Tumble Creek Golf Course At Suncadia

Tumble Creek is the private member course at Suncadia Resort on the eastern slope of the Wenatchee Mountains, east of Seattle. The design is a more sublime turn for Tom Doak and his associates at Renaissance Golf. The holes lay quietly over the elevations, refusing to compete for attention with the surrounding topography and evergreen borders. The architecture exudes calmness and confidence without being showy, with elegantly contoured greens and just enough bunkering to demand players work shots into position. The exception is a hole like the bending par-5 fourth that rides up and over a steep shoulder of land, daring players to cut the inside corner around a ravine, as well as the ninth and 18th holes that also tackle sloping terrain. The par 3s are some of the state's best, particularly the second hole that would feel at home at any course in the Heathlands outside London.