PORT LUDLOW and CEDARS AT DUNGENESS
Location: Olympic Peninsula
Distance between courses: 40.5 miles
Total trip time (including golf): 12 hours
When playing 36, it’s fun to find two courses that offer something different. And if you can have those unique experiences for under $100 combined, and still be back for dinner? So much the better.
All the reasons above are why we always make sure to include this Olympic Peninsula pairing on our summertime schedule. Coursing up and down a ridge overlooking Puget Sound and the Cascade and Olympic Mountains, Port Ludlow has remained one of the area’s most scenic and enjoyable tracks, with beautiful views, towering pines, creative routing … and most importantly, plenty of birdie opportunities.
Putt out on the straight-uphill 18th around 12:30 p.m., then make the quick hour’s drive north through picturesque peninsula countryside (and through one of our state’s most historic towns, tiny Port Gamble) to Sequim to play the Cedars at Dungeness. Hard against the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Cedars is a completely different experience from Ludlow — where Ludlow is tight and hilly with big views and bigger trees, Cedars is open, windswept, oceanside golf. They’re unique and fun — a perfect pairing for 36 holes on the Olympic Peninsula.
If you’ve played well, leave time after the round to stop off at the 7 Cedars Casino and press your luck. If you haven’t, the view out the window of the ferry ride home will salve your pain.