Got a little break in the weather today, so I headed out to Camas Meadows. Since I am staying in Vancouver, I wanted to get at least one round in on this side of the river. $43 with a cart for a 2:00 ... Continue »

Got a little break in the weather today, so I headed out to Camas Meadows. Since I am staying in Vancouver, I wanted to get at least one round in on this side of the river. $43 with a cart for a 2:00 start. Not very busy, but I did work my way through 5 groups ahead of me and got around very quickly. Cart path only with a lot of walking from paths to greens and down to fairways. Aesthetically, it's nice to have the paths out of the way. Practically, though, it isn't ideal, especially when you know it will be CPO most of the winter here. It's a recipe for slow play and injuries because everything is very slick. I might have a slight concussion from a nasty (albeit probably hilarious for any onlookers) spill I took walking down the 45-degree slip-n-slide otherwise known as the big hill separating the cart path and fairway on the 9th hole!

Condition-wise, things are very lush and green throughout the course with all this wetness. It looks beautiful, maybe better from afar than up close in some areas. Everything was mushy and sopping wet after plenty of rain yesterday and this morning. Pretty much any lie could technically be considered "standing water." They can't do anything about mother nature making things so wet, but otherwise the conditions were good. Tee boxes, fairways and rough had great grass coverage. Bunkers wet, but with good sand. The greens were softened, which was probably a good thing because they felt like they might normally be fairly firm and fast. They definitely rolled smooth and rather quick on putts, pretty much completely healed from aeration at this point.

It was hard to fully enjoy the course with things so wet, but it is Washington in October, so it comes with the territory. This is a very fun, scenic and challenging layout with diversity in terrain and a lot of variety in hole designs. Plenty of trees and then some more open meadow spots as the name would suggest. Very enjoyable and highly recommended, and of course, you have to say howdy to Spider-Man hanging from the tree next to the 18th fairway!