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Blue Heron Golf Course
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Blue Heron Golf Course, formerly known as Carnation Golf Course, first opened in 1967 but underwent a major renovation, in addition to the name change, after it was bought in 2011. Located in the Snoqualmie Valley, the course would occasionally be overrun by the Snoqualmie River but thanks to improved drainage and irrigation features added in the renovation, the course is able to drain remarkably fast. At just a few yards shy of 6,000 yards, Blue Heron G.C. is on the shorter side but that is no indication of its level of difficulty. Golfers will face a variety of challenges including an abundance of bunkers strategically placed throughout. One of the toughest holes is the par-5 17th, which is a blind tee shot where a long iron might come in more handy than a driver.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 5940 yards | 67.9 | 113 |
| Blue (W) | 72 | 5940 yards | 73.6 | 123 |
| White | 72 | 5454 yards | 65.7 | 109 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5454 yards | 70.9 | 120 |
| Red | 72 | 4555 yards | 61.9 | 98 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4555 yards | 65.6 | 106 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 68.9/117 W: 75.0/131 | 322 | 170 | 409 | 196 | 320 | 325 | 498 | 151 | 505 | 2896 | 491 | 339 | 458 | 243 | 354 | 151 | 387 | 463 | 329 | 3215 | 6111 |
| Blue/White M: 67.0/110 W: 72.6/124 | 322 | 142 | 393 | 142 | 320 | 325 | 436 | 151 | 445 | 2676 | 461 | 339 | 397 | 202 | 354 | 151 | 372 | 429 | 300 | 3005 | 5681 |
| White M: 66.3/106 W: 71.2/122 | 288 | 142 | 393 | 142 | 265 | 307 | 436 | 114 | 445 | 2532 | 461 | 327 | 397 | 202 | 337 | 131 | 372 | 429 | 300 | 2956 | 5488 |
| White/Red M: 63.3/100 W: 68.0/115 | 274 | 142 | 315 | 142 | 265 | 307 | 378 | 114 | 380 | 2317 | 400 | 223 | 340 | 202 | 337 | 131 | 267 | 391 | 278 | 2569 | 4886 |
| Red M: 62.6/98 W: 66.8/111 | 274 | 122 | 315 | 113 | 229 | 258 | 378 | 102 | 380 | 2171 | 400 | 223 | 340 | 159 | 326 | 104 | 267 | 391 | 278 | 2488 | 4659 |
| Handicap | 11 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 16 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
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Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2016 #7)
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this is a typical green Photo submitted by u314160491576 on 09/03/2024
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Photo submitted by QTBRWJciUUdJhTPcEF2P on 08/19/2024
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Photo submitted by duncanrhack on 08/10/2024
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“Greens” Photo submitted by mwonks on 08/07/2024
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Photo submitted by BigEStein on 04/21/2024
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Photo submitted by BigEStein on 04/21/2024
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Photo submitted by u314159403530 on 08/28/2023
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Photo submitted by peter2023 on 07/28/2023
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Photo submitted by peter2023 on 07/28/2023
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Photo submitted by jackalan1 on 06/09/2023
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Photo submitted by jackalan1 on 06/09/2023
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Photo submitted by u000004002745 on 05/21/2022
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Photo submitted by GregRomanoff on 10/23/2020
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Photo submitted by u000005694710 on 02/26/2020
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Photo submitted by u000005694710 on 02/26/2020
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#9 Photo submitted by u000005694710 on 02/24/2020
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Nice Photo submitted by u000005694710 on 02/24/2020
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Beautiful day. Photo submitted by u000005694710 on 02/24/2020
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Photo submitted by u000005694710 on 02/24/2020
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Photo submitted by Cliff5417169 on 08/18/2015
Nice
They are back!!
After some of the worst flooding in years, the course has bounced back amazingly. The maintenance staff worked miracles getting the course in playable condition. The pricing is the lowest around. Great value. Highly recommend.
