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A listing to end all listings
All Northwest golf association courses in one spot
By Paul Ramsdell, PNGA Media
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| Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club |
When compiling a list of 770 golf facilities in the Pacific Northwest region, as we have done in this edition, you tend to stumble across a few interesting facts and figures.
Such as, eagles tend to soar more so than quails, and there are more creeks in the Northwest than ridges. We'll explain it all as we go.
What follows is the listing of the 770 golf facilities in the Northwest that are associated with either the British Columbia Golf Association, Idaho Golf Association, Oregon Golf Association, Washington State Golf Association and/or the Pacific Northwest Golf Association. It's quite possibly the most complete listing of Northwest golf facilities and their web sites available anywhere.
We are using the word facility instead of golf courses, because in this listing the six-hole Kinzua Hills Golf Club in Fossil, Ore., gets one entry, the same as the 54-hole complex at Bandon Dunes.
And this breakdown is entirely by geographic borders, whereas the golf associations cross state lines where population centers warrant.
However, Idaho's listing gets the benefit of two Nevada courses that are members of the IGA as well as Missoula Country Club in Montana, which is a member of the PNGA.
Washington has the most facilities with 253, followed closely by British Columbia's 244, Oregon's 167 and Idaho's 106.
Out of the total of 770 facilities, 546 (70.9 percent) of them are public, 111 (14.4 percent) of them semi-private and 113 (14.6) private. When you combine the public and the semi-private, it's 657 facilities with public access, or 85.3 percent.
A majority of the semi-private courses, 89 to be exact, are in British Columbia. For the sake of this listing, facilities such as Pumpkin Ridge and Suncadia, which have a separate private course and a separate public course, are therefore listed among the semi-private courses.
The highest percentage of straight public courses is in Idaho at 81.1 percent. The highest percentage of private courses is in Washington, at 21.7 percent.
Other interesting observations:
Highly descriptive names - A couple of courses aren't trying to fool anyone. How about Eighteen Pastures Golf Course in Mission, B.C., or Hazard Creek Golf Course in Aberdeen, Idaho.
Names that leave you wondering - With Hyde Mountain on Mara Lake Golf Course in Sicamous, B.C., one ponders if a mountain can be on a lake. Then there's the Links of Maggie May, which might be a tribute to the old Rod Stewart song in Prince George, B.C.
A region of swimmers - The winner in the geographical name contest is Creek, which appears in 38 course names, beating out Ridge at 22. Oregon led the way with 15 Creeks.
Best of the birds - The Eagle topped out the Quail, 11-6, in the bird mentioned most often, thanks to six different sightings in B.C.
Seeing double - There's a Quail Ridge Golf Course in both Baker City, Ore., and Clarkston, Wash., which aren't all that far away from each other as the quail flies -- or maybe scoots.
Related content:
» Pacific Northwest Golf Course Directory (requires Adobe Reader)
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