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    Gamble Sands Resort

    4.0 (49 reviews)
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    Been saving up to travel and play here. Very beautiful place and the course was amazing. Can see why it is rated so high. They are currently developing a second course and hotel. The putting course green outside the room was a lot of fun in the evening to play while drinking some wine. It is expensive to play and stay, and your food options are limited. The two restaurants at the course are very good (we had an excellent dinner at Danny Boy and great lunch in The Barn), but if you want something else, you are in the middle of nowhere. Options in Brewster are limited ( but there is a good family mexican restaurant there). You are also on the northern end of a wine region. There is one outside of Brewster, but it was closed on a Monday when we were there. Traveled down south towards Chelan and found Rio Vista Wines right on the river. More as you get to Chelan. Little bit of a drive there, but if you want to do something different other than golf, you do have that option. Thought the replay rate was a bit expensive, especially after staying there for 2 nights, But it is an expensive place to begin with. Supply and demand. Very friendly staff at hotel and on the course. Pro shop staff seemed newer. One gentleman was rude and didn't seem like he wanted to be there. Was our first time there and didn't know lay of the land. They didn't seem to mind until I asked. Then they explained everything in a friendly manor. We were perplexed at first, considering how much we paid to stay and play there. But the rest of the staff from the starter to beverage cart, halfway house, restaurant, and other on course maintenance staff more than made up for the pro shop staff. They were all fantastic!

    Golf n chill
    Frank L.

    Gamble Sands is still a great golf course, all fescue no trees, links style course. Super fun, great risk/reward with bail outs design. I have played here more then 15 rounds which is alot for a 3-4 hour drive from Seattle. This review was required due to my last review being years ago. The experience is not as top notch as it used to be. From beginning to end it used to be 10/10 for me from the pro shop, starters, range, course conditions, staff, etc. Its all just a tad below of what it used to be. For example, eating at Danny boy's grill outdoor area, you would see the door swing open fast due to servers using their legs to open it, I understand if your arms are full, but what if there are staff/guests near the door? There are less holes with water available now, I suggest instead of 2 holes where they provide FREE water, to at least add one more hole during the summer where it is 100+ degrees. The biggest disappointment is tipping both kids at the cart dropoff and having them follow us to our cars to load bags and they just stood there not helping to load bags. Now while we totally are capable to load them ourselves, they just stood away and gave no inkling of even asking to help load, quite a disappointment. Remember, probably most of your guests, maybe 99.8% of them are traveling from afar to come to your property, you should make sure everything is a top notch experience. I would say everyone was friendly, smiley, and cordial, but it is just a tad less now, probably due to high volume of customers rolling through which I am happy for them. Just don't forget to keep high standards or you will have less returning "Gamble Sands is a no brainer return trip" saying. But you need to realize that the cart return experience is that last touch point for the customer at a golf course. End it properly. Something so simple as helping/offering to help load bags into the car (especially after both guys were tipped) closes out the experience, in a positive or negative way. For reference: I have played at Doral, Bandon Dunes, Chambers Bay, Trump National LA, TPC Scottsdale, PGA West Stadium Course, etc. Still had a lot of fun on the course as you can see by the pictures, greens are faster now, and even though wildfires were nearby, it was still beautiful. It's just not a no brainer to return now.

    Looking out from the course hotel from the 2nd floor.
    Doug S.

    The course is quiet, and the fairways are nice and firm (lots of run) and easy to hit off of. I loved the greens...they are super fast but very true. The fringe is so large that you can expect to out in places where you would normally chip/pitch. There is even one par 3 you can putt from the tee box! The views are phenomenal, and the pace of play is about 4 - 4.5 hours. A good leisurely pace. No water or trees, a western Washington golfer's dream! But sand...whoa...tons. Just stay out of it!! The hotel there is outstanding. Everything is new and all rooms have a view of the massive putting green and the Columbia River down the bluff. My only complaint would be, there is no heated jacuzzi...the wading pool is a cool soaking pool, which is decent, but not what I needed after playing 18 AND the 14 hole par 3 course (which I highly recommend!).

    One for the books! Best course I've probably ever played. Make the trip you won't be disappointed!

    Joe M.

    This is one of the nicest courses I've ever played. Amazing views at every hole. You have to try the golfboards. I'd give the course 5 stars. The hotel was very nice with a great view. I think the fire place fan was a bit noisy, but that's my only complaint. The restaurant / bar could use a little help. The service was excellent and everyone was very nice. We had to wait a long time for the food and we even had to wait for the buffet. The staff was very accommodating and offered us free desserts. Overall a great place to visit and I will definitely go back.

