On the Olympic Peninsula, a golf round can begin in the salt air, climb toward evergreens, pause for chowder or a burger at the turn, and end with the kind of mountain and water view that makes even a double bogey feel like a souvenir. August is National Golf Month, and the Olympic Peninsula makes a fine case for celebrating it with a variety of public courses. Trade urban crowds for Port Townsend’s historic fairways and Grays Harbor’s coastal winds. Golf on the peninsula is less a single style of play than a collection of local landscapes—a good walk with a great view.
Enjoy Year-round Play
Many courses are easily accessible and playable year-round, thanks to the Olympic Peninsula’s comparatively mild coastal climate. Twilight and Junior pricing provide incentive to head to the fairways. This makes a round easier to fit into both travel plans and family budgets.
Play a Round in Jefferson County
In Port Ludlow, the game rolls through forest, wildlife habitat, historic old-growth logging stumps and views of Hood Canal, Ludlow Bay, the Olympics and Cascades. Designed by Robert Muir Graves, Port Ludlow Golf Course is playable for a wide range of golfers, with 18-hole, 9-hole, Twilight and Super Twilight rates listed online. That mix of beauty and challenge hasn’t gone unnoticed. Port Ludlow GC won Gold, with votes by golfers, in Seattle Times’ “2025 Best of the PNW.” It also landed as a top vote-getter among women golfers in “Cascade Golfer’s Best Public Courses in Washington.” The club shows where the future of the game is headed. Its public programs include PGA Jr. and Spark Golf Leagues. After a round, JR’s Sand Trap serves up a bar-and-grill setting with Puget Sound views.
History is never far from the first tee at Discovery Bay Golf Club, formerly Chevy Chase Golf Course, near Port Townsend. The course features 18 holes on the shores of Discovery Bay. Panoramic views of the Olympic Mountains and bay waters enhance the only covered driving range on the Olympic Peninsula. This historic club is Washington state’s oldest public course. Stepping onto the first tee is not only the celebration of a century-old legacy, but it’s also an invitation to be part of its future. Playing a round at Discovery Bay is more than just a great day overlooking the water. It’s an active vote to keep this legendary public landscape thriving and in play for the next generation of golfers.
Port Townsend’s Camas Prairie Park perhaps offers the peninsula’s clearest example of golf adapting for new generations. The 58-acre nonprofit-operated park includes a historic 121-year-old, 9-hole golf course, 18-basket disc golf course, driving range, pro shop, event venue, food and beverage service at Coyote & Crow Restaurant.
Beyond the Bogey—Golf Clallam County
The Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim offers year-round play and five sets of tees. Its 2026 rate card includes Junior, Twilight and seasonal pricing, plus youth camps for ages 5–14. For a signature peninsula golf moment, start with “Old Crabby,” the famous Dungeness crab-shaped bunker on Hole 3. Stay for breakfast, lunch or dinner at the course’s onsite dining, or pair golf with additional dining options at nearby 7 Cedars.
Farther west, Peninsula Golf Club in Port Angeles celebrates 100 years of golf in 2026. The semi-private, public 18-hole course plays about 6,400 yards to par 72, with Olympic Peninsula scenery and a clubhouse restaurant and lounge, Thursday breakfast and league nights.
When the Coast Meets a Course in Grays Harbor County
On the coast, Grays Harbor adds its own legacy. Ocean Shores Golf Course offers an 18-hole round shaped by ocean breezes and coastal pines. Grays Harbor Country Club traces its roots to 1912 with public play on certain days of the week.
Swing Your Way Through Mason County
Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club on Hood Canal in Union, is a member-owned course open to public play. It offers a driving range, practice greens, chipping area, Olympic Mountain and Hood Canal views, seasonal and winter rates, rental clubs and carts. Lake Cushman Golf Course near Hoodsport, is a nine-hole hidden gem, carved from lush forest near the Olympic Mountains. Further south, Salish Cliffs Golf Club is a championship 18-hole par 72 and is the first Salmon-Safe certified golf course in the world.
Golf on the Olympic Peninsula is as varied, diverse and enjoyable as the region itself. Here, a good walk with a great view offers championship greens, hillside history, fresh coastal air and spectacular Pacific Northwest landscapes. Every tee time offers a reason to slow down and stay a while.
By guest blogger Steve Shively, Jefferson County Tourism
Cover photo courtesy of Resort at Port Ludlow
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