TRAILHEAD GOLF COURSE

The rolling Palouse terrain creates natural elevation changes that designer Mike Asmundson exploited brilliantly, particularly on the downhill par-4 7th where you're hitting a mid-iron to a green that seems to float above the valley floor. Water hazards threading through the Spokane Valley influence play on eight holes without feeling forced, and the bent grass greens run true even during Washington's wet springs. You'll leave knowing you've played something that transcends typical Pacific Northwest public golf—this is architecture that works with the land rather than against it.