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Bandon City Park

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Nate32
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Experience: 10.7 years 74 played 60 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 29, 2022 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Bandon City Park is a decent little course located in Bandon Oregon. It's a pretty typical city park style course with some decent hardware and a good variety of shots. The setting of this course is pretty nice as well.

Bandon City Park offers cinder block tee pads and Mach 3 baskets. I found the tee signs to be interesting on this course. They have room on the sign to add for some stickers to show where the basket is, OB, tee pads, etc but all it shows is the distance and hole number and par. Might have not been in the budget, I'm not sure.

Decent variety of holes at Bandon City Park. Love to see that there's wooded and open holes. There's also a good mix of short to long shots. Longest hole is 519 ft so it's safe to say it's not a mid range/putter course.

Although it is a city park I didn't run into too many people using the other amenities of the park where I had to wait to throw, so it's nice to see they separated a little bit of the park for the disc golf course. It depends on the day you go.

Cons:

Oregon coast brush isn't something to look forward too when playing disc golf. There's a lot of sticky sharp bushes that will eat your disc and there is certainly a bit of it on this course. I threw a shot straight into one of these bushes and I had to very slowly fish my disc out without being poked. A little course clearing might be nice.

- Wind is also a factor to take into account.
No elevation change throughout the course. Other reviewers have mentioned this and I do recommend a map, because it's especially helpful in the wooded holes.

Other Thoughts:

Since Bandon.City Park is close to the beach I really enjoyed feeling the ocean breeze throughout my round. I've played this course a few times and it's good enough for me to stop for a quick nine. Not much else to say.
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Rossome
Experience: 310 played 18 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Well Done Bandon! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 30, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

I am a full time RVer and play courses all over, but two thirds have been out west. I am particular and usually don't play courses unless they rate at least a 3.0. I rarely play 9 hole courses as they usually disappoint. Not this one!
- Set up as a nine hole course, but with the dual tee pads, plays like a real 18 hole course
- The tee pads are quite nice, not just dirt spots
- Very well laid out around a large city park so as to avoid playgrounds, parking areas, ball fields and general pedestrian traffic.
- Great mix of long/short, open/technical, right/left fairways
- Fairly intuitive once you can find the first tee pad.
- Arrows on most baskets point you toward the next tee pad

Cons:

- The first tee pad is NOT near the east entrance as advertised on their course write up page. It is across the street from the dog park parking lot, toward the southwest side of the park
- While there are signs with distances on each tee pad, it would be nice to indicate where the pin is.
- Most tee pads point toward the pin, but not all
- The only tee pad with safety issues is #1 as you tee off toward oncoming traffic

Other Thoughts:

Overall, this is one of the best 9 hole courses I've ever played. The 18 hole modification is a real bonus. Many city park courses endanger other park users with the layout and they've done a nice job with this one. Once you play the course once (or just the first 9) it is easy to follow the next time around.
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disc_destroyer69
Experience: 15 played 14 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Pleasant Experience 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 11, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

There was plenty of variety on the holes and a good mix of lengths as well. The arrows on the baskets that pointed to the next hole were very helpful in finding your way around. There was no one on the course so that was a plus.

Cons:

It was confusing at times finding some of the holes and tees. The first tee took about 10 minutes of searching before we found it but the rest of the holes didn't take that long. There is an option to play the course twice but with different tees which we did not do. That wouldn't have added much fun because most of the tees were like 20 feet away from the original tees. There is also some pokie plants that hurt my dog's feet so be careful if you bring your furry friends.

Other Thoughts:

If you're on the coast driving on 101 and have some time, check this out. It's worth an hour of your time. It's not worth going out of your way for more than 20 min though.
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Pierparknut
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Experience: 10.8 years 89 played 85 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Try to Come on a (rare) Non-Windy Day 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 16, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Bandon City Park is a rather large city park in the heart of the seafront town of Bandon, Oregon. The park is located less than a quarter of a mile from the ocean.

-There are 9 holes. A few play through a dense woods, some through a lighter woods, and a couple more that play through open fields. My favorite hole is number 9, a gentle S-shot through a light woods.

-There are a good variation of hole lengths, ranging from 250 to 550 feet. But the wind makes a huge difference. Some holes play very short, others play long, depending on the wind.

-The teepads are fine, and the baskets are decent DGA models.

-I would expect it would drain well in winter since soil near the ocean tends to be sandy.

