Bandon Crossings Golf Course features a different feel than its coastal Oregon neighbor, Bandon Dunes

BANDON, Ore. -- Bandon Crossings Golf Course is located just south of the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort on Oregon's southwest coast. It's not affiliated with the resort and features an entirely different feel versus the links-style fescue turf on Bandon's three courses.

Bandon Crossings opened in July of 2007 but features lush, soft and green rye fairways and rough. The greens are a smaller, smooth bentgrass that you'll actually be able to leave ball marks on after bump-and-running your way up and down the Bandon Dunes course.

There is a great deal of natural beauty out here. The first five holes play on more wide-open links-style land before heading into thick forest with a great deal of tall pines, furs and even some redwoods. Two holes play along a river basin, and the course ends with a heroic par 5.

Bandon Crossings golf course in Oregon

The first five holes at Bandon Crossings Golf Course are wide open before heading back into dense pine forest.

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Bandon Crossings golf course

Bandon Crossings Golf Course is on Oregon's southern Coast.

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Bandon Crossings golf course - hole 4

The par-5 fourth hole at Bandon Crossings Golf Course features a small green guarded in front by dense hazard and is the first of back-to-back par 5s.

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Bandon Crossings golf course - hole 5

The fifth hole on Bandon Crossings Golf Course is a par-5 that features a green tucked well below the fairway along a river basin.

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Bandon Crossings golf course - hole 6

The first of the forested holes, the par-3 sixth hole, plays up to 235 yards at Bandon Crossings Golf Course.

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Bandon Crossings golf course - hole 7

The par-4 seventh hole features a dip in the fairway before playing up towards an elevated green at Bandon Crossings Golf Course in Oregon.

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Bandon Crossings golf course in Oregon

Golfers who have been playing at Bandon Dunes will find Bandon Crossings Golf Course's smaller, bent grass greens more familiar.

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Bandon Crossings GC

Bandon Crossings Golf Course is on Oregon's southern Coast.

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Bandon Crossings golf course - hole 9

Bandon Crossings Golf Course's par-3 ninth hole is 175 yards from the championship tees.

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Bandon Crossings golf course - hole 13

The par-3 13th hole at Bandon Crossings Golf Course plays from an elevated tee to a green below along the river bend.

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Bandon Crossings golf course - hole 17

The par-3 17th hole at Bandon Crossings Golf Course plays over a creek to a small green.

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