MARCH 2012 ISSUE SPECIAL SECTION: PACIFIC NORTHWEST GOLF GUIDE The Northwest's Pacific Northwest loaded toughest courses with golf resorts to try Check out which cours- Looking for some resort golf? es are the toughest in the Places like Coeur d'Alene (right) offer Northwest as listed state by plenty of golf and more. See Page 4 state. Page 3. for more on NW golf resorts. New golf for you to try around the Pacific Northwest If you are looking for some new golf, the Northwest has some answers for you. Salish Cliffs in Shelton, Wash. (left) opened last year and was named the best new course in the U.S. Black Butte's Glaze Meadow (right) has a completely new look after a year-long re-model. See inside for more on new golf courses. The Pacific Northwest Golf Guide The golf season in the Pacific Northwest is getting underway. It's time to dust off the clubs and take a lesson or two and head to the course or range. Inside Golf Newspaper would like to get you ready with this special section that includes a variety of information about golf in our unique corner of the world. Inside this special issue you will find information from the newest courses to the toughest courses, the resorts and the golf courses with RV parks. If it has to do with golf in the Northwest, you will find it here. Whether you choose new or seasoned courses, there are several great places to play like Newcastle in Factoria (right), the Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim (bottom left) and Pacific Dunes in Bandon, Ore. So it's here - the 2012 golf season. Enjoy it, and enjoy this section. Printed in U.S.A. • SPECIAL SECTION: PACIFIC NORTHWEST GOLF GUIDE • ©All Rights Reserved • Page 2 • • PACIFIC NW GOLF GUIDE • • March Issue 2012 - Inside Golf Newspaper • The Pacific Pacific Northwest's new courses Northwest Here is a listing of courses which opened last year and will open in 2012 Golf Guide the Pacific Northwest. Washington Tough golf courses • LAST YEAR: Salish Cliffs in • Chambers Bay (pictured below) Shelton opened for public play. The is one of the toughest-rated golf course was designed by Gene Bates. courses in the Pacific Northwest. The course is owned by the Squaxin Page 3. Island Indian Tribe, which also owns the • Little Creek Casino. Course was ranked as one of the top new courses in the Course listings country to open. • Inside Golf Newspaper gives you • LAST YEAR: Rope Rider at Sun- a listing of every golf course in the cadia Resort opened and gave Suncadia Pacific Northwest and more informa- Resort its third golf course. The resort tion as well. Page 10. already has the public Prospector course and the private Tumble Creek course. Suncadia's Rope Rider course opened for play last year and is an award winner. The Rope Rider course was designed by Peter Jacobsen and Jim Hardy. The course will open May, 1, 2012 and fea- undergoing an extensive re-model by golf Rope Rider course was named as one tures ocean views and on every hole with course architect John Fought. New tees, of the top new courses in the country. the routing running toward the Pacific greens, hazards and more have been Ocean and back. The course was build on brought into play. The renovated course Oregon land adjacent to the No.1 tee at Bandon will play to over 7,000 yards. It all starts • THIS YEAR: Bandon Dunes will Trails. from the first hole, with a new look for the welcome its fifth course, a par-3 course • THIS YEAR: The Glaze Meadow old par-5 hole, which is now a par-4, with called Bandon Preserve, designed by course at Black Butte Ranch will take a gentle dogleg to the right. The course Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore. The on an entirely new look this year after will fully open in June. Bob Marlatt Publisher Steve Turcotte Editor-Advertising Kathy Marlatt Operations Manager Mailing Address P.O.Box 1890 Port Townsend, WA 98368 Phone (360) 379-4080 Fax: (360) 379-4092 E-mail Address [email protected] Website www.insidegolfonline.com INSIDE GOLF Newspaper is a trademark of Northwest Publications, Inc. and is published on the first of each month. • March Issue 2012 - Inside Golf Newspaper • • PACIFIC NW GOLF GUIDE • • Page 3 • Pum. Ridge (Witch), Cornelius 74.7 Pacific Northwest's Chehalem Glenn, Newberg 74.6 Diamond Woods, Monroe 74.5 toughest courses Brasada Canyons, Redmond 74.4 Sandpines, Florence 74.4 Here is a listing state by state of the tough- Shadow Hills, Junction City 74.3 est courses in each state by course rating Bandon Trails, Bandon 74.2 from the back tees. Idaho Washington Osprey Meadows, Tamarack 74.9 Chambers Bay, University Place 76.8 Gozzer Ranch, Coeur