Inglewood – The Magnet

ARENA FOR ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST GOLF ASSOCIATION IS REAL TEST

By Alex C. Rose

The last word in golf course architecture. That’s what those in attendance at the annual championship tournament of the Pacific Northwest Golf Association will feast their eyes on when they gaze upon the eighteen holes of the Inglewood Country Club in Seattle, which will be the testing ground for this year’s major event during the week of June 17^th.

What a transformation has been performed on that layout during the past few months. Inglewoodians always boasted that theirs was the best there was in golf courses in the Northwest. They were proud of their course. They had every reason to be. But the Inglewood course has just become a finished article!

Wide and well-kept fairways and putting areas were alright, but Inglewood lacked something. That “something” was well-placed and well-built traps and bunkers. Inglewood now has them – in quality and quantity.

It was the writer’s pleasure to play over the course a few weeks ago – we feel guilty in having to admit that it was our first round over Inglewood for several months – and we herewith extend our compliments to Architect A. Vernon Macan, Professional Walter Pursey, Greens-keeper, Sydney Cowan, Dr. C.B. Ford, Ted Knudson and all others who had a “hand in the job” for their excellent work in putting the finishing touches on the Inglewood picture.

En route from the first tee to the home green one finds many changes, but it is the beautifully contoured and well-placed traps and bunkers that catch the eye – and the errant shot. Yours truly had plenty of both on that round.

Inglewood NOW has a championship golf course that compares with any in the country. The player who places his shot will not find trouble, bout the badly-placed shot will. While the traps and bunkers are easy to get into, they are not hard to get out of. The day of the deep bunker, with the overhanging face is a thing of the past. Thank goodness, say all of us.

You’re going to enthuse when you see the Inglewood course all dolled-up for the annual championship test of the Northwest next month. And you’re going to enthuse some more if this happens to be your first to the spacious and elegantly furnished clubhouse of the Inglewood Country Club. The clubhouse and golf course of the Inglewood Country Club is a combination that would be hard to beat, anywhere.

Courtesy of BC Golf Museum

1. 400 yds. 4 5 10 440 yds. 5 5

2. 350 yds. 4 4 11. 390 yds. 4 5

3. 150 yds. 3 3 12. 320 yds. 4 4

4. 400 yds. 4 4 13. 360 yds. 4 4

5. 420 yds. 4 5 14. 420 yds. 4 5

6. 450 yds. 5 5 15. 180 yds. 3 3

7. 170 yds. 3 3 16. 530 yds. 5 5

8. 360 yds. 4 4 17. 220 yds. 3 4

9. 450 yds. 5 5 18. 430 yds. 4 5

Total 3150 yds. 36 38 Total 3290 yds. 36 40

Total – 6440 yards Par 72.

(the current #2 was shorter and a par 4 in this July 1922 plan.)

Courtesy BC Golf Museum

Vision Statement

Embracing its rich Northwest golf tradition, it is the vision of Inglewood Golf Club to instill and preserve the spirit of the game in each golfer, by providing an outstanding test of golf, superior course conditions, quality golf programs and services that resonate excellence