Peninsula Golf Club

About This Course: A Centennial Club on the Port Angeles Hillside

Peninsula Golf Club in Port Angeles is a semi private club that is open to public play seven days a week, and in 2026 it is celebrating 100 years. The draw is a mature, tree lined 18 with what the club calls some of the best views on the Olympic Peninsula, a driving range and a clubhouse restaurant open to everyone.

The course plays to par 72 and 6,332 yards from the Blue tees, with a 71.0 rating and a 124 slope. The Peninsula Daily News says the club was the first golf course in the Port Angeles area.

Peninsula Golf Club Fast Facts

Course Overview

Michael Carman’s centennial history in the Peninsula Daily News tells the story: businessmen led by mill manager Norman Gibbs formed the Port Angeles Golf and Country Club in 1923 and bought 120 acres of farmland from J.H. Dalton and his daughter, silent film actress Dorothy Dalton. Golfers first played the par 34 layout in August 1925. After a Great Depression bankruptcy, Lower Elwha Dam builder Thomas Aldwell and Dr. Will Taylor bought the assets for a new Peninsula Golf and Country Club, incorporated in 1941. Byron Nelson played an exhibition there in 1945 and shot 66 while playing the course twice with Jug McSpaden. The club grew to 18 holes and par 72 in 1978 with a nine designed by Jack Reimer, chosen over a plan by Robert Muir Graves.

The paper says Reimer’s design creates gentle, walkable slopes along a steep hillside, and the club describes tree lined fairways, mature evergreens and a layout that rewards thoughtful shot placement. The card is evenly balanced: the front plays 3,162 yards and the back 3,170, and each nine has two par 5s and two par 3s.

Hole by Hole Highlights

Yardages are from the Blue tees and handicaps from the Blue and White men’s row of the club’s 2026 scorecard.

• Hole 1, 404 yards, par 4: The number 3 handicap, a stiff opener.
• Hole 3, 295 yards, par 4: The shortest par 4 on the course. Lay back to a full wedge rather than forcing driver.
• Hole 6, 400 yards, par 4: The number 1 handicap on the card.
• Hole 8, 413 yards, par 4: The longest par 4 on the course and the number 5 handicap.
• Hole 10, 475 yards, par 5: The Daily News says a new tee built for what is now the 10th made it long enough to play as a par 5. Today it is the number 18 handicap.
• Hole 12, 358 yards, par 4: Short on paper, but the number 2 handicap.
• Hole 15, 490 yards, par 5: The longest hole on the back nine, just 2 yards shorter than the 492 yard 5th.
• Hole 18, 394 yards, par 4: The number 4 handicap closes the round.

Amenities and Practice

Inside Golf Newspaper reported that the club has a covered driving range. The 2026 rate card prices a full bucket at $11 and a half bucket at $6, with 10 buckets for $95 and 25 for $240. The Apogee Golf Simulator by TruGolf runs year round; the public rate is $30 for a half hour and $50 for an hour.

Fred Green, a Class A PGA Professional and former head professional at Sunland Golf Club, runs the golf shop, and the rate card lists Matt Averill as golf instructor, with rates that vary. Rental clubs cost $25 for 9 holes or $40 for 18, or $35 and $55 for the premium set with a sleeve of balls. Carts are $14 for 9 holes and $18 for 18. Students can ask about the Youth on Course and U on Course programs.

Food and Drink

The Clubhouse Restaurant and Lounge is open to the public, no membership or tee time needed, with a full service bar, daily lunch specials and patio decks over the course. The 2026 summer menu runs from fried pickles and wings to a patty melt, the Queen Clubhouse sandwich, flatbreads and fish and chips made with Alaskan beer battered cod. Posted summer hours are Tuesday through Sunday, closed Monday; call 360-457-7348 before you go, since hours change with the season.

Plan Your Visit

Rates, Tee Times and Local Tips

The 2026 rate card has three seasons. October is shoulder season, which also covers March and April: $50 for 18 holes and $29 for 9 holes in the Adult column ($44 and $26 in the Guest column), twilight $34 and an all day rate of $76. Winter rates start November 1 and run through February: $43 for 18 and $26 for 9 ($38 and $24 for guests), twilight $28 and all day $65. Summer, May through September, is $60 and $35 ($52 and $30 for guests), twilight $40 and all day $90.

Book by calling the pro shop at 360-457-6501 (option 1), up to 30 days ahead; the club does not link an online tee sheet. Check the club calendar before a weekend round, since member shotgun starts and league nights can fill the tee sheet.

Our Port Angeles city guide covers the rest of your trip, and Spending a Day in Port Angeles fills in the hours around a tee time. For a second round, Sunland Golf Club in Sequim is about 14 miles east.

How to Score Here

• Survive the start. Holes 1 and 6 are two of the three hardest on the card, so a bogey there is no disaster.
• Score on the par 5s. The 10th is the easiest hole on the card, and none of the four par 5s tops 492 yards.
• Pick your tees honestly. The Blue tees carry a 124 slope; White at 6,064 yards is plenty for most golfers.
• Warm up on the range before your tee time.

Final Word

A century old club with a walkable hillside layout, a driving range and a clubhouse that welcomes everyone, Peninsula Golf Club is the classic round in Port Angeles.