Better known perhaps for his first Oregon project at Bandon Dunes in 1999, architect David McLay Kidd returned to the Beaver State a decade later to lay out the woodland course at Tetherow Golf Club.
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Better known perhaps for his first Oregon project at Bandon Dunes in 1999, architect David McLay Kidd returned to the Beaver State a decade later to lay out the woodland course at Tetherow Golf Club.
Tetherow
Better known perhaps for his first Oregon project at Bandon Dunes in 1999, architect David McLay Kidd returned to the Beaver State a decade later to lay out the golf course at Tetherow Golf Club.
Named after Solomon Tetherow, one of the mid-1800s pioneers who led wagon trains through the region, the course emulates the old timer’s trailblazing exploits with a modern design that some suspect might actually be ahead of its time.
Constructed with wall-to-wall fescue, the course plays firm and fast and it offers golfers a visually stimulating experience that some may find difficulty adjusting to. Add the fact that many of the greens are heavily contoured and you have a layout that certainly deserves the description of “challenging”.
The par four 6th is a feature hole, played from a tee set high above a split fairway. Those opting for the route to the left must flirt with the water hazard which runs along that side but they’ll have the reward of a shorter approach shot. Tee shots played to the safer side to the right avoid the water risk but the angle and length of approach makes for a more difficult shot to the green.