Gallery Golf Course

Located on Whidbey Island and sporting scenic views of Puget Sound and Mt. Baker, Gallery golf course is well worth a visit – It is a U.S. Naval facility also open to the public and as such, is very well maintained – As a brief side note, an active firing range is located within earshot so the occasional burst of automatic weapons fire adds a unique ambiance while trying to convert a 6-footer for par! - The course isn't a brute in terms of length, yet smallish greens, dogleg fairways and elevation changes all combine to make the layout enjoyable while at the same time giving it some teeth

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Horn Rapids Golf Club

Located in Richland Washington and carved through the desert, this layout is definitely for the links enthusiast - It reminds me of many of the course layouts in Arizona and Nevada - There is nice green grass on the tee blocks, fairway-landing areas and around the greens - The fairways are plenty big but all the rest is Mother Nature - No trees at Horn Rapids to speak of, just you, your golf ball and the eastern Washington geology - One of the reasons I like Horn Rapids is the scenery - It sits elevated just west of Richland and several holes provide panoramic views of the Yakima River and surrounding Tri-cities

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North Bellingham GC

They promote it as a "Real Scottish Style Links" course and, depending on your definition of the words "Real", "Scottish" and "Links", North Bellingham Golf Course is a reasonable facsimile thereof – While the course doesn't sit on a wind-buffeted, seaside bluff, it does not lack for scenery – It is located amid open farmland in central Whatcom county about 15 minutes NE of downtown Bellingham - Sweeping views of the surrounding countryside abound with nearby Mt. Baker as a majestic companion (NW weather visibility depending of course)

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