Public

Championship 18 Course

Jefferson Park Golf Club

Seattle, WA, USA
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18 holesPar 706,278 yds70.3/120

About this course

Jefferson Park Golf Club sits on Seattle's Beacon Hill, occupying a prominent hillside site that offers views across the city and Puget Sound. Thomas Bendelow designed the course in 1915, making it one of the oldest public golf facilities in the Pacific Northwest. Bendelow, a prolific architect who laid out hundreds of courses across America in the early twentieth century, routed the Championship 18 across rolling terrain that takes advantage of the natural elevation changes characteristic of the location. The course plays over varied topography, with several holes climbing uphill and others descending toward lower ground. The routing requires golfers to navigate slopes and uneven lies, and the elevation shifts create both strategic interest and physical challenge. Mature trees line many fairways, remnants of the original design era and subsequent growth over more than a century of play. The greens and bunkering reflect both Bendelow's original concepts and modifications made over the decades to accommodate modern maintenance practices and playing standards. Jefferson Park has long served as an accessible municipal facility, welcoming a broad cross-section of Seattle's golfing public. Its role as a community course has made it a training ground for local players and a regular venue for city and regional amateur competitions. The club operates as a straightforward public golf course, with a clubhouse that provides basic amenities and food service typical of municipal facilities in the area.

Rankings

Ranked by CV ratings from golfers who've played this course. Positions are shown worldwide, by country, and by state; the Public column compares courses anyone can play.

4025

Best in World

3782

Best in USA

31

Best in WA

Quick facts

Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Access
Public
Year built
1915
Holes
18
Par
70
Length
6,278 yards
Difficulty
70.3/120
Course Vaults score
5.5

Getting there

Jefferson Park Golf Club is most readily accessed via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), situated roughly twenty minutes north of the club by car through the city's established neighborhoods. The drive south from SEA traces a gentle descent through Seattle proper, transitioning from the modern sprawl of the airport corridor into the quieter, tree-lined streets of the Beacon Hill district before arriving at the club's elevated perch overlooking the city and distant Puget Sound. For those piloting private aircraft, Boeing Field (BFI) offers a more intimate alternative, positioned just minutes away and lending itself to the discretion preferred by members seeking a seamless arrival. The final approach to Jefferson Park Golf Club carries you through one of Seattle's most storied residential enclaves, where the manicured grounds and commanding views of the Olympic and Cascade ranges announce your arrival at a course as rooted in the Pacific Northwest as the evergreens that frame its fairways.

FAQ

Common questions about Championship 18 at Jefferson Park Golf Club

Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.

Championship 18 at Jefferson Park Golf Club has a Course Vaults score of 5.5 out of 10 based on 32 logged golfers.

Championship 18 was designed by Thomas Bendelow.

Yes. Championship 18 at Jefferson Park Golf Club is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.

Par at Championship 18 is 70.

Championship 18 plays 6,278 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.

The slope rating at Championship 18 is 120.

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