Trophy Lake Golf & Casting Club in Port Orchard, WA

The Stats

Tee Time: September 24, 2013, 12:30, 61 F, intermittent rain

Designer: John Fought (1999)

Playing Partners: None

Tees: Blue, Par 72 (72.8 rating/131 slope/6,756 yards)

Course Handicap: 10 (9.0 index)

Stats: 84 (40-44); 32 putts; 10/14 fairways; 7/18 greens; 2 penalty strokes

The Course

That makes four awesome courses I’ve played in Washington this year. I’m starting to think there might not be any duds in The Evergreen State. Trophy Lake Golf & Casting Club in Port Orchard, about an hour’s drive from Seattle, is a nice, quiet spot to get in a challenging round of golf. Each hole feels different. The bunkers and rough are fait yet punishing, an honest test without any annoying gimmicks. Gorgeous forest surround the course, but luckily the trees are merely spectators. It takes a really wild shot to get trapped amongst the pines. Continue reading Trophy Lake Golf and Casting Club →