Thank you so much for the kind words. We've been trying to recover from the immense flooding over the last few months. We appreciate your supportive words and hope to see you out on the course soon!
greens punched the day before. No mention of that on Golfnow.
Greens had been punched the day before and no mention of that when we had to prepay. Kinda deceptive to show up and find out that the greens are unplayable and the two putt rule is in effect. Otherwise course was a nice little municipality course.
Country Course
They are doing their best. It's a quiet short Course. Very friendly staff
Course in good shape. Course staff is extremely helpful and nice.
Conditions Improving
The greens were in excellent shape and the fairways are very good. Much improved since a month ago.
Blue Heron
Played a round today. Course conditions were great, pace was great; had a great time just wish the results were better. I would recommend Blue Heron to anyone.
As of June 18, the course is at its peak.
I have played this course since the early 1980's. When it reopened it was rough for a while, but the have the greens great, and the conditions good. The tees are sparse in spots, but does not effect play at all. The course has tightened over the years as trees have grown. Although it may rate easy if you hit it crooked it will grab you. I will come back.
Spring outing
I've heard this course is a little wet in the spring, things seemed to just be getting under weigh when I was there. By that I mean all the holes were playable, but some looked at though they had been mowed for the first time this year with heavy clippings still in the fairways. The greater number of holes were in pretty good condition.
Was greeted warmly at the pro shop and given some good tips on the course. Afterwards I stopped in for a Kobe burger and brew. I highly recommend the restaurant. One of the best burgers in the valley and attentive service.
Going Down Hill Again
I've played this course for almost 30 years. I've seen it when it was in excellent condition, then go down hill, then go bankrupt and close for 2 or 3 years, then reopen a few years ago with hew ownership that made significant improvements. The course was looking up and had a nice new restaurant.
Now it seems management is letting the condition of the course and facilities go down hill again.
- Clumps of mowed grass not picked up.
- Most of the ladies tee boxes are not level, or mostly
mud, or have grass that is too high. A few of the mens
tee boxes have sparse grass and/or grass that is too
high.
- Downstairs ladies restroom had broken cold water pipe, partially flooded floor, and no soap.
- No hand disinfectant in on-course port-a-potties.
- #9 - Cart path cuts across fairway about 200 yards from tee, but grass within 20 feet of either side of path is rough length. Really odd to have long grass in middle of fairway.
Update: Played again on 7/1 and course conditions were much improved. Clumps of mowed grass were gone. Also, the greens were in excellent condition. I've never seen them better. However, the downstairs restrooms were actually in worse condition. Both were "out-of-order", and the men's toilet had apparently overflowed. These things happen, but why didn't someone clean up the overflow (toilet paper, brown water, etc.) from in front of the restroom?
Tough Course
Great course, long and hard at times, must hit ball straight, even then tough
Fun golf course
Fun and friendly. Fairly tight fairways but short flat course.
Greens a little slow
low cost - low value
Maybe the worst condition of any course I have played in my 40 yrs of golf. Grass clippings not picked up anywhere on course, including fairways. Tee boxes had grass 1.5 and above in length, I personally pulled weed/flowers out of most just cause I could not stand it. Greens were so poor and bumpy we gave up putting and just took two putt. It was so bad it made it fun. However outrageous quite setting.
back nine closed
Booked through golf now.com, expected to play 18 holes, back nine were closed, had we known this we would have found a different course, in looking at other reviews, I can only assume that golf now was aware of the situation and should make us the public know what to expect instead of taking our money .
Money back
WE paid for 18 holes up front , only the front 9 were open, Back 9 were closed
Half of course was closed
Arrived for our tee time and were Told the back 9 was closed due to flooding and wind damage. It was not stated on GolfNow that half the course was closed and we would be paying to play 9 holes twice. The course was in poor condition, they didn’t even clean branches off the fairways or the fringe around the greens. 1 out of five stars, would not recommend
Thanks for the 5 stars!