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Value
4.4
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4.0
Friendliness
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Pace
2.9
Amenities
3.0
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Traditional
Par 72
Length 6575 yards
Slope 127
Rating 71.9

Course Details

Year Built 1970
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes - "Lake Padden Golf School"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire is preferred. Shirts must be worn at all times.

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Reviews

4.0
34 Reviews (34)
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Reviews 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
5.0
Previously Played

Beautiful course on a great park land!

This is one of my favorite courses, beautiful layout with not one house on the entire course! Great place to play, very highly recommended.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 55
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Good course, challenge for a 15 handicap, tough greens but roll pretty true.

Woodland course, lots of trees but fairways are wide enough, lots of difficult lies in the fairways, not what I would call flat. Fairly long for a senior playing from the granite tees. Greens are a tough read with the lake effect and lots of mounds and breaks but roll quite true. Apparently the course gets a lot of play but it also appears that the greens and fairways are maintained very well. Good practice area with very reasonably priced range balls.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Overall above average

Great price, large and well maintained greens, interesting holes and little to no water to hit into!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value. Bellingham gem!

One of the top courses around, heavily played, and holds up well. Bellingham has a one of the top 3 muny's in the state. Maintenance staff does a good job keeping this course in shape. Great value for the money. That's why it's 5 stars

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The path of this municiple course through the old growth is breath-taking!

The greatest challenge of this course is to avoid the distraction of its setting among old growth. The other challenge is getting on this municipal course as it's very popular and not just because of the low fee.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This is a great value course

Wide fairways, but don't miss them as you will be in the trees. Beautiful tree lined fairways and undulating greens make this course a real challenge. Definitely worth the trip to play.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 102
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Beautiful wilderness golf

Tree lined fairways and nicely conditioned course in a beautiful wilderness setting with very interesting diversity of holes with
nice amount of elevation changes,but very walkable. A must play
experience,don't miss it!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Golf Day

Booked tee time in the morning for a late afternoon tee time. The Pro Shop had no carts due to a tournament earlier but offered us a push cart. We were able to pickup a cart for the back nine.

Couse was very enjoyable to play and great value for the money.

Would definitely play it again.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Well-maintained wide courses

The course was very clean and didn't have too many tricky twists and turns. Almost all the holes had very wide ranges so it was quite easy to play. The lies in the green are a little tricky but still a great course to play on

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Municipal Course

Love playing Lake Padden a few times a year. Unfortunately, this was my first time this year, however I will be back...promise!

Great condition, great staff, great game!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice Course but slow greens

The course was in pretty good shape but with the wet weather last week the greens were a little slow for my liking. I know they generally keep them a little quicker than what they were but the course will hold some moisture so they weren't able to cut them. It has a good layout, winding through the trees with some elevation change. I would say play it as long as there hasn't been a lot of rain recently.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 93
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Home course

This course is thirty five miles from my house but I enjoy it so much that I play here most often. The two nines are distinct, one more hilly than the other, but what really makes the course work is the terrific layout and the lack of any housing. Most of the holes are cut out of virgin forest and rarely do you get more than a glimpse of adjacent fairways. If they charged a little more and spent a little more this track could be truly outstanding. But the Municipal course ambience simply adds to the charm.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Super course.

Great especially for a novice.
Easy walking not a lot of hills to climb.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

ruined

absolutely fantastic setting cut out of a forest with mature trees. ruined by extremely poor fairway maintenance and even worse greens where your ball bumps along all the way to not the hole.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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