Tetherow
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon · Bend / Central Oregon golf market
- Access
- bundled
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- David McLay Kidd
- Golf access
- Bundled
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Tetherow is a 700-acre golf and recreational planned resort community on the west edge of Bend, bordering the Deschutes National Forest, built around an 18-hole David McLay Kidd design -- the same architect behind Bandon Dunes and Gamble Sands. The course is marketed as 'semi-private' and features rolling high-desert terrain, mounding, and Cascade Mountain views. The resort blends a 50-room boutique lodge, several restaurants, a full-service Athletic Club of Bend (pool, cabanas, fitness), and seven named residential neighborhoods -- The Glen, Crescent, North Forty, Heath, and the smaller, gated Tartan Druim enclave (39 luxury homes) among them -- built directly around and adjacent to the golf course.
What distinguishes Tetherow from most Bend-area golf communities researched in this batch is the explicit, well-documented bundling of club membership with real estate: this research independently confirmed, via both Tetherow's own materials and a differently worded, independently sourced local real-estate guide, that resident membership is included with the purchase of most on-site property and is transferable with the sale of the home. Real estate purchases in Tetherow require carrying at least a membership in the Tetherow Club (at minimum, a Social/Resident tier), which grants access to the Athletic Club of Bend, various golf benefits, and the members-only lounge at the lodge -- a distinct, higher Golf Membership tier is described as all-inclusive of golf privileges. Non-Resident memberships are also available for buyers who do not live on-site.
Home prices in Tetherow run high: the median sale price across all home types was approximately $1.94-2.2 million in late 2025/2026 reporting, with premium homes reaching $3.5-6.5 million and townhouses carrying a median listing price around $1.33 million. Homesite pricing in the newer Crescent expansion starts in the mid-$200,000s. As with several Bend-area anchors researched this session, Tetherow does not publish a current membership fee table -- the only dated figures found (2012) are explicitly treated as historical rather than current pricing.
Golf & Course
An 18-hole, semi-private course designed by David McLay Kidd (Bandon Dunes, Gamble Sands), opened in 2008, known for rolling high-desert mounding, minimal water features, and Cascade Mountain views; positioned by the club as 'not your typical golf club.'
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Real estate purchases in most of Tetherow require carrying at least a Resident/Social Club membership, which is bundled with the property purchase and transfers with the home at resale -- confirmed independently across two differently sourced references. A separate, fuller Golf Membership tier exists for full golf privileges, and Non-Resident memberships are available to buyers who do not live on-site.
Living in Tetherow
Seven named neighborhoods (The Glen, Crescent, North Forty, Heath, Tartan Druim, and others) built directly around the course on roughly half-acre to one-acre parcels; Tartan Druim (39 homes) is a distinct, privately gated enclave within the larger, more open resort community.
Lifestyle & Amenities
The Athletic Club of Bend (pool, cabanas, fitness), multiple on-site restaurants, an event pavilion, and a 50-room boutique lodge round out the resort's non-golf amenities.
Location & Surrounding Area
On Bend's west side along Century Drive, bordering the Deschutes National Forest, a short drive from downtown Bend and Mt. Bachelor.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current Resident, Social, and Golf Membership fees and dues directly with Tetherow -- the only dated figures found this session (2012) are explicitly stale.
- Confirm the precise gate/access status of each individual Tetherow neighborhood -- this research found Tartan Druim is privately gated but could not confirm a uniform gating status for the broader resort community.
- Confirm whether every home purchase (not just 'most') carries the bundled membership requirement, and what happens for buyers of resale homes versus new construction.
Notable
- Resident Club membership is confirmed bundled with the purchase of most on-site Tetherow property and transfers with the home at resale -- independently re-verified across two differently worded searches per the fabrication-risk discipline.
- Designed by David McLay Kidd, the same architect behind Bandon Dunes and Gamble Sands.
- Median home sale price ran approximately $1.94-2.2 million across late-2025/2026 reporting, with premium homes reaching $3.5-6.5 million.
- Tartan Druim is a distinct, privately gated 39-home enclave within the broader Tetherow community.
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US Golf Living provides independent real-estate research and can connect consumers with real-estate professionals. Golf membership, availability, fees and approval are determined independently by the applicable club.