The resort hired a star, David McLay Kidd, the designer of Bandon Dunes in Oregon and the Castle Course at St.
An Interior spokeswoman declined to discuss the Bandon or Phoenix permits.
Coore and Crenshaw also designed the other U.S. course scheduled to open next year, this one at Bandon Dunes, the hard-to-get-to golf mecca on the southern coast of Oregon.
The impressive thing is that the Dormie Club combines the best of old and new, like the awesome neoclassic designs at Bandon Dunes, offering an old school feel and golf atmosphere.
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On Thursday, a regional MMS office withdrew Bandon's permit.
When you go to a caddie friendly course like Pinehurst Number Two, Pebble Beach Golf Links, or Bandon Dunes, the caddie gives you course advice, yardages, and help reading putts.
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An Interior spokeswoman confirmed late Thursday that the MMS rescinded the permits for Phoenix and Bandon "out of caution" and "to ensure that new drilling activities are consistent with" new federal safety requirements.
Just a few weeks into falling gas prices, new vehicle shoppers have ranked "overall fuel economy" No. 21 among attributes they most care about, two spots behind cup holders, according to a survey by CNW Marketing Research of Bandon, Ore.
The build-it-and-they-will-come success of Bandon Dunes, already with four 18-hole courses and another, 27-hole expansion under consideration for a few miles away, is also the inspiration for the new Doak course at Dismal River, well under way with a planned opening in 2013.
In interviews Thursday, the chief executives of Dynamic Offshore Resources LLC and Seahawk Drilling Inc. said they, too, were informed early Thursday that MMS was rescinding a permit the agency had issued less than 24 hours earlier to Bandon, a subsidiary of Dynamic Offshore Resources.
The Pacific Northwest has been booming in terms of great golf for the past decade, and is now home to a collection of world class public courses, including the four at Bandon Dunes, the three at Sunriver, and most recently, the soon to be US Open venue Chambers Bay.
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