The Golf Club at Hawks Prairie

The Golf Club at Hawks Prairie's Woodlands course is a daily-fee facility located in Lacey, Washington, just south of Olympia in the southern Puget Sound region. Designed by Bill Overdorf and opened in the mid-1990s, the course was developed as part of a larger residential and golf complex that includes a second eighteen-hole layout. Overdorf, a Pacific Northwest architect whose work appears primarily in Washington and Oregon, designed the Woodlands to take advantage of the area's naturally forested terrain and rolling topography characteristic of the region's glacially-shaped landscape. The routing moves through stands of Douglas fir and other native conifers, with fairways carved from the woodland setting. The course features elevation changes and doglegs that require thoughtful navigation, and water comes into play on several holes. The layout accommodates a range of skill levels while providing enough length and strategic interest to challenge better players. As a public-access facility, the Woodlands serves both local golfers from the Olympia-Lacey area and visitors exploring the southern Puget Sound corridor. The Golf Club at Hawks Prairie operates as a traditional daily-fee property with a clubhouse offering standard amenities and food service. The Woodlands course, along with its companion layout, provides accessible golf in a region where public options are valued, particularly given the proximity to Washington's state capital and the surrounding suburban communities.