A Season Of Golf With Carol: Team Golf At Apple Tree

Today's score: 86

Apple Tree Golf Course in southeast Yakima is a beautiful and challenging course. I spent nearly as much time admiring the flowers, lakes, waterfalls and surrouding landscape as I did analyzing my golf shots. It is such a unique setting, literally amongst apple trees, with cows and horses crazing in the adjacent pastures.

Here is a descriptive clip from their website:
Over the past decade, the Apple Tree Golf Course has quickly become one of the Pacific Northwest's premier golf experiences. Carved from the rolling terrain of 100 year-old orchards, Apple Tree's prestigious resume includes a 4-star rating by Golf Digest. Its signature par 3 17th features the world-famous apple island green and has been named "Best Par Three" by the Seattle Times, and "One of Washington's Top 18 Holes" by Washington CEO. And while the 17th has been featured in countless golf publications, calendars, and web sites, the rest of the championship track plays over 6,900 yards and features a variety of scenic challenges including lakes, fountains, and a beautifual cascading waterfall. So whether you come in ten over...or ten under, a spectacular round at Apple Tree is always a gimmee!

Today was our monthly Team golf event, held at Apple Tree. This was our 5th of 8 events for the season, with the next one being at the Ellensburg Golf Course and the final event coming at the Wenatchee Golf & CC on October 6th.

The ladies we played against today were from the Yakima Elks Golf Club. Pictured above from left to right: Ruth Toler (my playing partner), Pat Sugden and Barb Fortier (both from the Elks). We were all fairly close in handicap, so it was a good match. Ruth and I took slightly more than half the points, but Pat & Barb were very tough competitors. Despite the challenging terrain, I was pleased with my score of 86.

I was so enthralled with the beauty of the course, I took several pictures and am posting them here... to entice you to visit this beautiful c