Washington’s 10 Best Public Golf Courses

From purple-and-gold tee boxes, to the names of famous Huskies emblazoned on the side of every cart, Washington National pays homage to the University just 30 minutes north, whose golf teams call the course home for several tournaments each year.

Golfers, though, know loyalty only to their games, and Washington National puts it to as fun a test as any course in Western Washington. Like reachable par-4s? Then blast away over the pond at the par-4 seventh. How about risk-reward par-5s? The 17th appears on nearly every list of the state’s best, with water and sand waiting to catch anything even the slightest bit astray from tee to green. There are also excellent par-3s, elevated tee boxes, playable waste areas, beautiful bunkers, pristine greens, flowers, waterfalls — all the little touches that can take a course from merely “good” to “great.”