The Home Course
The Home Course is a public golf course owned and operated by the Washington State Golf Association[1] and Pacific Northwest Golf Association,[2] located in DuPont, Washington, just south of Tacoma. The Home Course is often referred to as "The Home of Golf in the Northwest"[3] and has hosted a number of championships over the years including the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship, along with being the companion course to Chambers Bay for the 2010 U.S. Amateur.
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Location | DuPont, Washington, U.S. |
| Established | 2007 |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Washington State Golf Association / Pacific Northwest Golf Association |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Events hosted | 2010 U.S. Amateur Championship (companion course to Chambers Bay) 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship |
| Website | http://thehomecourse.com/ |
Course Design
The Home Course was designed by golf course architect Mike Asmundson, and opened for play in the summer of 2007. It is located on the site of a former dynamite manufacturing plant that was operated by the DuPont company, and after which the city of DuPont was named.[4] The Home Course has five different sets of tees ranging from 7,424 yards at the longest to 5,470 yards at the shortest.[5] The Home Course also has a set of tees for beginners, called the Little Home Course.
Course Scorecard
Dynamite Tees[5]
| The DuPont Nine | The Weyerhauser Nine | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole | Name | Par | Yards | Hole | Name | Par | Yards | |
| 1 | Apple Tree | 4 | 451 | 10 | Narrow Gauge | 5 | 569 | |
| 2 | Olympics | 4 | 405 | 11 | Asmundson's Challenge | 4 | 340 | |
| 3 | Sound View | 4 | 413 | 12 | Redan | 3 | 214 | |
| 4 | The Armory | 3 | 218 | 13 | Head Wind | 4 | 466 | |
| 5 | Four Maples | 5 | 654 | 14 | Rhododendrons | 3 | 196 | |
| 6 | Sequalitchew | 3 | 209 | 15 | Buried Bunkers | 4 | 433 | |
| 7 | Rainier | 4 | 434 | 16 | The Works | 5 | 559 | |
| 8 | Nisqually | 5 | 561 | 17 | Anderson Island | 4 | 400 | |
| 9 | Old Fort | 4 | 432 | 18 | Homeward Bound | 4 | 470 | |
| Out | 36 | 3,777 | In | 36 | 3,647 | |||
| Rating: 76.4 Slope: 138 | Total | 72 | 7,424 | |||||
Black Tees[5]
| The DuPont Nine | The Weyerhauser Nine | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole | Name | Par | Yards | Hole | Name | Par | Yards | |
| 1 | Apple Tree | 4 | 413 | 10 | Narrow Gauge | 5 | 560 | |
| 2 | Olympics | 4 | 405 | 11 | Asmundson's Challenge | 4 | 332 | |
| 3 | Sound View | 4 | 385 | 12 | Redan | 3 | 208 | |
| 4 | The Armory | 3 | 200 | 13 | Head Wind | 4 | 439 | |
| 5 | Four Maples | 5 | 582 | 14 | Rhododendrons | 3 | 196 | |
| 6 | Sequalitchew | 3 | 186 | 15 | Buried Bunkers | 4 | 412 | |
| 7 | Rainier | 4 | 389 | 16 | The Works | 5 | 520 | |
| 8 | Nisqually | 5 | 552 | 17 | Anderson Island | 4 | 387 | |
| 9 | Old Fort | 4 | 419 | 18 | Homeward Bound | 4 | 452 | |
| Out | 36 | 3,531 | In | 36 | 3,506 | |||
| Rating: 74.5 Slope: 137 | Total | 72 | 7,037 | |||||
Blue Tees[5]
| The DuPont Nine | The Weyerhauser Nine | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole | Name | Par | Yards | Hole | Name | Par | Yards | |
| 1 | Apple Tree | 4 | 369 | 10 | Narrow Gauge | 5 | 515 | |
| 2 | Olympics | 4 | 367 | 11 | Asmundson's Challenge | 4 | 310 | |
| 3 | Sound View | 4 | 373 | 12 | Redan | 3 | 191 | |
| 4 | The Armory | 3 | 191 | 13 | Head Wind | 4 | 430 | |
