Must play
Make Tetherow your headline round if the demanding style appeals. Book ahead.
You know the famous courses. Here’s what else deserves a round.
Eagle without the resort price.
David McLay Kidd's distinctive heathland-style layout is the headline round for a Bend trip.
Mountain golf through ponderosas and aspens, with strong support from both editorial and golfer accounts.
High-desert municipal golf with Cascade views, a full practice facility, and a reported $60–75 rate.
MAKE THE ROUNDS YOURS
Keep our three picks, or swap a round to suit your group, budget, and time.
Make Tetherow your headline round if the demanding style appeals. Book ahead.
Widgi Creek stands out for its greens in the available golfer accounts. Check current conditions.
Make time for Prineville’s municipal course and its well-regarded greens.
Check the current listed rate and cart or tax extras before booking.
A shorter layout with canyon views. An early start can help avoid slower afternoons.
Consider the Nicklaus course if public tee times fit your dates; resort guests have priority.
Pair Juniper with Eagle Crest. Book both rounds and leave a generous transfer and lunch window.
Crooked River Ranch is a good fit for a shorter, scenic round together.
Lost Tracks has recurring pace concerns. Avoid squeezing it in before a flight.
David McLay Kidd's distinctive heathland-style layout is the headline round for a Bend trip.
2026 rate table supplied by Alex from the Tetherow rates page (work/rates/BND-01-rates-2026.jpg): resort guests $280 May-September; March, April and October $200 day guest and $150 resort guest; same-day replay $110; juniors $35.
Dramatic high-desert golf with resort priority and limited public availability.
Read from the club's EZLinks booking site (work/rates/BND-02.txt); Saturday figures read by Alex. Dynamic pricing; the club's own pages publish no rate sheet. Public times are limited; resort guests and members have priority.
A nationally recognized destination course, with access tied to a Sunriver stay.
Twilight after 3pm $260; shoulder season (to May 14 and from Oct 12) $250 and $190 twilight. Requires a Sunriver Resort stay or membership.
Mountain golf through ponderosas and aspens, with strong support from both editorial and golfer accounts.
Spring and fall (to May 7 and from Oct 12): $80 prime, $70 afternoon. Big Meadow and Glaze Meadow share the rate sheet.
A highly regarded resort course, primarily for guests. Its provisional Eagle tier carries medium confidence because the evidence is still limited.
2026 green-fee sheet (PDF linked by Alex, saved as work/rates/BND-14-rates.pdf): shoulder season (Mar 16-Apr 30, Oct 2-Nov 22) $205, off season $145, replay $75, extra rider $35. Vacation-rental guests may book 14 days out; there is no public rate.
Red cinder bunkers and Three Sisters views make this a memorable round; recent greens feedback is mixed.
Twilight after 3pm $65; off season Nov 1-May 2 $65; Monday-Tuesday senior and local rate $85 with cart.
A tree-lined Robert Muir Graves layout with a particularly strong reputation for its greens.
Spring (May) $89 prime; opening and closing months $55. Guest rate in parentheses on the sheet is for pass holders.
An overlooked city course in Prineville, with water on 14 holes and well-regarded greens.
Noon-4pm $45 and $50 walking; twilight after 4pm $30 walking.
High-desert municipal golf with Cascade views, a full practice facility, and a reported $60–75 rate.
After 3pm $66, after 5pm $42; Redmond residents $66 before 3pm; shoulder seasons $67. The course states rates vary with demand.
A shorter, easygoing round with canyon-rim views and a strong reputation for affordable golf.
Shoulder (Mar, Apr, Oct) $60 walking; winter $38. Current as of 3/1/2026 per the site.
An open front nine and tighter back nine offer variety; consider pairing it with Juniper for 36 holes.
Read from the tee sheet by Alex on 2026-09-09 (work/rates/BND-10.txt). Eagle Crest publishes no rate sheet; prices are dynamic by date and time.
The island green on 16 is a memorable finish to a round whose conditioning and pace receive mixed feedback.
May 1-21 $62 before 2pm; Sep 28-Oct 31 $55; rail pass rates in parentheses on the sheet.
A convenient option near downtown, with hills and interesting greens; conditioning and service reports vary.
Spring and fall $59, late season $39.
A well-liked Robert Trent Jones Jr. course that became private in April 2025; only Sunriver resort guests and club members can play it.
Oct 14 to closing $125 ($85 twilight). Requires a Sunriver Resort stay.
A La Pine option about 30 minutes south of Bend with encouraging early feedback, but too little evidence for a tier.
Off season (Mar 1-May 14, Oct 1-Nov 15) $50 walking, $70 with cart.
A pleasant, well-kept Sunriver course that became private in April 2025; only resort guests and club members can play it. Golfers rated it decent rather than special when it was public.
Mar 20-May 14 and Oct 12-Nov 1: $140 ($100 twilight). Requires a Sunriver Resort stay.
Glaze Meadow is newly added to our Bend coverage and has not been tiered yet; we are still gathering evidence on it.
Spring and fall (to May 7 and from Oct 12): $80 prime, $70 afternoon. Big Meadow and Glaze Meadow share the rate sheet.