WORLEY, Idaho -- The Idaho Golf Trail has added Tamarack Resort in Donnelly, StoneRidge in Blanchard and MeadowCreek Golf Resort in New Meadows as new members, trail officials have announced.
This brings to nine the number of member courses on the Idaho Golf Trail, which began in 2003. The trail is unique in that all of its member courses have a resort component, whereas virtually all other trails are a mix of facility types.
Tamarack Resort features a 7,340-yard, Robert Trent Jones Jr.-designed golf course, which includes five par 5s, five par 3s and eight par 4s. It is located in central Idaho, 90 minutes north of state capital Boise.
MeadowCreek Golf Resort is in the state's West Central region and just northwest of McCall. Designed by Bob Baldock and his son, Robert, the 6,700-yard layout sits 3,868 feet above sea level and offers amazing vistas.
StoneRidge Golf Course also measures 6,700 yards and recently enjoyed a $3 million course enhancement program that includes the unique 236-yard 19th hole, "the Gambler," which is proving to be a popular round-closing option by golfers who wish to further settle their matches.
StoneRidge is located 35 miles north of Coeur d'Alene and is the newest member of the Northern Loop of the Idaho Golf Trail. Other members of the Northern Loop include Circling Raven, Coeur d'Alene Resort Course and Hidden Lakes.
Circling Raven, which earned multiple best-new course honors upon opening (2004 was its first full season) and Coeur d'Alene Resort Course, home to the world-famous floating green, are located 25 minutes from each other. They are increasingly being cited among the best one-two resort course punches in the United States given their proximity to one another and Spokane Airport, from which it is a 45-minute drive to Circling Raven.
BanBury, Sun Valley and Whitetail are the Idaho Golf Trail's other three member properties, and they are in the Southern Loop.
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