Cons:

-The biggest issue here is the wind. The course is very close to the ocean, and even though there are a fair amount of trees, expect heavy winds.

-There are some nasty gorse bushes on holes 2 and 8. Gorse is an absolute disc eater. It is super thorny and even thicker than blackberry bushes. They are pretty far off the fairway but the heavy winds can carry your disc in unimaginable directions.

-Holes 4, 5, 6, and 7 were stupid. The trees are so close together it would be difficult even without the wind. The wind just makes it ridiculous. Throw and hope somehow you make it.

-Holes 4-6 play through a dense woods with downed logs, and small shrubs. Watch your footing.

Other Thoughts:

-Bandon doesn't seem to have a vibrant disc golf scene. This is the only course in town and when I played in the afternoon my group was the only one. So, a quick round can easily be played, providing your disc doesn't get stuck somewhere.

-Previous reviewers have mentioned it's a good idea to get a course map from the park host. I found a map on the Bandon City parks website and posted it here. Please print it out. You're going to have a hard time finding your way without one.

-It appears a few redesigns have taken place. The photos on file aren't correct but the map is.

-I got a disc stuck in the large pine tree on hole 8. It looked as if I weren't the first one to do so. Someone had left a long 2x4 as well as a large rock next to the tree.

-Hole 6 did not have a concrete teepad but instead a rectangular dirt area marked by tree branches. I don't know what happened here.

-It's a cool little course but nothing worth going out of your way for. Bandon is much more a golf destination than a disc golf one.
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ohtobediscing
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 44.5 years 401 played 41 reviews
3.00 star(s)

And the Band[Played]On 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 22, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

It appears that another redesigning has occurred since the Kid's review. Hole #s 3-6 are distinctly different from the photos, with 5-6 in a forest of thin, leaning coastal pine trunks underslung with ferns and salal covering rotting, downed trees and knotted, complex root systems.
Normally you'd expect a course in a well-established, multi-use park to be a beginner's love affair with open throws over manicured grass, with a few trees here and there to validate its parkness.Well, that's what it looks like--but get out there and you'll find length, complexity and challenging vegetation more suited to a bagger's daydream.
It is open enough to have novices play and not lose discs, though you could throw over the fence on #2 and the low shrubbery on #s 5-6 might hide your disc until you're up close. The proximity of ballfields and parking lots may affect some drives for the directionally-challenged.
Pads are good and signage is tolerable; the lack of benches was unnoticeable with the pace of play.
Almost no elevation change, and most of the course is visible from surrounding houses.

Cons:

If the host isn't around, you'll really miss not having a map.
The parking lot near the ball diamond was recently expanded, which may explain my inability to find tee #6.
Busy holidays/summer sunny days may mean that most of the "open" holes can't be played due to visitor density.

Other Thoughts:

Its one turn and one minute off Hwy 101, with plenty of stores/eateries a mile in either direction.
Recent clearing SE of #6 indicates the possibility of a few more holes.
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The Valkyrie Kid
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 45.9 years 1563 played 1507 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Decent/Typical Sums Up This Course Pretty Well! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 25, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

The Bandon City Park DGC plays around the perimeter of the park. The park has three baseball fields, a dog park, basketball courts, playground and a mobile home where the park hosts resides for the summer, I believe. You can get a map from her, nice lady.

The course has cinder block tee pads, basic fiberglass signs and decent baskets.

There are some challenging holes holes featuring length (# 2 at 570') and super technical (# 7 at 246' and # 9 at about 260' estimated). I was fortunate to be guided by local player, Dimitri. I think navigation by myself, would have been a little tricky.

Cons:

I can't think of any Cons for Bandon City Park just as I can't come up with any major highlights or signature holes.
It's flat with no elevation. The design is fine. Everything is okay. Bandon just didn't seem to excite me in any particular fashion.

Other Thoughts:

Solid course with no major flaws. It's recreational difficult with some adequate length and a couple of technical holes. So it'll challenge us rec players. I don't see it as being really great for beginners or kids. Just a nice little course in a nice little city park. In a nice little town! By a nice big ocean. Nice!
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rcbclbcdb
Experience: 11.7 years 5 played 4 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Fun for the family 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 11, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Open spaces.
Challenging holes in the woods.
Long drive holes.
Free to play
Good for any age, my 3 year old had a blast.

Cons:

Long walk between some holes.
When park is hopping, hard to play a couple of holes.
Impossible to find hole 9's tee box?

