The Inn at Gamble Sands has quickly becoming one of the premier golf getaways in the Pacific Northwest. The course by David McLay Kidd came first, featuring 115 acres of bouncy fine fescue turf overlooking the Columbia River and the distant Cascade Mountains. Introduced in 2020, DMK’s Quicksands par-3 course adds to the fun with 13 holes ranging…
With hole names like "Plinko" and Metallica on a course-wide sound system, this emerging Pacific Northwest golf destination continues to up the ante on fun.
Even the pros can struggle with the 40-yard bunker shot. This is one of those eternally mysterious shots that, upon failure to execute, typically puts you in a worse spot than you were. A fat shot puts you up against the bunker lip and a skull sails you over the green and possibly off the golf course. | Watch on GolfPass: Sean Foley on playing bunker shots of varying distance
The sounds of golf - birds chirping, mowers in the morning and the whack of a ball - are being replaced at courses everywhere by the melodic beats of Jay-Z, AC/DC and the Dave Matthews Band.
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