Gamble Sands - Sands Course

• 🏆America's 100 Greatest Public Courses #31 — Golf Digest
• 🏆Best New Public Course (2014) — Golf Digest
• 🏆Top 100 Courses You Can Play #14 — Golf Magazine

David McLay Kidd designed the Sands Course at Gamble Sands, opening in 2014 in Brewster, in north-central Washington. The course was named Golf Digest's Best New Public Course of 2014. A decade later, Kidd returned to design Scarecrow on the same property — and Scarecrow was named Golf Digest and Sports Illustrated's Best New Public Course of 2025, opening to rave reviews in August. The Sands Course currently sits #14 on Golf Magazine's Top 100 Courses You Can Play, and #31 on Golf Digest's 100 Greatest Public for 2025-26 (peak #30 in 2023-24). Listed among Golfweek's Best Modern Courses. The McLay Kidd design philosophy — broad fairways, big greens, deeply playable for high handicaps — has made Gamble Sands one of the most universally praised resort destinations in the U.S. Premium-resort pricing in the $$$ band. For Pacific Northwest groups, this is the must-play; the Brewster location is genuinely remote (3 hours from Seattle) but the design rewards the drive.