July 22nd in Features, Places, Road Holes.
You don’t have to be a VIP to get some TLC at these four Northwest resorts
It’s about this time of year that we start to feel the road calling to us, teasing us with visions of trails unhiked, vistas unseen and — indeed — golf holes unplayed. Even if it’s just a long weekend, taking 3-4 days at the end of the summer to put your daily responsibilities in the rear-view mirror, sleep in a bed you don’t have to …
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March 30th in News, Places, Road Holes.
Photos by Wood Sabold
By Dick Stephens, CG Publisher
For more than a decade, I have been receiving invites to drive to the little, quiet town on the Oregon seashore called Bandon-by-the-Sea, to take in what everyone from Greenlake to Glasgow has been raving about.
The first invitation came for a grand-opening media trip in 1999. I wanted to go and be among the first to play it, but my daughter Lily was just born, and of course, being a new dad …
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April 16th in Courses, Features, Places, Road Holes.
Chelan’s Bear Mountain Ranch
By Bob Sherwin
Tucked into a rain shadow just across the Cascades, four stunning courses beckon soggy Sound golfers
Imagine a drive that doesn’t plug in the fairway, but one that bounces high over a ridge and rolls past the 150-yard marker, leaving just a short iron to the green.
For many golfers on the west side of the Cascades, that would be what we call an “August moment.” Such is our plight. We are undeniably wet …
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December 11th in Places, Road Holes.
By Tony Dear
With some of the nation’s most-acclaimed courses and new ones opening every year, a trip through the Palouse and Western Idaho should be on every Puget Sound golfer’s itinerary.
Day 1: Spokane, Wash.
Indian Canyon & Chewelah Golf and Country Club
Indian Canyon Golf Course
Designed by 1904 and 1905 U.S. Amateur champion H. Chandler Egan, Indian Canyon is about as good as municipal golf gets in America, barring perhaps Torrey Pines, Bethpage and Chambers …
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April 22nd in Places, Road Holes.
Portland area is par-fect for a day trip
by Norm Maves
You’re sick of playing the same 10 courses over and over again. You’re looking for something new and challenging. You’re ready to put the top down, throw the clubs in the trunk and liberate yourself from the regular munis and public tracks of the Puget Sound in search of a new golf adventure.
There is certainly no limit to the number of outstanding courses within a couple hours’ drive from the …
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