    Kevin Chappell teeing it up from the new Medal Tee on #1- 510-yard par 4 opener
    Bill H.

    I saw one review saying this course is not as challenging as Chambers Bay but, has similarities. My opinion- the only similarity is that they are/were designed to be links style courses. Chambers Bay is WAY over hyped (a bag tag collection course?). Gamble Sands is more for those who love the game. Chambers is geared for those who tend to be more into the clothes, having a tour sized bag with their name on it, photo ops w/ location settings in FaceBook (so everyone can see where they played?), and collecting bag tags to clank around like cowbells. Gamble Sands is for those who love to play golf. Challenging? They held the WA State Mid-Am 2016....I didn't see anyone destroying par. Conversely, plenty of over par scores. Cant wait to see what happens when the elite (State AM or other USGA sanctioned Open events) come play here from the NEW Medal tees. As for yardage and overall difficulty, they've already added, and they are continuing to add new "Medal" tees to take the course to 7,500+ yards. However, unlike Chambers Bay this course is very well thought out and very well designed; not hokey- at Gamble if you hit a good shot, you get good results, if you hit a bad shot you're penalized, and course knowledge just allows for and increases your ability to take some risk/reward and/or funnel shots into certain pin placements. Course knowledge (or lack thereof) does not create a penalizing situation. You can learn and grow with the course, each round can afford different conditions, different shot types (high soft shots, low running, flighted and spinning, etc...) you can play different shots on every hole, depending upon the pin placement and the weather/wind conditions I can not think of one bad hole at Gamble Sands. I liked all of them, they were well designed, well thought, w/ plenty of options on how to play from the tee and the fairway. If you missed the green, there were options. Unlike a course that demands "one" type of shot- Gamble Sands allows for different players with different creativity or different eyes to be able to play the course equally. If you are a single digit handicap or lower, there is plenty here to like and challenge you. If you are a higher handicap, (if you play the proper tees) you will find plenty to like, while still being appropriately challenged I like to think of Gamble Sands having spent $2MM and having done right by/for golfers, for golf in general, and Chambers Bay creating a $26MM USGA approved/sanctioned course that cannot find it's place, can't find a way to maintain green conditions, and didn't do really much to help promote, foster, encourage, properly challenge, or enlighten. After playing Chambers Bay 8-times over 8-years, and after hearing candid comments from the US AM players in 2010, and then again the same type of commentary from players in the US Open.....I am still scratching my head as to how or why Chambers Bay ended up with a US Open? Gamble Sands is the opposite....you don't have to make any excuses, you don't have to talk yourself into liking it, or excuse away the problems with Chambers Bay with "well, you know, they had a US Open.... Gamble Sands is just plain great, the conditioning is great, it's a tremendous amount of fun, it offers plenty of challenge to top-tier players and high handicappers alike (from different tees/angles/approaches)...and, they are adding plenty of yardage and new angles to discover and challenge bombers and low handicappers from the new Medal Tees. Gamble Sands did it right. Super fun, plenty of challenge. I'll fly from AZ to play this course, any day, anytime. You should make the drive from wherever you are to Gamble...way before driving or paying $300 to tee it up at Chambers Bay...unless you're in town to collect a bag tag and say to your friends back home "I played there". I'd rather say- WOW, what an amazing day, that was challenging, fun, rewarding, and brilliant!!! If you prefer the later, I'd suggest Gamble Sands.

    Bob A.

    I thought the course was beautifully designed, but the way they maintaine it is a testimony to American Golf Maintenance Practices Gone Bad. Mow as close as humanly possible. I don't believe the course has the amount of water to sustain itself through the heat of Eastern Washington. Sand based golf courses require constant spoon feeding applications of fertilizer. Let's spray paint the boarder of the Green so you actually know your on it. It is way over priced for the quality of course your getting to play.

    Julie J.

    What a beautiful place to golf! We just hit the range, but had a perfect day. The service and staff were all top rate. We hit balls, putted and chipped, and then had a couple beers. We finished with another trip to the driving range, because you get unlimited balls for a flat $12/person! Amazing afternoon!!

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    Gamble sands was amazing! Wish we stayed more than 1 night. Course was amazing and the service was exceptional!!!

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    Terrible food- they couldn't even get two entrees right. Wish they could get a new chef. The server Stephanie made up for it though.

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    I love coming here. The rooms are very nice, the pool is fun for kids and the golf is amazing!

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    Late in updating. Last visit was great! All cylinders were hit. Seems that customer service is key!! Love the course. The staff rocked it.

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    Everything is new and all rooms have a view of the massive putting green and the Columbia River down the bluff.

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