August 30th in News, Short Game.
Auburn Golf Course is set to open its brand-new clubhouse later this month. The $2.2 million, 8,500-square-foot building features a 110-seat full-service restaurant, 150-seat banquet facility with the option for smaller meeting rooms, a pro shop and full basement for carts and general storage, as well as an expanded parking lot.
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August 30th in Places.
Plenty of Puget Sound courses offer nice views of Mount Rainer on a hole or two. But at Tanwax Greens GC in Eatonville, Rainier is the view. Finding your ball flight against that expansive glacial backdrop can be challenging but it sure makes for a pretty picture, as you see from this image by Gladys Engler. Opened in 1998, Tanwax Greens is a wide open, well-maintained 9-hole layout and is a real bargain at just $10 for nine holes. …
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August 30th in Places, Save Some Green.
1. Carnation
Are those 7,000-yard tracks beating you down? Tired of hitting driver-hybrid on every par 4?
When your ego — and your handicap — needs a little massaging, head out to Carnation Golf Course.
Short without being an executive, and challenging enough to make you work for a good number, Carnation gives you plenty of looks at birdies — or eagles, depending on how good your big stick is working.
Cut through age-old cedar, Douglas fir, maple and cottonwood trees, the course sits …
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June 30th in Courses, Features.
Yardage is from the Sand tees, or white tees, generally played by most golfers
NO. 1: Par 4, 465 yards
Puget Sound
It’s in honor of the body of water that is the dramatic backdrop for the course and the hole.
NO. 2: Par 4, 366 yards
Foxy
Fox Island is off to the left. It also reminiscent of the 14th hole at Scotland’s Royal Dornoch, known by the same name.
NO. 3: Par 3, 130 yards
Blown Out
This is reflective of the wind off the …
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June 30th in Courses, Features.
When all the golf course designs had been submitted for the proposed Chambers Bay course in early 2004, Bruce Charlton, partner in the famed Robert Trent Jones design company, wanted to leave one final impression on the Pierce County decision makers. He handed out bag tags that read: Chambers Bay — Site of the 2020 U.S. Open.
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