Cedarcrest Golf Course

About This Course: Snohomish County’s First Public Golf Course

Cedarcrest Golf Course is the City of Marysville’s 18 hole public course, two miles east of I-5, and it is worth the drive for a layout that has been open to the public since the late 1920s and still rewards accuracy over power. Mature evergreens line the fairways, and 52 sand bunkers added in 2010 guard small, undulating greens.

The course plays to a par of 70 and 5,823 yards from the Blue tees, with a 68.0 rating and a 125 slope for men. The course calls itself “not long by today’s standards, but golfers must be on their game.” It is open year round, and Premier Golf manages it for the city.

Cedarcrest Golf Course Fast Facts

Course Overview

The course dates itself to 1927. Martin Pool’s history for the Northwest Hickory Players, drawn from Seattle Times reports, tells a slightly later story: Roy C. Sargent, a former mayor of Aberdeen, and Roy H. Dobell leased the Quast Ranch in October 1928 and opened the Hillcrest Golf and Country Club on June 1, 1929, Snohomish County’s first public course. It was “short, but sporty” at 4,700 yards, with green fees of 50 cents on weekdays. By 1935 the Quast family had taken over and renamed it Cedarcrest, and Anne Quast Sander started here on her way to three U.S. Women’s Amateur titles. The city bought the course in 1971, and John Steidel’s 1997 redesign rerouted many holes, though a few still play as they did in the early years.

On the card, Cedarcrest asks for control more than length. Four par 3s run 167 to 189 yards, two par 5s are under 475 yards and twelve par 4s run 302 to 390 yards, so most holes come down to a well placed tee shot and a precise approach into small greens.

Hole by Hole Highlights

Yardages are from the Blue tees and handicaps from the men’s row of the course’s posted scorecard.

• Hole 5, 370 yards, par 4: The longest par 4 on the front nine and the number 3 handicap.
• Hole 8, 323 yards, par 4: The number 1 handicap for both men and women, proof that short does not mean easy here.
• Hole 9, 466 yards, par 5: The shorter of the two par 5s closes the front nine, a real birdie chance at the turn.
• Hole 10, 390 yards, par 4: The longest par 4 on the course and the number 4 handicap.
• Hole 12, 167 yards, par 3: The shortest hole on the card and the number 18 handicap.
• Hole 13, 473 yards, par 5: The longest hole at Cedarcrest and the number 6 handicap.
• Hole 15, 330 yards, par 4: The number 2 handicap, another short par 4 that plays tough.
• Hole 16, 189 yards, par 3: The longest par 3 on the course, so take enough club.

Amenities and Practice

GolfPass lists a putting green but no driving range, and the course site mentions no range, so warm up on the putting green. Private lessons with the course’s PGA instructors cost $100 an hour for adults and $75 for juniors, and a series of five one hour group lessons is $99 per adult or $89 per junior.

Power carts cost $18 per rider for 18 holes and $13 for 9 holes or a twilight round, pull carts are $9, and rental clubs are $20. Youth on Course members play for $5 on weekdays after noon and weekends after 3 PM, holidays excluded. The Winter Series of team scrambles, $90 per person for players 13 and up with a GHIN handicap, starts November 22.

Food and Drink

Bleacher’s Grill sits at the course and is run by an outside vendor. Google lists it as serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with beer, wine and cocktails, opening at 11 AM on weekdays and 9 AM on weekends. Outside alcohol is not allowed on the course; drinks must come from Bleacher’s. Call 360-659-3388 for the day’s hours.

Plan Your Visit

Rates, Tee Times and Local Tips

Cedarcrest uses dynamic pricing, so posted fees are reference rates that can move with demand. For the in season period of March 1 to October 31, 2026, they are $40 for 18 holes and $30 for 9 on weekdays, and $45 and $31 on weekends and holidays. Seniors 55 and over and military pay $31 and $25 on weekdays, juniors pay $18 (weekends at twilight only), and twilight is $30 on weekdays and $31 on weekends. Winter rates, November 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027, drop to $35 for 18 and $28 for 9 on weekdays and $40 for 18 on weekends. Add sales tax and the city admissions tax.

Book a tee time online or call the pro shop at 360-363-8460. The course closes on Christmas Day. The first tee time moves with the daylight, from 5:30 AM in early summer to about 8 AM in midwinter, and twilight starts at 2 PM in October and at noon from November through February. The course asks that 18 holes take no more than 4 hours and 20 minutes.

From I-5, take exit 199 (SR-528) from the south or exit 200 (88th Street NE) from the north, then follow 67th Avenue NE to 84th Street NE, also called Getchell Road. Our Marysville guide covers the rest of town. After a round, 5 Rights Brewing and Oosterwyk’s Dutch Bakery are both on 3rd Street downtown. For a second round in town, Battle Creek Golf Course is about 5 miles west.

How to Score Here

• Pick position over distance off the tee. No par 4 tops 390 yards, so a short iron from the fairway beats a long one from the trees.
• Treat 9 and 13 as birdie holes. Both par 5s play under 475 yards from the Blue tees.
• Respect 8 and 15. At 323 and 330 yards they are the two hardest holes on the men’s card.
• Read the flag color: red is a front pin, white middle and blue back. On small greens, pin depth matters.

Final Word

Nearly a century after golf first came to the Quast Ranch, Cedarcrest is still Marysville’s public course: tree lined, walkable and fairly priced, and tight enough to keep every part of your game honest.