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GOLF CLUB
AT NEWCASTLE
COAL CREEK COURSE COAL CREEK COURSE
PAR 5 621 YARDS
Newcastle, WA
425.793.5566
www.newcastlegolf.com
People flock to see the majestic clubhouse at The Golf Club at Newcastle and its incredible
view beyond: a 200-degree panorama of Seattle, Bellevue, two floating bridges, freshwater
lakes, a saltwater sea, and the serrated and frosted outline of the Olympic Mountains. While
the scene mesmerizes everyone from diners to wedding reception attendees, the reality of
Newcastle's Coal Creek course as a precise and formidable test of golf comes as soon as the
opening hole.
The par 5 first demands probably more thinking and execution than those still infatuated with
the view want to deal with, but there it is: a 621-yard hole that requires three brave but careful
shots. Hit it farther than 250 yards from the tee and you bound into a wetlands area. Even
landing just short of the wetlands and in prime position leaves you with a downhill lie for a
lengthy second shot over a hazard to a gradually narrowing area 100 yards or more from the
green. There is a creek on the left, mounds on the right, and even if you've eluded those, your
third shot is to a green that is bisected front to back with a devilish mound.
The property at Newcastle opened in 1999 and features two 18-hole courses on a commanding
350-acre site. The Newcastle project was the fulfillment of former Microsoft executive Scott
Oki's dream to bring high-end public golf to the Seattle area. Including Newcastle, Oki Golf
now owns and operates eight other properties in Washington's Puget Sound region.
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Photographs by Rob Perry
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