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BANDON TRAILS
The Bandon experience is an
accumulation of distinctive
moments that adds up to
something greater than the
sum of its parts. It includes
feeling the land beneath
your feet, bunking down in
rustic-chic lodging, shuttling
from course to course, and
bantering with the likes of
greeter Bob “Shoe” Gaspar,
a local who has been with the
resort since opening day. No
visit is complete, of course,
without grill-room debate
over which layout ranks as the
best on property. Though it’s
the only 18-hole course not on
the ocean, Bandon Trails, a
2005 Bill Coore-Ben Crenshaw
design, often gets the nod.