Beautiful course. Reminded me of some of the courses in Lake Tahoe, CA, just not as hilly. Excellent condition from fairways to greens. Challenging and fun at the same time. Greens are fast but don't let it get to your head, or your putt will end up short. Great golf trip even though it rain, drizzle in between our round. I called it 'Seattle happened'. read more

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This review is specifically about the driving range because it was difficult to find information on the resort website. Yes, there IS a driving range! To use it, check in at the Prospect Pro Shop front desk. There's no signage indicating this, so... you're welcome. Haha! $12 per person for all day use and unlimited balls. Then, walk or drive over to the small driving range. No stalls, uncovered, and pretty bare bones. But it was just fine for me. There's a ball attendant who collects and restocks your ball pyramids. A note about COVID hours: I emailed a week in advance and was told they'd be open Wednesday from 7 AM to 6 PM. I arrived at 12:15 PM and paid my fees, which the cashier said meant I could use the driving range for "the whole day." A few minutes later, at the driving range, the ball attendant said they had closed at noon. When I responded with, "BUT WE JUST PAID!" he gave me a big stack of balls and apologized for the miscommunication. So, even though I didn't get to play all day, the stack lasted me a couple hours. And I was happy with that. But be warned that they're still figuring out their COVID hours, so you'll have a better chance arriving earlier than later. read more

It's a bit surprising to see all the negative reviews on this course. Perhaps the experience was vastly different than our groups, but my guess is somebody had a bad day out on the links and decided to take it out on yelp! We played on a Thursday morningand found the course to be quite lovely. The course is carved right out of an evergreen forest and has a true north west feel to it, without having to travel over the mountains and deal with continuous rain and 100+ days in a row of clouds during the season. From the whites, the course is very manageable and has a lot of fun holes. A couple are set up, daring you to go for the green on a par four while the others are laid out very nicely with plenty of sand and water throughout. We all appreciated the fact that the rough isn't 8 inches long everywhere and it doesn't require you to play at a professional level to score relatively well. A great course and not overly expensive on the weekdays. Well worth checking out! read more

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Played 10/14/19 @ 10:40 for $47 on TeeOff.com w/ coupon code Currently 7.1 index Course was in GREAT shape. Greens were MINT. Firm, true and quick. Played as a 2 some and made in under 2 hours. 60 degrees and sunny. Perfect fall day. One of the best tracks I've played this year. Clubhouse and facilities are top notch. Can't wait to come back. Only strange thing is every time I've been up there I've never seen a single family in any of the community houses. Only activity is the construction workers building more houses. For who? Who knows. read more

Prospector Golf Course - #10 no wind = Hybrid/lob wedge - Golf Near Me - Cle Elum, Washington

Tough course but really fun. 2 stars is because of the crazy system the carts are on. It won't let you go onto the fairway and occasionally will make you back up to get back to the cart road. We got stuck for about 30 minutes and then all the Marshall had to do was press the settings for a minute so we could get unstuck. Beautiful course but major pain in the butt if you want to have fun. read more

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Nice course, well-protected greens. Some nice views but a couple stars off because 1) bunkers have tons of rocks in the sand, 2) I realize they have to water up here but at 930am, pretty much all areas 60 yards in are so wet. Really messes up w she play, and 3) still mowing during the round which could have been done at different times. Overall fun course but really doesn't have much over many of the other nice courses like gold mountain, Salish, etc. read more

What a beautiful view yet secluded so not many could see my awful swing! Checked in at the golf store so I could pay, which was easy. They explained that it was AS MANY BALLS AS YOU CAN HIT! For only 13 dollars with tax I was out there for a long time. Only advice I would give it to make sure you bring your own t's. read more

Prospector Golf Course - Golf Near Me - Cle Elum, Washington

We stayed at the campground here with a group of 10 (it was supposed to be 12 two people couldn't make it due to COVID). The minute we started golfing a marshall began to harassed and follow us. At one point we were told to put a collared shirt on when there was people wearing sweatshirts with jeans. The Marshall repeatedly asked to look in people's coolers which we allowed because we weren't hiding anything. The whole golf experience was extremely unenjoyable being followed around by a marshall constantly breathing down your neck. Later that night we got home and watched the Huskies game which went till about 10:30 at night at which point the sheriff's department showed up. We asked the sheriff what he was here for and he said apparently to talk to you? We weren't being loud. The sheriff himself said he stood in the corner and watched us for 15 minutes monitoring us and said he could see nothing wrong. At the end of the day they seem to have it out for us for some unknown reason. There was no hospitality and they were rude the whole time. Save your money. Stick to the north side of the interstate. read more

I have had this course on my to golf list for a while. Prospector coursr is Arnold Palmer designed with breathtaking views. Can be challenging if you choose, or lay up around bunkers/water and play it safe. The resort is beautiful and staff was very friendly and helpful. Even the grounds keepers seemed cheerful. Blond beverage cart woman was a sweetheart and very good at her job. Give her a raise!! Starter was super cool and happily explained the course to us and gave us some tips about enjoying our round. We plan on staying at the resort and playing rope rider and prospector next time. read more

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When we pulled up, the staff just stared at us. As we began to take the clubs out of the car, we were finally approached for assistance. They loaded up our clubs on to the cart, however didnt anchor them properly as my bag fell off resulting in broken equipment. The beverage cart girl witnessed the incident and informed me that this was the 2nd time this happened that day. I called and emailed to talk with a manager about the incident as my bag is fully broken, and I never received a response. I'm quite upset about their lack of unprofessionalism throughout our experience, and will not be returning. read more

Expensive but I wasnt disappointed. It was worth the trip and cant wait to make it back.

