Meadowmeer Golf and Country Club

I played here one afternoon after work on my way to the ferry. They have a $ 15 twilight rate that I couldn’t pass up! Being that this is the only public course on Bainbridge Island, I expected a little more. It seems that the course was built after the housing development, which leads to its very poor layout. Long walks between holes really took away from the overall experience.
This 9 hole course is literally cut out of a housing development, which inevitably leads to lots of house lined fairways with tons of OB. In fact, I don’t think there was a single hole that didn’t have OB left — terrifying for me with my draw. The course isn’t terribly lengthy and has several drivable par 4s.
The downhill 200 yard par 3 was probably my favorite hole, providing the greatest challenge compared to the 250 – 350 yard par 4s the rest of the course offers. The par 4 5^th requires an impressive tee shot to get past the tree line before it doglegs right for an approach shot to the turtleback green. From the blue tees you need at least a 250 yard drive — of course there is OB left and right!
While it may seem like I’m knocking this course I actually found it to be in excellent shape with perfect fairways and very fair greens. The rough was well manicured and easy to hit out of. This course is very easy to walk and doesn’t have a lot of elevation change, although as I mentioned earlier, has some lengthy walks between holes. The walk from 1 to 2 was definitely the longest.

A personal favorite for smaller public golf courses. Growing up, I was always amazed at how well maintained they kept this course. Hole difficulty is pretty minimal, but there are a few water hazards and bunkers that can make play pretty difficult. They don’t always take the best care of the greens throughtout the winter and fall, but they are usually in pretty good shape during the summer. Their prices are slightly elevated in comparison to similar courses throughout the state, but then again it is on bainbridge island.