Every Pacific Northwest golfer eventually learns the same trick: when the west side is still soggy, drive east over the mountains. On the dry side of the Cascades, Bend offers lava rock, ponderosa pine and juniper, firm fairways, and a ball that flies a little farther in the thin high-desert air. Within half an hour of downtown you can play a David McLay Kidd fescue links that will humble a single-digit handicap, a Jack Nicklaus Signature course built around ancient lava flow

The Pacific Northwest isn’t known as a golf factory, but Washington, Oregon and Idaho have produced a Masters champion, a world No. 1, Ryder Cup players and dozens of PGA Tour winners. Here's our rank of the 12 best male golfers to come out of the region. 2. Joel Dahmen (Clarkston, WA) The former Washington Husky won the 2021 Corales Puntacana Championship and has piled up 28 top-10s and more than $14 million on tour. A testicular cancer survivor and a breakout star of Netfli

From windswept links on the Oregon coast to desert sand courses above the Columbia River, the Northwest has some of the best buddy-trip golf in the country. Here's our countdown of the eight best places to plan your next golf trip. 8. Suncadia, Washington A mountain resort escape in Cle Elum, about 90 minutes from Seattle. Two strong courses and a lodge setting make it an easy weekend trip. Prospector – Arnold Palmer design with big Cascade views Rope Rider – Peter Jacobsen a