b'ON THECOVERVisual Appeal F ROM CENTRAL OREGONS SUNNYand mild summer weather, to its dramatic High Desert landscape, to its wild snow-fed rivers, to the locals famous by Design love of the outdoors, the Cascade Range has forever shaped the region.Central Oregon golf is no exception.The peaks of this section of the Cascades have guided some of the worlds best-known golf course designersa constant call to architects to use the natural beauty of the region as every courses best attributes.Framed by majesticThe mountains are to Central Oregon what the ocean is to Bandon Dunes, Bend resident David McLay Kidd says of the defining common mountain ranges, Centralattribute of Central Oregons 30 golf courses.Oregons award-winning golfKidd should know. After designing Bandon Dunes, turning him into one of the worlds biggest stars in golf course architecture, he moved to Central courses were created withOregon while designing Tetherow, one of three Central Oregon courses ranked among Golf Digests Top 100 in the U.S.more than playability in mind Kidd, though, is not alone in his view on the importance of the mountains to Central Oregon golf. Those volcanic peaks have inspired some of golfs most influential architects. Bob Cupp, Tom Fazio, John Fought, Robert Muir Graves, Peter Jacobsen, Robert Trent Jones Jr., Jack Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf, Kidd, and others have all left their marks on Central Oregon, many with designs considered among each architects best work.For more informationIf there is a common theme among each of the great architects, it is in the including a full list of courses,way they have used the Cascades to guide them. At Crosswater in Sunriver, packages, and trip ideas goanother of Central Oregons three Golf Digest Top 100 courses, Mt. Bachelor toCentralOregonGolfTrail.com.watches over nearly every shot played over and around the Cascades-fed waters of the Deschutes and Little Deschutes rivers. At Black Butte Ranchs two courses, near Sisters, ponderosa pines perfectly frame Black Butte, Mt. Washington, and Three Fingered Jack. In the more arid eastern reaches of the High Desert, Pronghorns two courses, including the Top 100 Jack Nicklaus course, and Brasada Ranch, offer panoramic views that stretch from Mt. Bachelor in the south, to the Three Sisters and Broken Top, to Mt. Washington and Mt. Jefferson to the north.Tetherow Resort12PACIFIC NORTHWEST GOLFER|SEPT 2020'