Golf on Kitsap Peninsula

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Updated: May 1, 2023

Golf on Kitsap Peninsula

Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula is more than just a tourist attraction with its outdoor activities and shoreline, there are also all of the ingredients to make up some of the top public golf courses in the state.  Here’s a look at where to play:

• Gold Mountain has a pair of courses, including its award-winning Olympic Course. The older of the two courses is the Cascade Course that is always popular with it’s unique layout that incorporates elevation changes and tree-lined fairways. The Olympic Course has hosted some of the top amateur events in the NW. It offers a modern design that will challenge you.

• Trophy Lake Golf and Casting Club offers true Northwest-style course with tree-lined fairways, elevation changes and enough water and sand to test all golfers’ abilities.

• McCormick Woods has been ranked among the top courses for years since opening in 1988. The course is a treat with 18 holes wrapped among the tall firs and cedars. A spacious 24,000 square foot clubhouse offers views of the golf course and events up to 300 people.

•  LakeLand Village in Allyn offers 27-holes of golf with three distinctly different nines in Generation I, Generation II and Generation III. The popular residential community dates back to 1972 with each nine added as new housing sections opened up. Each course has elevation changes, tall tree-lined fairways and well manicured greens.   

•  Madrona Links, after crossing the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, you will find Madrona Links, a challenging layout that is popular with locals for it’s variety of holes and its restaurant. The course is a good choice if you haven’t played there before. There is enough sand and water to keep your interest throughout your round.

• White Horse Golf Club in Kingston was a hit the day it opened. Tight fairways over rolling terrain with enough elevation changes over native vegetation to test your game to the fullest. The modern clubhouse with a popular restaurant is a great place to hang out after your round. It was the site of the LPGA Legions Tour event a few years ago, before the COVID epidemic shutdown future events.

• Horseshoe Lake in Port Orchard offers two completely different looking nines. You will want to take a cart for the back nine. Other courses that are worth taking a look at including places like Rolling Hills in Bremerton and Village Greens in Port Orchard.

• Rolling Hills Golf Course in Bremerton is an 18-hole course that is a classic neighborhood course that plays to 5,936 yards with a par of 70. Most of their play comes from league play with an active mens and women clubs that keep the tee-sheet busy. Smallish greens, tight fairways are the signature of this course.

• Village Greens Golf Course in Port Orchard, is a unique course with features that challenge avid golfers and welcomes beginners. Located just off of Mile Hill Road in Port Orchard, this is an 18-hole executive golf course that is described as fun, challenging and family friendly.

Village Golf, Inc. built Village Greens GC in the late 1950s, and by 1960 it was open for play. Led by Kitsap County Commissioner Bill Mahan, Kitsap County entered into an agreement to purchase the course in 1972.

After the course fell on hard times, Kitsap County decided to permanently close Village Greens in 2019. Upon hearing this through social media, a former local resident and PGA Golf Professional negotiated a 10-year lease with Kitsap County, and the course re-opened on May 25th, 2019.