Bandon Dunes Tee Times and Booking

The short answer

The simplest way to play Bandon Dunes is as a resort guest, bundling lodging and golf through the resort's reservations team. Resort guests receive preferred tee time access, can reserve roughly up to a year in advance, and play several rounds across the courses, which is how most golfers experience the place. Day guests who are not staying on property can book a limited number of tee times, generally from April through mid November, up to about 21 days ahead at a premium rate and after 10am, with availability much tighter.

Green fees are highly seasonal. Resort guest rounds run around 345 dollars at the summer peak and drop steeply in winter, to as low as around 130 dollars in December and January, with replay rounds around 65 dollars, while spring and autumn sit in between and offer real value. The whole resort is walking only with caddies, so budget for caddie fees and gratuities on top of the green fee. Book early, especially for summer, and plan the trip as a multi day, multi course stay.

How the pricing works

Bandon's pricing rewards two things: staying on property and choosing your season. Resort guests get the better rates, the long booking window and the preferred access, so the trip is built around a stay in the resort lodging rather than a single drop in round. The season then swings the green fee dramatically, from around 345 dollars at the summer peak to as little as 130 dollars in the depths of winter, with the spring and autumn shoulders offering the sweet spot of fair weather and lower fees. Replay rounds the same day are cheaper again, which suits the play until dark culture here.

Because every course is walking only with caddies, the real cost of a day is the green fee plus the caddie fee and gratuity, so factor that into the budget per round. Most visitors play multiple rounds over several days, often two a day in the long northern summer light, so the per round economics matter across the whole trip. For the full breakdown, see our guide to Bandon Dunes green fees.

How to book a tee time

Book through the resort's reservations team, ideally as a resort guest, which is the surest route to the dates, the lodging and the multiple rounds you want. The reservations team bundles tee times and rooms together, and the prime summer windows fill early, so the moment your dates are firm is the moment to call. If you are arranging a group or a multi course trip, our concierge can hold the rounds and build the stay and the logistics around them.

Day guests staying off property face a tighter path: a shorter booking window of around 21 days, tee times after 10am, a premium rate and limited availability between April and mid November. It can work for a flexible single visit, but for a true Bandon experience across the courses, a resort stay is the standard and far easier approach. Either way, plan early and keep backup dates ready, because summer is the busiest time on the Oregon coast.

When to play, and what to expect

Bandon is genuine links golf, firm and fast over dunes above the Pacific, with five distinct full courses and a brilliant par 3 layout in the Preserve. High summer brings the best weather, the longest days and the heaviest demand, while spring and autumn give firm turf, fewer crowds and lower fees at the cost of less settled conditions. Winter is the bargain, quiet and cheap, for golfers happy to play in whatever the coast delivers. Pack for wind and rain whatever the month, because this is exposed, maritime golf.

Most visitors come for several days and play the courses in turn: David McLay Kidd's original Bandon Dunes, Tom Doak's Pacific Dunes and Old Macdonald, the Coore and Crenshaw pair of Bandon Trails and Sheep Ranch, and the Preserve to finish a day. Secure your dates and lodging first, then build the round order and the caddie bookings around them, and you have one of the great golf trips in the world. For where it sits among the region's best, see the best golf courses at Bandon.