07/05/2026
One hundred years ago, the then-called Olympia Golf & Country Club opened the first golf course built on the shores of Puget Sound. The original nine-hole course, six miles north of Olympia on Budd Inlet, a source of pride to the club's 175 members, opened in the spring of 1926 on some 100 acres of rolling farmland, ravines and stately stands of Douglas fir trees, part of the original John L. Butler Land Claim. The unique and challenging test of golf featured commanding views of Mount Rainier and Budd Inlet. Link in comments for more.