Travel & Resorts

When Salish Cliffs in Shelton, Wash. finally opened for play in September, it was a place that was well worth the wait. Salish Cliffs, designed by Gene Bates, is a sure award-winner offering everything stunning views to dramatic elevation changes to plenty of water and sand. The course had hoped to open early, but a [...]

Golf is a year-round proposition at the Resort at Port Ludlow. And why not? With its location on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula and frequent dry, sunny winter days, the Resort at Port Ludlow is a golfer’s playground anytime of the year. And besides that, there’s much more than golf at the resort. It’s place for golfers [...]

When you think of golf destinations, Southwest Washington doesn’t really roll right off the tongue. But when you think about it, why not. There are plenty of courses, and good golf at that. There are the tourist activities, including the Washington Coast, the Great Wolf Lodge just south of Olympia, the casinos as well as [...]

From the Washington Coast to the area around Vancouver, there are some special places you can play What’s not to like when it comes to Southwest Washington, an area that stretches from the DuPont the Pacific Ocean and down to include greater Vancouver area. Sight-seeing, fishing, hiking, camping . . . are all a part [...]

Green Mountain Golf Course, located on the border of Vancouver and Camas, wants to make each golfer feel special. That, said General Manager Kevin Coombs, is our goal. Three statements help: Warm welcome, magic moments and fond farewells. “It’s a way for us to make golfers feel special about being here,” he said. Green Mountain [...]

Tumwater Golf Course has several things that keeps golfers coming back – like the second and 17th holes, both par-3 holes. The second and 17th are unique in that they both have two greens. One green plays much shorter than the other, giving both the low and high handicap players different choices from the tee [...]

From Shelton to Olympia to the Washington Coast, there are nine-hole golf courses throughout this area that provide a wide variety of styles and difficulties. The Shelton area boasts two quality nine-hole courses in Bayshore and Lake Limerick. Bayshore, located along Highway 3, plays between stands of tall trees to challenging small greens. Lake Limerick [...]

The Cedars, an 18-holer located in Brush Prairie, just east of Vancouver. The course opened for play in 1977. There are a few houses lining the nearly 6,500-yard layout but there’s also a wilderness experience to like about The Cedars. There is plenty of water to negotiate, including a creek and some ponds. One of [...]

The course that gets the most exposure from being near Interstate-5 is Tri Mountain in Ridgefield, just north of Vancouver. You can see virtually the entire course as well as Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams and Mt. Hood – hence the name, Tri Mountain. The course is an easy walk with some challenging holes. And [...]

Camas Meadows opened for play in 2000 and since then, golfers have finished their rounds thinking they played two different golf courses. The front is tree-lined with the back running through meadows and wetlands. It’s a unique and challenging course with plenty of birds to see along the way. The course plays to 6,518 yards, [...]

Riverside Golf Course in Chehalis has long been a popular stop for travelers on Interstate-5. Improvements have made the course even better, including faster greens, improved conditioning, new RV parking and the new RoofTop Bar. The course is also home to one of the best amateur events in the Northwest called the Lewis County Amateur. [...]

The Golf Club at Hawk’s Prairie offers two distinctly different courses – the Woodlands Course and the Links course. Each course has its own personality and special challenges with a series of tight driving holes and tough undulating greens. As you might expect, the Woodlands presents tree-lined fairways and the Links, while more open, has [...]

Willapa Harbor in Raymond is one of the oldest, and some say the best, nine-hole course in the Pacific Northwest. It’s also a place where you can drive your RV onto a grass covered park and hook up. The course comes complete with 20 RV hookups, including showers. It’s a peaceful place to stay, and [...]

Ocean Shores for years has been a must-stop for tourists traveling to the coast. Some of the best lodging and accommodations on Washington’s Coast can be found in this resort town. There is unique shopping and recreational attractions – like go-karts, mopeds, horseback riding and the opportunity to drive your car on the beach. The [...]

When the Lewis River spilled over its banks and flooded the Lewis River Golf Course in Woodland, Wash. in 1996, it was kind of like Mother Nature signaling it was time for a change in the golf course. The flooding ruined six of the nine holes on the back side of the golf course. Since [...]