Bandon Dunes Golf Resort Old McDonald Course
The 7th Hole at Old MacdonaldIn less than a decade Bandon Dunes Golf Resort has impressed enough avid golfers to be mentioned in the same breath as iconic golf destinations like Pebble Beach, Pinehurst and Kiawah Island. The resort is now taking reservations for limited preview play on its highly anticipated fourth offering, Old Macdonald.
While the full 18-hole course isn’t set to open until June 1, 2010, it will be open to a limited number of guests that will be able to sample the course on a 10-hole loop for a rate of $110. Only 32 players per day will be allowed on the course from April 1 to October 1, 2009.
Old Macdonald, designed by Tom Doak and Jim Urbina, will be open first to past and current resort guests wishing to preview the new course.
The design and strategies of each hole can be linked to the design attributes by the course’s namesake and the grandfather of golf course architecture in America, Charles Blair Macdonald. Macdonald designed Chicago Golf Club, Yale Golf Club in Connecticut and the National Golf Links of America, on Long Island.
The three championship courses already in play at Bandon Dunes all rank among the top 21 public courses in America according to Golf Digest: Bandon Dunes, designed by David McLay Kidd in 1999 (No. 7); Pacific Dunes, designed in 2001 by Doak (No. 2); and Bandon Trails, designed by Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore in 2005 (No. 21).
Golfers interested in previewing Old Macdonald or visiting Bandon Dunes Golf Resort should call 888-345-6008. For additional information on Bandon Dunes, please visit
