Played Friday 5/27 to kick off a wedding weekend in the Seattle area. The pro shop and parking lot sit elevated above the course, with a shuttle taking you down to the 1st tee/warmup areas, so the ent... Continue »

Played Friday 5/27 to kick off a wedding weekend in the Seattle area. The pro shop and parking lot sit elevated above the course, with a shuttle taking you down to the 1st tee/warmup areas, so the entire course is visible from up there. One word: WOW. I have never been so enamored by beauty while simultaneously nervous as I was at that moment.

All grass range and two putting areas were just off to the side of the 1st tee, with a refreshment station located just adjacent. The course is walking only and had push carts available that were included in the green fee.

Tee boxes were perfect, fairways provided great rollout while still giving some fantastic lies to hit from. Rough was being grown out for the Women's Amateur in August and was penalizing. Sand traps were immaculate even though they appeared damp (it's the PNW, everything is damp). The course was fair and gettable if you kept it where you should be, but that was a BIG "if" and missing by as much as 5 yards could send you 40+ yards offline.

A couple memorable moments from the day: On the short par 4 12th hole (262 on the card, uphill the whole way, playing about 280) I hit a drive that started right and drew perfectly with the shape of the hole, hitting just short and kicking onto the green. Our group caddie with us said it would be close depending on where they cut the hole that day and it ended up being about 15-20 feet below the hole. Left to right bender that I left in the jaws about 3 inches short for what would have been my first ever eagle.

On the par 5 18th, I hit a drive into a left fairway bunker, just to the right of the lip about halfway up the bunker. Hit what I thought was a perfect 9 iron to leave myself a 3rd shot into the green, but it rolled into what our caddie called "Chambers Basement", a 15 foot deep pot bunker smack dab in the middle of the fairway about 110 yards to the pin.

All in all, had a fantastic time and can't wait to play again.