Another very late posting. Played with my Vegas golf buddy on Sunday, 10/26/14, on Day 4 of our annual golf trip, this year in Bend. Eagle Crest Resort is a combined timeshare/owner home resort where ... Continue »

Another very late posting. Played with my Vegas golf buddy on Sunday, 10/26/14, on Day 4 of our annual golf trip, this year in Bend. Eagle Crest Resort is a combined timeshare/owner home resort where we stayed during our golf trip. GKer Nickesquire stayed over in the Bend area from Saturday’s round to join us again.

Nick’s earlier posted review captured a lot of the main aspects of course condition, which was again excellent. The front side plays mostly up and down gentle slopes; the back nine displayed a lot more change in elevation as it played farther up onto the beginnings of the butte located to the west of the resort. Many of the medium-size greens are perched or plateau type with uphill runups. Conditions were uniformly great – we had good lies, greens were firm and quick, but once you got outside of the rough lining the fairways it was a crapshoot on the lie, with dense bushes, trees, open rough sand, and scattered debris to contend with.

The mix and contrast of elevation change, fairway/rough/high grass surrounds, mid-height junipers, and blue/gray sky made this the most visually striking of the four courses we played over the weekend.

There is also a shorter executive course (reviewed by Nick) and a resort-style regulation course (not played) on the resort property. Definitely recommended.