Loomis Trail Golf

About This Course: Water on Every Hole, a Few Miles From the Border

Loomis Trail Golf in Blaine is a public 18 hole course a few miles from the Canadian border, and the reason to make the drive is the water: canals and ponds come into play on every hole, and from the Black tees the course stretches to 7,137 yards with a 142 slope. Golf Digest ranked it among the top seven public courses in Washington for 2021 and 2022.

It opened in 1993 as a private club and has belonged to the Lummi Nation since October 2018. Today it runs as a daily fee course seven days a week, with online tee times, a driving range and a clubhouse Bar and Grill.

Loomis Trail Golf Fast Facts

Course Overview

The Seattle Times told the story in 2001. The land was once Doran Stables, an equestrian facility. Bill Overdorf of Lynden drew the first design, then a Japanese firm bought the project for $14 million in 1990 and tore up much of the work so Japanese pro Jumbo Ozaki could redesign it. The next owner, Kaiyo of Japan, hired Canadian architect Graham Cooke to finish the job, and Golf Digest named Loomis Trail the best new private course of 1993. Semiahmoo owner David Syre later bought it and opened it to the public on alternating days. The Northern Light reported that the Lummi Nation took ownership on October 1, 2018, for $3.75 million. Chairman Jay Julius said, “This is much more than a golf course,” since the land lies within the tribe’s ancient village grounds.

The layout is flat and the challenge is water. The Seattle Times described 40 acres of ponds and canals on a course that does not demand hero shots but punishes a misplayed one, and the Lynden Tribune (August 2026) and Top 100 Golf Courses both say water is in play on all 18 holes. The Tribune called the large greens the course’s best feature, while finding the fairways patchy on its visit. The card is balanced: 3,541 yards out and 3,596 in, with two par 5s and two par 3s on each nine.

Hole by Hole Highlights

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

• Hole 2, 562 yards, par 5: The number 1 handicap. The Seattle Times wrote that it sweeps to the right with a canal bordering the fairway, and the Lynden Tribune adds a pond right of the green.
• Hole 3, 149 yards, par 3: The shortest hole from the tips and the number 17 handicap, a breather after the 2nd.
• Hole 7, 462 yards, par 4: Top 100 Golf Courses names it, with the 17th, as the longest and toughest of the par 4s. Number 5 handicap.
• Hole 10, 433 yards, par 4: Opens the back nine onto a large double green it shares with the 17th, per Top 100 Golf Courses.
• Hole 11, 506 yards, par 5: A left dogleg that Top 100 Golf Courses rates, with the 2nd, as the pick of the par 5s.
• Hole 12, 257 yards, par 3: The longest par 3 on the card, yet the number 18 handicap.
• Hole 14, 563 yards, par 5: The longest hole. The Seattle Times described a drive, a second shot over water to an island, and a third from the island to the green.
• Hole 17, 472 yards, par 4: The longest par 4 and the number 2 handicap, finishing on the double green shared with the 10th.

Amenities and Practice

The driving range sells a large basket for $14 and a small basket for $8. Power carts come with the riding rates, and the course posts a 90 degree rule: drive the path, then cross the fairway straight to your ball. PGA Director of Golf Justin Conlan leads the pro shop staff, and lockers and club storage are sold by the year.

The 2026 to 2027 Winter Series runs one Saturday event a month from October 24, 2026, to April 17, 2027, with skins games on the first Sunday of every month.

Food and Drink

The clubhouse Bar and Grill serves breakfast sandwiches and wraps from $9, deli sandwiches and the Loomis Club at $13, burgers and chicken sandwiches at $14, plus wings, chicken strips and salads. Grab and go half sandwiches and wraps are $5.

Plan Your Visit

Rates, Tee Times and Local Tips

Off season rates run October 1, 2026, to March 31, 2027, seven days a week, and include Washington sales tax: $55 to walk 18 holes or $75 to ride, each with a sleeve of Srixon Soft Feel balls ($65 and $85 in Canadian cash). Nine holes are 40 percent off the 18 hole rate. Juniors pay $30, and seniors 60 and older and military golfers save $10 Monday through Thursday. In season rates return April 1, 2027; the 2026 summer card was $105 riding and $85 walking before 1 p.m., and $80 and $65 after.

Book tee times online or call 360-332-1725, up to 14 days ahead. All carts must be in 30 minutes before dusk, and the course closes a few days a year for events, so check the calendar first.

Make a day of it with our Blaine city guide and a walk at Peace Arch Historical State Park on the border. For a second round, Grandview Golf Course in Custer is about 4 miles away, and Semiahmoo Golf and Country Club, which once alternated public days with Loomis Trail and shared its members, is about 3 miles west.

How to Score Here

• Pack extra balls. Water is in play on every hole, so take the club that clears the hazard, not the one that flirts with it.
• Choose your tees honestly. The Black tees carry a 142 slope; the Men’s Club sends men 51 to 64 to the White tees at 6,192 yards and men 65 and older to the Yellow.
• Protect your card on holes 2, 17 and 6, the three hardest on the men’s handicap row.
• Aim for the middle. The greens are large, and a two putt from the center beats a short side miss near the water.

Final Word

Loomis Trail is the water course of Whatcom County: a former private club with a 142 slope, now open to everyone, every day, all winter.