Bandon Crossings
We made the hour and a half drive from Florence down to Bandon and then the 15 minute drive out of town to a course just off the highway but shrouded in trees. Driving into the parking lot you got the impression of another old school country course, but on this occasion the first impression was dead wrong. This course is a tremendous design that makes you think your way around the course. You're not going to be able to use brute force to take this design down. In fact, you're better off laying back on some of the tee shots and giving yourself a good look at the terrain coming in. If you pound away there are many hidden features that leave you wishing you had practiced some restraint and played the golf course you could see. The risk reward is still there but many times the juice is not worth the squeeze. Birdies come from hitting the right part of the devilishly subtle greens and making a putt from the right location. The greens are incredibly fair and roll as true as any I've played. This walk amongst the pines was a wonderful experience and one I would recommend to anyone. Bring your A" game and use that 150 target pole to position yourself going into the greens and you'll have a great day of scoring and en even better day on this gem of a course.
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