Old Back Nine

My family and I recently traveled to Sunriver, OR, just outside Bend, for our yearly end of summer vacation. While there, I got the chance to play the Old Back Nine Golf course. It is close to Sunriver and the course conditions and environment were beautiful. The greens were in great shape and rolled true and fast, but were not overly challenging. That can be a good thing though. The fairways and rough were well trimmed. The course offered some challenge with a few tight fairways and balanced that with a few nicely open fairways. I would love to see a few bunkers in key areas though. The rough was not too difficult to play out of but, if you got off course, the high desert brush would make you pay. I hit more than one provisional during my round as its been awhile since I’ve played. The staff was friendly and the carts were new and clean. The practice putting green was in good shape, but I do prefer actual holes to putt into instead of the stand up flags that they used. I do also wish the course had a driving range. I find it very difficult to play without a thorough warm up. All in all I had a fantastic time playing the Old Back Nine Golf Course and will definitely return.

The course was well maintained but there are no distance markers and multiple GPS systems are not yet mapped. Narrow fairways — so short and straight has an advantage. One man show for both the pro shop and snacks so patience will make your experience more enjoyable.

Nice course but poorly managed. It took 3 hours to play none holes on Monday morning

Old back nine was a great experience and I will play many time this summer. Staff was great and the course was in great shape

I’ve been here about 4 times. This last time I brought my fiancé out to play for her first time at the Old Back 9. This was the 3^rd time she had ever played in her life. We had a later tee time almost at 5 pm. I let Paul know that she new to golf and that we would be moving slower. To be nice we let two sets of people play through. We got to the second to last hole where the club house was within view. As we were teeing off we heard Paul yelling at us from the club house. He was yelling «Hurry up!». I have never experienced such horrible customer service. I understand that we were taking a long time as we are new to golf. But to yell at us from about 100 yards away is ridiculous and extremely rude. We were already frustrated with the game itself and to add the pressure from Paul to «Hurry up» caused us to quit for the day. I drove the cart up (which I had paid for for the entire 9 holes) and dropped it off thinking Paul could clean it, go home, and stop yelling at us. He rudely informed me that he still had to wait until we were off the course AND that we were «taking forever». Although now we were walking, even after paying, which probably caused him to have to wait longer. We finished the hole we were on and skipped the last due to Paul’s ruddiness. SO… I payed for 9 holes times 2. A cart for 2 for the 9 holes. And we didn’t even finish the course and turned in the cart early due to the way we were yelled at and made to feel extremely uncomfortable. I thought this was a good course to learn golf at. I was wrong and we will take our money down the road to Lost Tracks or one of the other courses in town that are budget friendly to the new golfer. We will not be back and will never recommend this course to anyone. So if you’re new to golf DO NOT go to the Old Back 9. You might just get pushed off the course and not get your monies worth.