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DRIVING DISTANCE.


Byline: The Register-Guard

Course: Ocean Dunes Golf Links

Address, phone number: 3345 Munsel Lake Road, Florence. Tee times: (541) 997-3232 or (800) 468-4833.

Description: With narrow fairways and small greens, this par-71, 5,912-yard course is aptly described as "not extra long, but extra difficult," as a slope rating The slope rating of a golf course, typically in the US, is a measure of its difficulty for bogey golfers. The term comes from the fact that when playing on more difficult courses, players' scores will rise more quickly than their handicaps would predict.  of 136 from the blue tees attests. Ocean Dunes is built on sand dunes sand dune

Hill, mound, or ridge of windblown sand or other loose material such as clay particles. Dunes are commonly associated with desert regions and seacoasts, and there are large areas of dunes in nonglacial parts of Antarctica.
, so "Winter Rules" are never in effect.

Rates: Greens fees greens fee
n.
The fee charged to play on a golf course.
 are $32 for 18 holes before Memorial Day, $36 thereafter. Power carts rent for $26.

Amenities: No driving range, but golfers can warm up by hitting into nets at an indoor range. A large practice green and a practice sand bunker bunk, bunker

large storage bin.


bunk forage
forage, usually ensilage stored in a large storage bunk and made available to cattle or other livestock along a face of the storage.
 are available. The clubhouse offers deli food service.

Getting there: From Eugene, take Highway 126 west to Florence and turn right onto Highway 101. Go about three miles to Munsel Lake Road. Turn right and follow signs to the course.

Distance/driving time: 49 air miles Air Miles
Noun, pl

Brit points awarded on buying flight tickets and certain other products which can be used to pay for other flights
. Allow about 70 minutes from downtown Eugene.
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Title Annotation:Recreation
Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Date:Apr 14, 2005
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