Other Thoughts:

The map on hole 1 is nice.
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BrickE
Experience: 12.2 years 13 played 4 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Potential Greatness 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 13, 2012 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This is a fun course that has potential. There is a great variety of shots with dog legs to both the left and the right. There are some nice long holes that offer the chance to really open up with your drive which is a nice change on the Southern Oregon Coast specifically #2, #5, and #6. Bandon offers a nice setting where you can send the wife to shop and hit the course running.

Cons:

1. The course is not finished, the gorse and underbrush makes this course unforgivable in many places, the trees still need to be thinned to create real fairways on holes #6, #7, and #8, and the ground brush needs to be cleared back from the baskets (missed the hole on #9 by 10ft and spent 15 min looking for my disc).
2. Hole #2 needs better clearing or a little tweaking to keep discs out of peoples yards
3. #3, through the picnic area, really?

Other Thoughts:

I had fun playing the course, but it has a long way to go if it is ever going to be one of my regular stops.
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gzusrlz85
Experience: 2 played 2 reviews
1.50 star(s)

The gorse course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 3, 2012 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Holes 1-6 are pretty good holes. I like the variety of left and right dog legs, and straight shots through trees. This house has a ton of potential. New gravel tee pads on a few holes. I like the course map at hole 1 and the signs at each hole too.

Cons:

My biggest complaint is that there is no tee pad or sign for hole 9. Also, holes 8 and 9 need a lot of work. There are trees on hole 8 that are marked for removal. 6 and 7 need a little bit of clearing out as well. The major downfall is definitely the last two holes. Lastly, the gorse there is pretty crazy too.

Other Thoughts:

I think this course has a lot of potential. If there were tee pads on every hole and some tree removal, then I would play this course more often. There is a tournament this coming Saturday at this course, I hope they do some work on hole 9 before then.
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dscglf4
Experience: 26.8 years 61 played 3 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 26, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

a course is a course of course ,even if its another 9 hole course on the beautiful southern oregon coast...
its great that Bandon has added disc golf to its city park that already had baseball diamond,BB court,skate ramps etc...
plays around parimeter of the park mostly except #3,we had to wait a few minutes cuz of people passing back and forth through fairway.
-good variety of throws not just another P&A course.most shots are 225-300' range,with a few longer throws,hole #2 is 570, #5 378,#6 324'
-good Tee signs , with "next Tee" direction, and good pin locations
-good balance of left/right/ straight shots,few really good dog-legs

Cons:

the walk from pin #2 to Tee 3 is kinda long, hole 3 itself is nice but on a nice day will have alot of families hanging out enjoying a picnic.
a few of the Tee signs point in the wrong direction but its ez enuff to figure out...except #4's sign, with the maintenance shed in the way? lol
thats all i can really say,because its still getting cleaned up.alot of clearing has been done to hole's #7,8,9...you can tell it was a nightmare to do so, so thanks to all those who've spilt their blood.

Other Thoughts:

i live in Coos Bay/North Bend and play mingus and winsor almost daily, and since Bandon is only a 30 minute drive, i will be playing this course at least once a week.

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wildrivers
Experience: 14.7 years 19 played 19 reviews
3.00 star(s)

One more S. Oregon course! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 5, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Bandon needed a disc golf course and thanks to the locals for getting one in. It is a fun 9 hole course which circles the small park. There is lots of work to be done yet but the course is playable. Like hole 5 with its kind/challenging head wind. Can have dogs on leash. It sits away from the main highway. It will highlight disc golf in a town that was missing this great game. Huge Pro is the city really wants to have the course in their town and is putting together $ for concrete tees and future work.

Cons:

Tee signs do not point in direction of baskets. This will change soon as per city. Get a map or a guide or walk around looking goofy, smile. The baskets are not in the ground as solidly as they should be and some are crooked. This is due to bored kids vandilizing the course. There are a couple trees which could come down, hole 6 and 8. No concrete tees yet. Hole 3 is over picnic tables and buildings. The city states this may change soon. Hole 2 at 570, par 3??

Other Thoughts:

My hope is they will change hole 3 so as not to fly disc over peoples heads. It would be a shame to lose a course because the public gets hit by a disc. Its a short course and a fun stop when visiting Bandon. It also sits alittle more out of the wind then the beach if its too windy for a beach day. Thanks Bandon!
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