Circling Raven Golf Club

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Circling Raven Golf Club
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Location in Idaho
Coordinates 47°25′26″N116°57′50″W / 47.424°N 116.964°W / 47.424; -116.964
Locationnear Worley, Idaho, U.S.
Elevation2,600 feet (790 m)
Established2003;20 years ago (2003)
TypeResort / Public
Owned by Coeur d'Alene Tribe
Operated byCoeur d'Alene Tribe
Total holes18
Greens Bentgrass
Fairways Bluegrass
Website www.cdacasino.com/golf/
Designed by Gene Bates
Par 72
Length7,189 yd (6,574 m) [1]
Course rating 74.1
Slope rating 144 [2]

Circling Raven Golf Club is an 18-hole championship golf course in the northwest United States, located in northern Idaho near Worley. It was rated the third best public course in Idaho by Golf Digest in August 2015. [3]

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Owned and operated by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Circling Raven opened for play twenty years ago in the summer of 2003. [4] [5] [6] [7] It was preceded on the site by a casino (1993) [8] and hotel (2001). [9] The course is named after a visionary chief of the tribe in the 18th century. [10] [11] [12]

Designed by Florida-based architect Gene Bates, [5] the back tees at Circling Raven are at 7,189 yards (6,574 m); [1] the course rating is 74.1 with a slope rating of 144. [2] The terrain varies between rolling prairie, woodlands, and wetlands at an average elevation of approximately 2,600 feet (790 m) above sea level. The course is spread out over more than 600 acres (2.4 km2) and the practice facility covers 25 acres (10 ha). [12]

Events

In September 2005, Circling Raven hosted a team from Royal Dornoch Golf Club in Scotland for a friendly international competition and cultural exchange. [13] [14] The following August, the course was the site of the Pacific Northwest PGA Professional Championship, won by Ryan Malby. [15] The event returned six years later in 2012, and was won by Ryan Benzel, a former Idaho Vandal. [16]

Location

The resort complex is just east of the intersection of U.S. Route 95 and State Highway 58 in southwestern Kootenai County, about three miles (5 km) northwest of Worley and thirty miles (50 km) south of the city of Coeur d'Alene. The southern end of Lake Coeur d'Alene and Heyburn State Park are approximately ten miles (16 km) southeast, as the raven flies. The nearest major airport is Spokane International, about 45 miles (70 km) northwest by vehicle.

Scorecard

Circling Raven Golf Club
Tee Rating/Slope 123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par543454344364453443543672
SI Men's711151513179314621218816410
Gold74.1 / 144513395217406574387212386474356433644658125339742619255943536257189
Blue71.3 / 138493349186380529351185357451328132141853521832839117651939232986578
WhiteM:69.6/131 W:75.0/145483310182360501317154329437307329837948820030636916248634730356108
Par543454344364453443543672
SI Women's713155111179314621218816410
Green70.4 / 137466275163268405272149298397269326934743614526934813743131426965389
Red66.7 / 121369260142253392219131276359240117432339113524026710340027423074708
Source: [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Scorecard" (PDF). Circling Raven Golf Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 22, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Circling Raven Golf Club". USGA. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Best Golf Courses in Idaho". Golf Digest. August 24, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ Bergum, Steve (April 12, 2003). "North Idaho golf scene gets upscale makeover". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
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  6. ↑ "Trying it out". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (photo). July 31, 2003. p. C1.
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  8. ↑ Abrams, Joan (June 29, 1997). "Jackpot!". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1A.
  9. ↑ Kramer, Becky (December 15, 2001). "Casino's resort plans put on hold". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. A14.
  10. ↑ "Chief's kin dies". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (photo). April 20, 1960. p. b3.
  11. ↑ Taggart, Cynthia (July 30, 1990). "Circling Raven will fly again in pageant". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. A9.
  12. 1 2 Bergum, Steve (June 3, 2006). "Loop courses maturing nicely". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 3, Golf.
  13. ↑ Bergum, Steve (May 14, 2005). "Scottish team, Circling Raven plan gathering". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  14. ↑ Bergum, Steve (September 20, 2005). "Sharing as a matter of course". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
  15. ↑ Bergum, Steve (August 25, 2006). "Malby heats up with 68 to take title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C3.
  16. ↑ Meehan, Jim (September 20, 2012). "Benzel wins three-way playoff at Circling Raven". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Retrieved July 2, 2016.
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