This course marks the West Coast debut of Rees Jones who worked for twenty years designing courses on the East Coast before expanding westward This is a multi theme layout of sand dunes water holes and pines that is reminiscent of Jones father s Spyglass Hill further down the rocky coastline The course is bordered on the ocean side by the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area Hole 6 a 444 yard par 4 was voted one of The Best 18 Holes You Can Play by Golf Digest in 1997 This hole has wetlands to the right off the tee and a forest of Monterrey Pines to the left A fairway bunker rests at the corner of the dogleg right fairway and a grass bunker and sand bunker must be carried to reach the putting surface GOLF MAGAZINE rated this course 72nd in the category of Top 100 Courses You Can Play in the U S for 1998 The 7252 yard men s tee has a course rating of 76.3 and slope of 131 The 5,346 ladies tee also has a men s course rating of 65.8 and slope of 111