The Cascade Golfer Dream 18

Wine Valley Golf Club
No. 7 Par 5 510 yards (Blue)

Like Chambers Bay, Wine Valley could have put a dozen holes on this list. When we dream of returning to Walla Walla this summer to play one of our state’s top tracks, though, it’s the bowl-shaped green at the par-5 seventh that captures our imagination. As with most shots at Wine Valley, your approach gives you plenty of options. Some might drop a wedge next to the pin, but we prefer to knock the ball past it with a short iron, then watch it come back down off the slope to settle next to the flagstick. Before moving to No. 8, give in to the urge to putt balls all over the green, and watch how playing the ball in from different angles provides often-surprising results. — B.B.

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