Best golf courses: Bend

Bend: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in and around this city. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key below for the rating definitions.
Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
On application
Bend
Fazio, Tom

Visitors?

On application

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

Tom Fazio

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Rsrt guests only
Bend
Jacobsen & Hardy

Visitors?

Rsrt guests only

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

Peter Jacobsen & Jim Hardy

5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Rsrt guests only
Bend
Cupp, Bob

Visitors?

Rsrt guests only

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

Bob Cupp.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Graves, Robert Muir

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

Robert Muir Graves

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Whitcomb, Brian

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

Brian Whitcomb

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Harbottle, John

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

Current course at this location designed by John Harbottle III (2005), following Club's two-mile relocation required due to a road project impacting the original course.

5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Nicklaus, Jack

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

A Jack Nicklaus Signature course

3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Mason & Ramey

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

Original design by Gene Mason (1979); redesigned by Jim Ramey (1996).

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Thronson, John

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

John Thronson

5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Visitors welcome
Bend
McLay-Kidd, David

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

David McLay-Kidd

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Robinson, William

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

William G. "Bill" Robinson, and younger brother John F. Robinson.

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Mason, Gene

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

Gene (Bunny) Mason

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Graves, Robert Muir

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

Robert Muir Graves

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Robinson, Ted

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

Ted Robinson (Sr).

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Overdorf, William

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

William Overdorf

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Graves, Robert Muir

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

Robert Muir Graves

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Ramey, Jim

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

Jim Ramey

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Fought, John

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

Original course established in 1969, redesigned by John Fought in 1999.

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Mason, Gene

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

Gene (Bunny) Mason

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Bend
Jones II, Robert Trent

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Bend

Designer

Robert Trent Jones Jr.

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Tournaments

The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.

Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.

Who's Who

Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.

Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.

Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.

Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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