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With vivid Puget Sound views, Harbour Pointe is Snohomish County’s hotspot since 1990

Like so many golf courses around the country and our region, Harbour Pointe GC welcomed a multitude of new golfers who took up the game during the pandemic.

“Golf was the only activity they could do safely. It brought a lot of new people to the game,” Harbour Pointe General Manager Shawn Beattie said. “Once they played, they got hooked. And many are still there.”

As a way of keeping those newbies around to continue to enjoy the game and the course, Beattie, superintendent Lance Kilbride and the maintenance team sought to improve the product. They brought in a company last October to apply an abundance of sand all over the course.

“We aerated every single fairway and approach,” Beattie said. “You know it gets wet here (Northwest) and this was a way to bolster it. It really helped out a lot.”

The project, which cost $60,000, is paying dividends this summer with firmer, faster, dryer and lusher playing surfaces. There’s a bounce in everyone’s play.

“It’s really paying off. The grass is growing in much better,” Beattie added. “When you don’t do that for a while, the fairways can get pretty thin. We have a nice sand base now.” with GM • Shawn Beattie

Harbour Pointe, always regarded as a fair test of golf, probably is best known over the years for one hole — the par 4, 395yard 11th hole. Standing on the tee, you have no idea where the pin is. It’s at the bottom of a steep slope. What you see, between a forest sandwich, is an infinity view of the Puget Sound.

Beattie offers his assessment of his club.

Toughest Tee Shot 17th hole

I’d say 17, a long par-4 (426 yards) and just over 400 from the member tees. The fairway slopes right to left and there’s out-of-bounds over there. Most people are going to have to hit it 160 to 170 yards (approach). There are bunkers to the left and a drop-over to the right.

Best Birdie Opportunity — 8th hole

No. 8 (par 4, 347 yards) from the member tees (296 yards) or whites (241 yards). For some, it’s a drivable hole. You have to hit over a waste area and land inside 100 yards on your approach. There’s water on the right with a bunker and bunkers along the left side of the green. The big hitters can take on the green.

Best Par 3 7th hole

Hole No. 7 (177 yards from the back tees). You hit over the water. It’s a long green and goes along the contours of the water. You can add another 40 yards (with the pin) in back. There’s a hazard left and a bunker protecting the left front.

Favorite Hole 11th hole

Got to be No. 11 (par 4, 395 yards). It’s one of the best views in the Northwest looking out to the Sound. It’s a gorgeous hole. You need to hit your drive as close as you can to the top of the hill then hit an iron, inside 150 yards, to the green.

Emergency Nine front or back?

The back nine. That’s our original nine. It offers the best views, the Northwest at its finest. You see the Sound on 12, 13 and 18. There’s the big tree in the center (on 18) and a view of the Sound, too.

Go-To Lunch Item On The Menu

The club sandwich is always among the best, but we sell tons of our prime rib dip. That’s probably our most popular sandwich.

Harbour Pointe Golf Club

11817 Harbour Pointe Blvd. • Mukilteo, WA 98275

(425) 355-6060 • HarbourPointeGolf.com

Opened 1990 • Course Designer Arthur Hills