The best golf courses in Washington
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members have logged 2,509 rounds in Washington and rate what they played. These are the 25 highest-rated public and private courses across Washington, ranked by those community scores.

Chambers Bay Golf Club
University Place, WA, USAPublicRobert Trent Jones, Jr.
- 4.4Conditions
- 4.6Layout
- 3.9Value
- 4.9Scenery
- 3.9Facilities
The views you get because of the routing are unparalleled. It forces you to play such a wide variety of shots & each hole is distinctly memorable. #10 is my favourite hole on the course, the hole is a crescendo of increasingly narrow fairway up to an arena green with punishing bunkers surrounding.
Written by
@Nol
- Must play
- Views
- By water

Scarecrow Golf Course
Gamble Sands Resort
Brewster, WA, USAPublic

Aldarra Golf Club
Fall City, WA, USAPrivateTom Fazio
- 5.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Wine Valley Golf Club
Walla Walla, WA, USAPublic
- 4.5Conditions
- 5.0Layout
- 5.0Value
- 5.0Scenery
- 4.9Facilities
A must play in the middle of nowhere. Exciting holes, rugged bunkers and a great selection of holes. Top notch practice facilities, excellent snack bar.
Written by
@Kunapro59
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Must play

Seattle Golf Club
Seattle, WA, USAPrivateJohn Ball & Robert Johnstone
- 4.0Conditions
- 5.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 5.0Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Must play

South/North
Sahalee Country Club
Sammamish, WA, USAPrivateTed Robinson & Keith Evans
- 4.3Conditions
- 3.7Layout
- 4.1Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
Course is t as tight as it looks from the tee exceptin couple spots. Rolling terrain elevated greens all in great shape.
Written by
@GRaleigh 77
- Driving range
- Views
- Challenging

Fircrest Golf Club
Fircrest, WA, USAPrivateA. Vernon Macan & Vernon Macan
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.9Facilities
Really enjoyed this course a West Coast Golden Age designed by AV McCann. Great terrain interesting holes very hilly be a tough but not impossible walk.
Written by
@GRaleigh 77
- Driving range
- Must play
- Grass range

Tacoma Country & Golf Club
Tacoma, WA, USAPrivateStanley Thompson.
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 2.7Scenery
- 4.5Facilities
- Fast greens
- Walkable
- Challenging

Gamble Sands
Brewster, WA, USAPublicDavid McLay Kidd
- 4.3Conditions
- 3.8Layout
- 3.5Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 2.6Facilities
- Must play
- Challenging
- Pristine

Desert Canyon Golf Resort
Orondo, WA, USAPublicJack Frei & Rick Fehr
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.7Layout
- 4.5Value
- 4.2Scenery
- 3.3Facilities
- Hidden gem
- Challenging
- Driving range

Broadmoor Golf Club
Seattle, WA, USAPrivateTed Robinson
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.3Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Pristine

Palouse Ridge Golf Club at WSU
Pullman, WA, USAPublicJohn Harbottle III
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Views

Quicksands
Gamble Sands
Brewster, WA, USAPublicDavid McLay Kidd
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 5.0Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Pristine
- Views

TPC at Snoqualmie Ridge
Snoqualmie, WA, USAPrivateJack Nicklaus
- 5.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Olympic
Gold Mountain Golf Club
Bremerton, WA, USAPublicJohn Harbottle III
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.7Layout
- 4.0Value
- 4.5Scenery
- 3.3Facilities
- Views
- Strategic
- Walkable

The Home Course
DuPont, WA, USAPublicMike Asmundson
- 3.8Conditions
- 4.4Layout
- 4.0Value
- 4.3Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Must play

Salish Cliffs Golf Club
Shelton, WA, USAPublic
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 2.5Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.0Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Putting area

Prospector
Suncadia Resort
Cle Elum, WA, USAPublicArnold Palmer
- 3.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.5Value
- 4.5Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Must play

Cascade
Gold Mountain Golf Club
Bremerton, WA, USAPublicKen Tyson

Rope Rider
Suncadia Resort
Cle Elum, WA, USAPublicJacobsen Hardy
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 3.5Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.6Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Pristine

Indian Canyon Golf Course
Spokane, WA, USAPublicH. Chandler Egan

Coal Creek
Golf Club at Newcastle
Newcastle, WA, USAPublicBob Cupp & Fred Couples
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 5.0Scenery
- 4.2Facilities
- Tourist trap

Semiahmoo Golf & Country Club
Blaine, WA, USAPublicArnold Palmer & Ed Seay

Washington National Golf Club
Auburn, WA, USAPublicJohn Fought & Orrin Vincent
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 3.5Scenery
- 3.1Facilities
- Putting area
- Slow greens
- Walkable

China Creek
Golf Club at Newcastle
Newcastle, WA, USAPublicBob Cupp
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How we rank
Course Vaults ranks golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public and private courses. State pages include golf courses across Washington. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
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Common questions about course rankings in Washington.
The top golf courses in Washington on Course Vaults are led by Chambers Bay Golf Club with a Course Vaults score of 9.1. This page ranks 25 courses, including Chambers Bay Golf Club, Gamble Sands Resort, Aldarra Golf Club.
Course Vaults ranks golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public and private courses. State pages include golf courses across Washington. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Washington list ranks golf courses across the state that meet Course Vaults eligibility (open, public and private courses, and at least 5 explicit ratings).
Chambers Bay Golf Club is currently #1 among courses in Washington on Course Vaults at 9.1 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 3:36 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