d'Alene 74.7 The Home Course , DuPont 76.4 The Idaho Club, Sandpoint 74.6 Indian Summer, Olympia 76.2 Black Rock, Coeur d'Alene 74.2 Bear Creek, Woodinville 76.1 Circling Raven, Worley 74.0 Wine Valley Golf Club 76.1 SpurWing, Meridian 73.3 Canterwood, Gig Harbor 75.9 Elkhorn Resort, Sun Valley 73.3 Palouse Ridge, Pullman 75.9 The Valley Club, Hailey 73.2 TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoq. 75.8 BanBury, Eagle 73.1 Plateau Club, Sammamish 75.6 Sun Valley GC, Sun Valley 72.5 Washington National, Auburn 75.5 Links at Teton Peaks, Driggs 72.4 Loomis Trail, Blaine 75.4 Tumble Creek, Roslyn 75.4 Desert Canyon, Orondo 75.3 Links at Moses Pointe 75.3 Druids Glen, Kent 75.1 White Horse, Kingston 75.0 Bear Mountain Ranch, Chelan 75.0 Aldarra, Issaquah 74.9 Sahalee, Sammamish 74.8 Eaglemont, Mount Vernon 74.8 Newcastle, Coal Creek 74.7 Seattle Golf Club, Seattle 74.6 Homestead Farms, Lynden 74.5 Oregon Crosswater, Sunriver 76.5 Centennial, Medford 75.5 Aspen Lakes, Sisters 75.4 Pronghorn - Nicklaus, Redmond 75.2 Pronghorn - Fazio, Redmond 75.2 Tetherow, Bend 75.2 Sandpines, Florence 75.2 Bandon Crossings, Bandon 75.0 Eagle Point, Eagle Point 74.8 Reserve-South, Aloha 74.7 Centennial (top) in Medford, Ore. and the Home Course in DuPont, Wash. are two of the toughest courses in the NW. • Page 4 • • PACIFIC NW GOLF GUIDE • • March Issue 2012 - Inside Golf Newspaper • RV friendly: NW courses welcome golfers with RV's Washington • Crescent Bar Resort • Riverside Golf Course Quincy Chehalis 509.787.1511 360.748.8182 • Chewelah Golf Course • Royal City Golf Course 509.935.6807 Royal City • Deer Park Golf Course 509.346.2052 509.276.5912 • Sage Hills Golf Course • Desert Aire Golf Course Warden Mattawa 509.349.2603 509.932.4439 • Sun Country Golf Course • Desert Canyon Resort Cle Elum Orondo 509.674.2226 800.258.4173 • Vic Meyers Golf Course • Horn Rapids Golf Course Coulee City Richland 509.632.5738 509.375.4714 • Willapa Harbor Golf Course • Ironwood Green Public Raymond Glenoma 360.942.2393 360.498.5425 • Maple Grove Golf Course Randle Oregon 360.497.2741 • Crooked River Ranch • Oasis RV Park 541.923.6343 Ephrata • Kah-Nee-Tah 509.754.5102 Madras • Odessa Golf Club 800.831.0100 509.982.0093 • Mallard Creek • Othello Golf Course Lebanon 509.488.2376 541.259.4653 • Port Ludlow Resort • Oak Hills 800.455.0272 Sutherlin • Potholes 541.459.4422 509.346.9491 • Wildhorse • Quincy Valley Golf Course Pendleton Quincy 541.276.5588 509.787.3244 Sage Hills in Warden, Wash. is one of the more popular courses where golfers and groups with RVs are able to camp overnight and play golf. • March Issue 2012 - Inside Golf Newspaper • • PACIFIC NW GOLF GUIDE • • Page 5 • Northwest Golf Resorts Washington • Eagle Crest Resort • Alderbrook Golf Resort Redmond, Ore. Union, Wash. 541.923.4653 360.898.2560 • Crooked River Ranch • Apple Tree Golf Resort Crooked River, Ore. Yakima, Wash. 541.923.6343 509.966.5877 • Kah-Nee-Tah Resort • Desert Canyon Resort Warm Springs, Ore. Orondo, Wash. 541.551.1112. 1.800.258.4173 • Pronghorn Resort • Homestead Farms Resort Redmond, Ore. Lynden, Wash. 541.312.9424 1.800.354.1196 • Resort at the Mountain • Kahler Glen Golf Resort Welches, Ore. Leavenworth, Wash. 800.669.4653 509.763.3785 • Running Y Ranch • Moses Pointe Resort Klamath Falls, Ore. Moses Lake, Wash. 541.850.5560 509.764.2275 • Salishan Golf Links • Port Ludlow Resort Gleneden Beach, Ore. Port Ludlow, Wash. 800.452.2300 1.800.455.0272 • Sunriver Resort Black Butte Ranch Resort in Central Oregon offers two courses to choose from. • Semiahmoo Resort Sunriver, Ore. Blaine, Wash. 800.962.1769 360.371.7005 • Tetherow Golf Club • Skamania Lodge Resort Bend, Ore. Stevenson, Wash. 541.388.7582 509.427.2541 • Wildhorse Resort • Suncadia Resort Pendleton, Ore. Roslyn, Wash. 541.276.2323 509.649.3000 • The Cedars at Dungeness Sequim, Wash. Idaho/Montana • Coeur d'Alene Resort 1.800.447.6826 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 208.667.4653 Oregon • Sun Valley Resort • Bandon Dunes Resort Sun Valley, Idaho Bandon, Ore. 208.622.2251 541.347.4380 • The Idaho Club • Black Butte Ranch Sandpoint, Idaho Sisters, Ore. 208.263.1642 541.595.6689 • Meadow Lake Resort • Brasada Ranch Columbia Falls, Mt. Redmond, Ore. 800.321.4653 541.923.4653 Semiahmoo was designed by Arnold Palmer and is one of two at the resort to play. • March Issue 2012 - Inside Golf Newspaper • • PACIFIC NW GOLF GUIDE • • Page 7 • Northwest events that 2012 NW Championships • PNGA Cup Matches • Senior Women's Amateur Gorge Vale Golf Club • Victoria Meadow Springs • Kennewick you might want to mark May 2--4 Oct.