#17 Chambers Bay
This is the controversial site of the 2015 US Open, won by Jordan Spieth. Forget whatever you've heard, it's a fun and challenging course to play. It's a links course, walking only (unless you have a note from your doctor). You can take a pull cart or a caddy. Tyler the caddy was great. He works winters at Country Club Scottsdale, and knew all the courses I play in the Valley of the Sun. It's a beautiful location, great views of the bay, islands, and when the sun finally came out, the snow-topped Olympics on the peninsula. The greens were a disappointment, slow and bumpy. They're letting the Poa Annua grow in before they mow them more closely. But the price was right. Due to a computer error, the greens fees posted on the web site for the last three days of May were $89 for everyone, the member rate, rather than $189 for non-residents (and various other prices in between). That doesn't include the caddy, though. Many of the...
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