golf-course design. The putting course sits beside Pacific Dunes, giving the resort a separate course played entirely with a putter.1
Course design
Sources and record notes5 references
Sources for this history
- The Punchbowl
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
Owner description and FAQ: 2014 opening, 100,000 square feet, Tom Doak with Jim Urbina, changing putting routes, Himalayas inspiration and natural-hollow naming. Rates, access and operating hours are outside this history.
Consulted 2026-10-28
Course record sources
- Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: Punchbowl putting courseCourse record
- Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: Punchbowl opening accountCourse opening
- Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: PunchbowlJim Urbina · Original design · Date unrecorded
- Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: PunchbowlTom Doak · Original design · Date unrecorded