Tumble Creek - Washington - USA

Laid out on high ground above the Cle Elum River, the spectacular 18-hole Tumble Creek mountain golf course is an understated Tom Doak layout that’s situated next to Suncadia Resort’s 36-hole golf complex.

Members and guests of the private Tumble Creek community enjoy privileged access to the four star resort and its two public 18-hole courses: “Prospector,” Arnold Palmer’s 2004 offering and the Jim Hardy/Peter Jacobson-designed “Rope Rider,” which opened in 2012.

In true minimalistic Tom Doak-style, very little earth was moved during construction of the course, except at the 450-yard 5th, which doglegs left down into a valley. On the back nine, back-to-back par fives precede the 405-yard 16th, a par four that veers past water on the left of the fairway to a green that’s heavily protected by sand on its right side.