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Originally Posted by KingJames
Oregon/PNW guys or others who have been - thinking of adding on Chambers before this trip as a flight to Seattle may make the most sense and CB is on my hit list.
Week after Thanksgiving - could be pretty wet obv but my research seems to suggest that Chambers drains as well as any other sand-based course so it should be fine?
Any experiences or reservations about trying to do it that time of year? Save that adventure for a better time?
Yeah, you might get rained on, but the course will be in good shape, and that's too early for it to be very cold. I really like Chambers, and I actually haven't played it since the redid the greens, so I presumably might like it even more. I watched a lot of the Women's Am there a month or so ago, and had me jonesing to play it again.
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Originally Posted by navyvol1998
If you have time I highly recommend Pebble/Spyglass -> Bandon -> Chambers Bay. You could probably do it all in about 8-10 days. If you have extra time can head over to Coeur d'Alene and onto Glacier National Park area. Neither of the last 2 stops were golf focused although I believe Coeur d'Alene has some good courses. One of my favorite trips ever.
Coeur d'Alene should definitely fall into the golf-focused part of such a trip. Circling Raven on the Reservation near Coeur d'Alene is one of my favorite courses, and the Coeur d'Alene Resort course is definitely worth playing once for the floating green and how damn good they do keeping it in shape (the turf is impeccable).
I've often preached (including on here) that an "Inland NW Golf Trip" is a very economical way to plan a long weekend trip with great golf. Circling Raven is $150 a round during peak season, and I think the Resort is about the same. To make it a three-course trip I'd throw in Palouse Ridge in Pullman, about 50 minutes south of Coeur d'Alene. I really, really like that course. It's around $115 a round.
And if you want to expand your geographic reach, Wine Valley in Walla Walla is a REALLY good course (although you're rolling the dice with the wind...it is often windy, and often VERY windy).
Oh, and I forgot Gamble Sands since I've never played there. #1 public course in Washington. I would say it's "right off I-5" and perfect for this golf road trip, but it's nor really "right off." It's in the middle of nowhere.
God, I gotta stop. Road tripping along the coast from Pebble up through Bandon, Oregon, and Washington has too many good courses (including a stop off at my home course, but also Salish Cliffs and Gold Mountain in Washington).