Every August, the Pacific Northwest gets its only PGA TOUR event: three days at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, a stunning Jack Nicklaus-designed course thirty miles east of Seattle. You can stand ten feet from major champions and watch a Boeing flyover to start and finish the tournament's play. The Boeing Classic is one of 28 PGA TOUR Champions events in the world, and the only annual PGA TOUR event in the Pacific Northwest. 2026 is its 21st year. This is our guide to doing it

The Pacific Northwest doesn't just have good muni golf, it's home to some of the best public golf in the entire country. From a former sand quarry that hosted a U.S. Open to a high desert layout carved out of lava rock, this region punches way above its weight when it comes to courses anyone can book a tee time on. We're narrowing it down to five: the tracks that define public golf in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Here's how we'd rank them, from great to the best of the best

Course Overview Location: Olympia, Washington (Thurston County) — tucked into the old-growth forest southeast of downtown Olympia, roughly 60 minutes from Seattle and easily reachable off I-5 via SeaTac (~1 hour). Course Type: Semi-private. Long a members-only country club, Indian Summer opened its doors to limited public play in 2021. Members and their guests still come first, so tee times for the public can be tight, call ahead and book early. Managed by Oki Golf. Par & Yar