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4.1
512 Reviews (512)
5 Stars
184
4 Stars
237
3 Stars
60
2 Stars
15
1 Stars
16
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.4
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.8
92.1%
Recommend this course
469 out of 512 reviews
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3.9
17 Reviews (17)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.9
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.3
88.2%
Recommend this course
15 out of 17 reviews
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4.0
53 Reviews (53)
5 Stars
19
4 Stars
23
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.3
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.3
90.6%
Recommend this course
48 out of 53 reviews
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Course Highlights
This well-laid-out course delivers outstanding value with tree-lined doglegs, true-rolling greens, and fairways kept in solid playing condition. The restaurant food earns consistent praise, and most staff contribute to a welcoming experience for golfers of all skill levels.

About

Holes 18
Type Military
Par 72
Length 6646 yards
Slope 122
Rating 71.8

Whispering Firs Golf Club is one of two courses operated by Joint Base Lewis McChord. The other course, Eagles Pride, is located southwest of Whispering Firs. Designed by Bob Baldock in 1962, Whispering Firs opened on what was then McChord Air Force Base and later became part of Joint Base Lewis McChord. Though it's a military golf course, it's open to the public but don't forget to check in with security at the visitor's center. The layout features well manicured fairways lined with mature trees and challenging rough. The small greens demand accuracy and are made even more difficult with strategically placed bunkers framing the edges. There are some tough doglegs that require conservative play, and water hazards come into play as well. Whispering Firs Golf Club will test a variety of skills but it's not an overly punishing course. Players of all skill levels will be able to enjoy a round here.

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Course Details

Year Built 1961
Golf Season Year round
Architect Bob E. Baldock

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lockers

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Reviews

4.1
512 Reviews (512)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 10
Patio Dining 10
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 19
Thick Rough 15
Water Hazards 13
This course/club is great for:
Walkers 24
Locals 21
Seniors 18
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 19
Worth the Drive 14

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Not Too Shabby

Not a bad golf course if you live on base. Can't beat the hot deal price. Course plays well. Lots of bird feces due to the fearless geese and ducks. Overall a good experience. Definitely would recommend trying.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Walked

Military Base

My friend drove his wife's car. Didn't have an up to date insurance card for her car and was not allowed on the base. In Washington, if you have an insurance card, you are covered for all cards in you family. Apparently the Air Force doesn't care.
Will never go back

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Long par fours!

Course has a bit narrower fairways and beautifully tree lined. It's under construction for hole 12. Long par fours that challenge on distance. Definitely playing again. Only bummer was food and bar were closed by four when we finished playing and we were looking forward to a margarita!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

LOVE THE COURSE

Love playing here. Lots of diversity. A good workout walking the back nine. Can't wait to go back!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Good round, but slow pace of play

I played on Tuesday at 1200. The course was in great condition and the staff in the club house was very nice. The only problem was the pace of play was terribly slow. I am a relatively new golfer and am not all that fast myself. However, the round took 4 hours and 50 minutes to complete. There were multiple slow groups so it wasn't an issue of a group not letting us play through. I never saw anyone from the club house on the course trying to manage the pace issue. Since we were playing in the Winter, we had to play 18 nearly in the dark. When you tee off at noon, you really should be able to finish the round with an adequate amount of light.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 46
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course!

The course was in great shape. A little wet but it was because it had rained the day before. I'm going to go back. Be sure to enter the main McChord gate and give yourself plenty of time to get a pass. It was painless just took some time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Good Golf course

Was not very happy because they charged me an extra $30.00. The guy at the pro shop said my $50 .00 I paid was for walking and on Golf Now it included the cart.They showed no tournaments on their web site and we got there and we were behind a tournament{4 ball scramble] Not that many groups but were very slow!!!!! Golf Now did not send me conformation to my partner at his e-mail address. Golf was good other than the long waiting on every hole!!

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Really

Caught up to a threesome on the 3rd hole, after that it was wait, wait, wait. Seems they had never heard of allowing someone to play thru. It was late summer and obvious the fairways hadn't seen water in a while as the was more brown than green.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Whispering Firs

Meet and played with 3 beautiful people who also booked the same tee time though golf now

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Disappointing

Very disappointing considering other Air Force courses I've played. Waited 10 minutes between shots while 2 some ahead was oblivious to us. Fairways looked like they hadn't been irrigated all year. Greens were just as bad. 5 + hrs to play under poor course conditions, not for me! Won't be back.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Course conditions not up to usual conditions.

Apparently, the grounds crew have not had the resources to maintain the fairways and greens. Hitting from dirt where there should be grass. Golfing buddy who has played this course for decades said she had never seen it so dry and the greens poorly maintained.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Enjoyable Round

Great greens. Many tight fairways. Better hit em straight. 20 handicap shot a 94. Trees cost me at least 5 strokes. Enjoyed it. Good value

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Sunny day on the course

Weather was beautiful, my friend from Houston had a really good time, even though he struggled with his hitting.
Course is open enough to allow for a little spraying of the ball, yet tree-lined and quite pretty.
We paired-up with 2 others, I believe they had fun playing as well.

Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Value!

Very good rates which include cart and lunch! There was a marshall present to insure pace of play. I enjoyed the course and would recommend friends to play here.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

worthwhile course to play .

I saw no reason to enter a review as I have placed my clicks in the proper boxes and etc. The course is well worth playing , not the best and surely not the worst.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very nice place to golf!

My first time at Whispering Firs was very nice took my son for his first 18 holes. There was no rush we kept a good pace and had a great time. I will definitely be going again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Slow Pace

This is a great course that usually moves pretty well, but they have quite a few tournaments and if you are unlucky enough to get stuck behind the tournament players the pace slows down to a crawl. Call ahead and find out if there's a tournament that day!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Quality with no bells of whistles.

Good course and price. No service cart so bring your own. Did not see a Marshall, but play was fast and smooth. Civilians give yourself an extra 20 minutes to get a pass to enter the gate.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pairings

I was a single and was grouped with three others and was told they could only issue two carts. That's not in the fine print. The person riding with me was late so we waited and of course it backed things up a bit. Aside from that it's a nice course, tight front nine, back nine opens up well and presents numerous scoring opportunities. Overall a very nice course, great greens, good fairways.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 77
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Perfect conditions.

We had to process thru the main gate so have to allow extra time for that. At least a half hr. Once that is done it's off to the course. Well maintained and dry. The ball got some good roll and there was some hardpan but plenty of grass if you stay in the fairway.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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