Update: Bandon's Par-3 And Muni

Blaine Newnham with an update and many details from Bill Coore regarding the new Bandon Preserve par-3 course as well as an update on the Bandon Municipal status.

"What Mike Keiser wanted," said architect Bill Coore, "was a collection of holes that could stand up to the par-3s on the big courses, holes like No. 11 at Pacific Dunes and No. 2 at Bandon Trails - real golf on a smaller scale."

Coore admitted that he and Crenshaw had wanted to use the dunes near the ocean in the building of Trails, but that Keiser had pushed for more of an inland course as a respite from the winds and weather of the other Bandon courses.

"In the end," said Coore, "the pockets of dunes didn't lend themselves to longer holes. It is a very special piece of property."