| 5 | Four Maples | 5 | 556 | 14 | Rhododendrons | 3 | 177 | |
| 6 | Sequalitchew | 3 | 186 | 15 | Buried Bunkers | 4 | 403 | |
| 7 | Rainier | 4 | 375 | 16 | The Works | 5 | 500 | |
| 8 | Nisqually | 5 | 520 | 17 | Anderson Island | 4 | 336 | |
| 9 | Old Fort | 4 | 390 | 18 | Homeward Bound | 4 | 410 | |
| Out | 36 | 3,327 | In | 36 | 3,272 | |||
| Rating: 72.4 Slope: 135 | Total | 72 | 6,599 | |||||
White Tees[5]
| The DuPont Nine | The Weyerhauser Nine | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole | Name | Par | Yards | Hole | Name | Par | Yards | |
| 1 | Apple Tree | 4 | 339 | 10 | Narrow Gauge | 5 | 515 | |
| 2 | Olympics | 4 | 353 | 11 | Asmundson's Challenge | 4 | 301 | |
| 3 | Sound View | 4 | 335 | 12 | Redan | 3 | 169 | |
| 4 | The Armory | 3 | 147 | 13 | Head Wind | 4 | 404 | |
| 5 | Four Maples | 5 | 469 | 14 | Rhododendrons | 3 | 157 | |
| 6 | Sequalitchew | 3 | 156 | 15 | Buried Bunkers | 4 | 365 | |
| 7 | Rainier | 4 | 339 | 16 | The Works | 5 | 470 | |
| 8 | Nisqually | 5 | 520 | 17 | Anderson Island | 4 | 319 | |
| 9 | Old Fort | 4 | 352 | 18 | Homeward Bound | 4 | 378 | |
| Out | 36 | 3,010 | In | 36 | 3,078 | |||
| Men's Rating: 69.9 Slope: 127
Women's Rating: 75.4 Slope: 133 |
Total | 72 | 6,088 | |||||
Gold Tees[5]
| The DuPont Nine | The Weyerhauser Nine | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole | Name | Par | Yards | Hole | Name | Par | Yards | |
| 1 | Apple Tree | 4 | 312 | 10 | Narrow Gauge | 5 | 432 | |
| 2 | Olympics | 4 | 324 | 11 | Asmundson's Challenge | 4 | 274 | |
| 3 | Sound View | 4 | 297 | 12 | Redan | 3 | 130 | |
| 4 | The Armory | 3 | 123 | 13 | Head Wind | 4 | 340 | |
| 5 | Four Maples | 5 | 458 | 14 | Rhododendrons | 3 | 119 | |
| 6 | Sequalitchew | 3 | 123 | 15 | Buried Bunkers | 4 | 298 | |
| 7 | Rainier | 4 | 325 | 16 | The Works | 5 | 460 | |
| 8 | Nisqually | 5 | 466 | 17 | Anderson Island | 4 | 282 | |
| 9 | Old Fort | 4 | 331 | 18 | Homeward Bound | 4 | 348 | |
| Out | 36 | 2,759 | In | 36 | 2,683 | |||
| Men's Rating: 67.1 Slope: 121
Women's Rating: 71.8 Slope: 126 |
Total | 72 | 5,442 | |||||
Little Home Course[5]
| The DuPont Nine | The Weyerhauser Nine | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole | Name | Par | Yards | Hole | Name | Par | Yards | |
| 1 | Apple Tree | 4 | 146 | 10 | Narrow Gauge | 5 | 200 | |
| 2 | Olympics | 4 | 95 | 11 | Asmundson's Challenge | 4 | 85 | |
| 3 | Sound View | 4 | 125 | 12 | Redan | 3 | 83 | |
| 4 | The Armory | 3 | 70 | 13 | Head Wind | 4 | 150 | |
| 5 | Four Maples | 5 | 270 | 14 | Rhododendrons | 3 | 70 | |
| 6 | Sequalitchew | 3 | 113 | 15 | Buried Bunkers | 4 | 100 | |
| 7 | Rainier | 4 | 95 | 16 | The Works | 5 | 130 | |
| 8 | Nisqually | 5 | 151 | 17 | Anderson Island | 4 | 155 | |
| 9 | Old Fort | 4 | 85 | 18 | Homeward Bound | 4 | 116 | |
| Out | 36 | 1,150 | In | 36 | 1,089 | |||
| Total | 72 | 2,239 | ||||||
All hole names retrieved from: http://thehomecourse.com/golf/hole-by-hole/
References
- "About the WSGA | Washington State Golf Association". thewsga.org. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
- "Membership Benefits | Pacific Northwest Golf Association". thepnga.org. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
- "About | The Home Course". thehomecourse.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
- "About The Home Course | The Home Course". thehomecourse.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
- "Scorecard | The Home Course". thehomecourse.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.