Travel & Resorts

• Highland: Challenging option

  Highland Golf Course originally opened as a nine-hole venue in 1930. Then, you only had to walk up half as many up and down holes. Now an 18-hole facility, double your...

• Ocean Shores: Some beach fun

  Ocean Shores Golf Course has a course worth the trip to the beach, and one of the few courses that sits near the Pacific Ocean. A new driving range has made...

• Lake Limerick: Plenty of trees

  Lake Limerick just outside of Shelton, features a challenging course surrounded by a development, where the houses are far from the fairways. The course is tight and that is what makes...

• Home Course: A new one to try

  A golf course in DuPont, Wash. existed for a few years before the PNGA came in, bought it and called it the Home Course. And what a place it is. The...

• Tumwater Valley: Double greens

  Tumwater Valley is known for many things, like its great condition, proximity to Interstate-5, reputation for hosting big tournaments – and a couple of par-3 holes that have two greens. Tumwater...

• Airport Golf: Facility has it all

  Airport Golf is the kind of place that golfers like. There are plenty of places to practice and if you get bored, there’s a nifty little nine-hole course waiting next to...

• Tour Northwest Washington’s Bellingham area

  The far Northwest corner of Washington State offers a delicious menu of golf treats, all in various shapes and sizes of plush greenery. The area north and south of Bellingham booms...

• Semiahmoo: Extraordinary resort

  The 36-hole destination resort, located in Blaine, offers two of the toughest and also acclaimed public courses in the state with Loomis Trail and Semiahmoo Golf & Country Club. Both are...

• Homestead Farms (closed 2023)

  The Homestead Farms Golf Gourse is located on the outskirts of Lynden on what was once dairy land. Now the land serves as a nice attraction and getaway for Northwest golfers....

• North Bellingham: Links to try

  North Bellingham Golf Course opened in 1995 and is a Scottish style links golf course. The openness leaves one exposed to the elements and one’s game at the mercy of the...

• Eaglemont: Hills and more hills

  Mount Vernon has a true treasure in Eaglemont Golf Club with its meandering fairways, shots over wetlands and eye-opening views of the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges. Golf Digest ranked the...

• Lake Padden: A walk in the park

  Lake Padden has one of the best public practice facilities in the area. There are two covered driving ranges, up to 30 grass tee stalls, large 70 yard pitching area and...

• Avalon: All-day golf an option

  The kingdom of Avalon, home of All-Day golf – Avalon Golf Links of Burlington is the only 27-hole facility in the area and well worth the 50-minute drive from the Seattle...

• Shuksan: Experience Nature

  With the Shuksan Golf Club in Bellingham, the theme is nature. There are wetlands throughout the golf course and the first bit of water trouble comes into play on the very...

• Sudden Valley: Different nines

  Sudden Valley Golf Club is known for its two distinctly different nines. The front nine, which winds past the southern shores of Lake Whatcom, is relatively flat and open. The back...