North Bellingham Golf Course

I played a round with my friends for the first time at North Bellingham Golf Course. From the entrance, the wide-open view of the course was really impressive. The clubhouse is a good size and the facilities inside were clean and comfortable. What I liked the most was the driving range — it’s great that you can practice on real grass. However, it seemed that they don’t rotate the hitting areas very often, so there weren’t many good grassy spots left. Overall, the course difficulty was fair and enjoyable. I played from the white tees, and the tee boxes were in great condition and well maintained. The fairways were clean and fairly wide. The course layout had a nice mix — from straight holes to left and right doglegs, with some elevation changes that kept it interesting throughout the round. The greens were in excellent condition, although many of them had tricky breaks that required a lot of focus when putting — it definitely kept the game exciting until the end. Overall, I was very satisfied with the round. The green fee was reasonable, and I’d definitely like to come back again!

Course is in wonderful shape. Fairways are beautiful (among the best in Whatcom/Skagit/Snohomish), greens are lovely, consistent and not too hard, rough is thick but not unfair, and value is solid. Sand traps were a little hard packed but not wet. Course can be very windy, but that plays into the links-style design. Very impressed with course conditions given its so late in season and its been a dry summer.

I've been making a special trip to play here once a year and I love this course. One of the top 5 in western Washington for me. I always seem to score well here, maybe because it's wide open and there's no trees so you can spray it anywhere off the tee and still have a shot at the pin. It's fun to play.

Some of the best kept fairways I have ever seen! Really fun layout, the pro shop staff is friendly and helpful. Seriously, one of the nicest courses around. May be rough going on a windy day, as there are very little trees to cut down the wind, but add this one to your bucket list if you are in the area.

Beautifully laid out golf course. Tees and fairways were great but the greens were nightmare fuel. Not sure what happened here when many other courses in the Bellingham and Vancouver BC areas have managed to recover so well already and they don’t charge as much for the green fees either. Hoping to play again later in the year if the greens have improved.