Why it matters
Bandon Preserve is the 13-hole par-3 course Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw built above the Pacific at Bandon Dunes — opened 2012, with proceeds funding the Wild Rivers Coast Alliance. Holes run between 90 and 150 yards, all with the ocean in view. Not a warm-up — a real round, walked, the kind of golf people travel back specifically to play again.
How to play it
Walking only — flat enough that this is genuinely fine. Caddies optional. Bookable as part of a Bandon Dunes resort stay; played in the afternoon between a Pacific Dunes round and dinner is the standard. Pair with Shorty's for a "shorts day" — 6.5 holes plus 13 for the ultimate Bandon evening.