Sand Hills Golf Club
TrophyThe remote Nebraska dunes course that launched the modern minimalist movement. A pilgrimage for purists who can wrangle the invitation to the middle of nowhere.
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Coore & Crenshaw
The minimalists who let the land lead — Sand Hills, Streamsong Red, and the gentle genius of Bandon Trails and Sheep Ranch.
11 Coore & Crenshaw courses in the catalog — mark the ones you’ve played and chase the set.
Where Coore & Crenshaw built
Portfolio atlas
11 courses across 7 states · densest in Arizona (3). a coast-to-coast bucket list — a lifelong chase.
Courses11
Scope7 states
Playable10
Trophy1
10 play 1 private trophy
Where minimalism was reborn
Talking Stick O'odham Course
$$$A wide-open Coore and Crenshaw links on the Salt River reservation, all angles and ground game with no houses in sight. A minimalist gem near Old Town.
Cuscowilla Golf Resort
$$$$A natural Coore and Crenshaw course on the shores of Lake Oconee, sandy and walkable with minimalist style. A quiet favorite of architecture buffs.
The Sandbox at Sand Valley
$$$A short course of seventeen one-shotters tumbling through the Sand Valley dunes. As much fun as golf gets, at midday or at dusk.
Bandon Preserve
$$$$$A 13-hole par-3 course with full ocean views whose proceeds fund coastal conservation. The most fun you can have in an hour and a half of golf.
Bandon Trails
$$$$$The inland counterpoint to Bandon's ocean links, traveling through dunes, forest, and meadow. Coore and Crenshaw's variety makes it many regulars' quiet favorite.
Sheep Ranch
$$$$$The newest big course at Bandon, with nine greens perched on the bluff edge and over a mile of coastline. No bunkers, no shelter, just you and the Pacific wind.
Streamsong Red
$$$$Coore and Crenshaw carved this out of old phosphate-mining land, and it plays like windswept links 70 miles from any ocean. Rolling fairways, wild greens, and not a house in sight.
We-Ko-Pa Saguaro
$$$$A Coore and Crenshaw walk through untouched Sonoran Desert with not a single home in sight. The minimalist routing feels like golf the way the land intended it.
Omni Barton Creek Crenshaw Cliffside
$$$A Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore course perched on Hill Country cliffs at Barton Creek, with a natural, walkable feel. A quieter complement to the Fazio courses.
Talking Stick Piipaash Course
$$$The greener, more traditional companion to the O'odham course at Talking Stick, lined with cottonwoods and water. A strong, walkable value.
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