Latah Creek Golf Course

Latah Creek Golf Course is the companion muni to Hangman Valley in Spokane County's two-course muni system, a 1969 Bob E. & Robert L. Baldock father-and-son design (same team responsible for Hangman Valley) that has been substantially updated by Rick Phelps (Phelps Golf Design) in a 2008 redesign. The 6,906-yard par-72 championship layout plays along the meandering Latah Creek itself, which comes into play on seven of the eighteen holes. The 71.9 rating and 126 slope make it a legitimate public course test without the beating some muni championships deliver. Phelps's 2008 work focused on green complexes, bunker shaping, and strategic bunker placement, lifting the course out of the 'acceptable 1960s muni' tier into what reviewers consistently call the best value-for-dollar round in the Spokane area. Four par-3s and four par-5s (unusual symmetry, most courses are 4-4-10) give players the chance to use every club in the bag. Paired with Hangman Valley and Kalispel CC, Latah Creek rounds out Spokane's public-golf rotation.