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El Cardonal at Diamante



    Aldarra Golf Club

    Sammamish, WA Private

    Overview

    Although he owned his own turboprop for over a decade, it wasn’t until the late 1990s that Tom Fazio agreed to work in the Pacific Northwest. Previously, it seemed just to far to travel for someone with six children at home. But former Seattle Supersonics basketball star Jack Sitma convinced Fazio to help his group build a golf-only, non-residential 18 on land east of Seattle. Perhaps it helped that the land had been previously owned by aviation pioneer Bill Boeing, land he had called the Aldarra Farm. Fazio’s design, called The Member’s Club at Aldarra until recent years, quickly became known for its last four holes, dubbed “The Gauntlet.” They consist of a long, stout par 3 (with an old stone farm silo near the green), a par 4 along wetlands, a reachable par 4 with stacked sod bunkers before the green, and a long closing par 4 with two forced carries over ravines.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 6955
    Slope 147
    Facility Type Private
    Designer Thomas Fazio, ASGCA

    Awards

    100 Greatest the Second 100
    Best Courses in Every State

    Ranking history:

    Second 100 Greatest: Ranked since 2013.
    2023-'24 ranking: 147th.
    Previous ranking: 140th.
    Highest ranking: 137th, 2013-'14.

    Best in State: Ranked since 2005.
    Current ranking: 2nd.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4.4

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    7.3374
    Character
    7.3148
    Challenge
    7.4544
    Layout Variety
    7.4273
    Fun
    7.182
    Aesthetics
    7.5055
    Conditioning
    7.4734

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