Extremely slow play. The course Marshall, instead of hurrying play, argued with us. Her obstinance and garrolous nature forced a premature end to our round. Not worth the drive from Seattle. read more

Beautiful course, but it is a shame they do not know how to operate a course (at least when we were there). Like most courses they have an ideal play duration that they want each group to play to. At Prospector the starter indicated 4-4.5hrs. Unfortunately, they did absolutely nothing to enforce this. Our tee time was 1:10. By hole #2 we were backed up 2 groups. The scenery while nice, can't save a round where you have a 15 min wait before every shot. At the turn (59 mins off pace at this point) the marshal stopped to update us and swore that it would open up on the back 9. Nope, it only got worse. At one point on the back we had 2 groups at the tee and 3 on the par 5 hole. By hole 15 we had groups behind us giving up and driving past us to quit their rounds. Having made the trek to Suncadia for my friend's 40th birthday, and just shelled out a few hundred bucks to play, we decided to stick it out. By 5:45 PM we had to call and cancel our dinner reservations which we knew we would not make. By the time we made it to hole 17 it was dark, if you missed the fairway you had slim chances of finding your ball. Finished 18 at 7 p.m. and the pro shop was closed so we couldn't even get an explanation. Really disappointing experience. I've never been on a course that did zero policing of slow play. Stopped by the course the next morning to voice our concerns and were brushed off by the guy in the pro shop. Will not ever return. read more

Played Prospector on 7/6/17. They are renovating the bunkers and there is no sand in them at all. Do they tell you this when you go to the web site to make a reservation? No. They tell you this after you drive 90 minutes to get there. When you check in they say "By the way - we are renovating the bunkers and there is no sand. Just take a drop out of them". Great. what are you supposed to do then? drive home and not play? read more

This course is way to wet this time. I play suncadia ever year for the last ten years. The condition of the greens were hard to hold a good shot, hit it short the ground was mush!!!! This course design is one of the best in the area. Need less water on the fairways (brown spots is not a bad thing). Greens need more attention. The staff was great and friendly. I will play again prosecutor is a good track but the condition need to improve read more

We stayed at Suncadia for a week for a vacation with extended family. I called the pro shop to make a tee time and he mentioned that the course was wide open at the moment. I said we'd drive right over. I even asked about putting us down for a tee time and he said there was no need and to just walk in. We arrived about 15-20 minutes later. No golfers to be seen. We walked in the pro shop and they looked us over. We had 2 men, 1 woman, and a junior. I said we wanted to play the course and they said "We are full today." What? I mentioned we had just called and they told me it was wide open. Bottom line-they didn't want women and juniors in the course because it will slow down play. Very surprised and upset to say the least. They would not let us on the course. You don't often see this type of open discrimination, but we saw it here. We went back to our house we were renting which was right on the course and saw probably 1-2 groups come by in the next 3 hours. This course looks beautiful, but this type of discrimination is what can give golf a bad name. Very disappointing to say the least. read more

I've played this coarse 3 times and I've had carts die on me 3 times. Play is extremely slow, not worth the 2 hour drive. Better off playing an Oki coarse. The coarse is however in good shape even though hole #1 had a wet fairway where my great drive plugged. Again, save your money and play anywhere else but here. read more

A few things. The course itself is decent, some spots were over watered and soft while others were dry and hard. The views are great and the course is fun but it's definitely overpriced. My main issue though is with the staff. Mostly just the starter the day that I played. My dad, brother, and I arrived for our tee time ahead of time and were waiting to be told we could start. The starter then proceeds to explain every rule there is about the golf course and the carts in a very conceited tone treating my brother and I like we'd never been on a golf course or driven a golf cart before even though we are both very experienced golfers. Might have been due to the fact that my brother and I are in our mid 20's and were wearing flip flops at the time but either way, we both felt mistreated. Honestly i would not play here again if it were on my own dime, it's not worth the amount of money they charge per round. read more

As much as I "bagged" on Carnation Golf Course, the Prospector Golf Course is at the opposite end of the value spectrum. It is an absolute beautiful layout! Every hole creates a challenge on the approach shot because the greens are protected by a bunker or water or both. Yet, it is forgiving off the tee shot. I believe that the course is in immaculate condition because people just do not want to drive way out to Cle Elum. These people should. This course is comparable and probably better than TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. I have not played Aldarra or Sahalee but i cannot imagine either course being that much better than this one. This is a private country club quality course, which is open to the public. It is definitely worth the drive. The only thing that can be improved is the putting green. The greens are fair and in great condition, but not very fast. Ironically, it is very difficult to "hold" the greens on your approach shot. I shot an 88 from the tips. read more