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Conditions
3.7
Value
4.4
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.6
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6722 yards
Slope 125
Rating 72.1

Course Details

Year Built 1989
Golf Season Year round
Architect Bill Stowe

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted American Express, MasterCard, Visa
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Shirts & shoes are required.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.9
190 Reviews (190)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Patio Dining 8
Amazing Food 6
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 25
Bunkers 15
Water Hazards 11
This course/club is great for:
Locals 27
Walkers 16
Advanced Golfers 12
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 19
Convenient to the City 13
In the 'Burbs 11

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Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

The effort counts

We played as a twosome behind a very slow foursome on the first nine (Green Course), and the starter put us on the next nine he felt would be a better pace (Gold Course), and he was right. The effort to help us play a better pace is much appreciated.

The course is in good shape from tee to green, and having a starter available to disperse golfers across the 3 nines over Labor Day Weekend was nice to see. That's where the title of my review comes from, and if more courses had starters to assist groups with some pace of play suggestions, it would help to move things along. I play as a twosome with my wife often, and expect to take our time behind a foursome so we don't push them, but when someone waits for a group to arrive at a green on a par 5 before hitting their tee shot, they don't understand the game, and need some help.

The course I play routinely hands out a small card outlining how to play "Ready Golf", and it helps.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

安くていいコース

渋滞もなく、50分も早く着いたのに、早々に始められました。
従業員もとても感じがよかったです。
ウェークデイだったのでシニアが多く、ペースはゆっくりでした。
途中、急に前や後ろに
ゴルファーが増えたのが不思議でした。
コースは手入れがよく面白いコースだと思います。

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fairways muddy

Greens are perfect.....muddy holes in middle of fairway

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Northwest holf

The whole coarse is in great condition considering how hot it's been. The fairways greens and tees are in great shape. And the coarse heavily trees with evergreens

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Fair Condition - Nice layout

Dry weather has impacted course condition. Course play good until groups inserted ahead of us at the turn on the back nine.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

usual gem

The 27 holes allows Lipoma to spread everyone out. I never feel like I'm waiting too long or someone is rushing me. My wife and I can play alone as a twosome. We got a great deal and it's always worth the drive.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Golf with my son.

A fun day with my son. Course is challenging, and in good condition. Pace of play was not too slow, considering there was a tournament on part of the course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 20-24
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Well-Maintained and Beautiful Course!

My recently-retired golf buddy just became a volunteer marshal at Lipoma, so I joined him on one of his free rounds of golf. I'd only played Lipoma once before, several years ago, and that hadn't gone well. This time was vastly different, thanks to my improved game, so I could appreciate both the beauty and the overall quality of this privately-owned public course. Fairways and greens were in good condition (except for some reason, golfers there appear to ignore the art of repairing their ballmarks on the greens!). We played the Green and Gold tracks. The Green 9 was pretty challenging; Gold was much easier. I liked the layout, which rewarded good shot placement, yet didn't overly-penalize small mistakes. Since I managed to avoid every bunker (unusual event!), I can't comment on their qualities. Greens were soft but faster than I expected.
All in all, Lipoma Firs is a good value, and I will be returning often this summer!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

GREAT VALUE

A must play if you live in the area. Quick cheap and always available

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course

Course was in great shape. Prefect weather made for an enjoyable round. Exactly what I would expect for the money. Will play again.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Course was a little rough

Lots of play, and lots of beginners, Had to change course and skip to keep playing moving. Fairways and greens arent quite where they should be, but I believe that will improve as the weather continues. Employees were great. Overall. Good experience

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Get in the Hole

I had a good and very relaxed day of golf. Very friendly staff and course was in great shape. It made for a fun day of golf. Of course because of the great deal from golf now it made it even better.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Better than Expected

I must have seen a crummy out of focus photo of this course somewhere and thought the course would be a joke. The joke was on me. First the gentleman checking me in (name began with B -- Brent) was very nice and even started up a conversation about his hickory shafted clubs and the hickory shaft group he plays with. Then onto the the driving range. Meh. Could be a little better maintained. But decent enough to warm up. Then onto Hal at the starter booth who met me with a smile and a handshake. So I was under the impression that they only kept 18 of 27 holes open. Which would ale sense to keep the entire outfit in better shape. Nope. Hal asked that I was a single and sent me off on a track that would let me fly through my round. Finished in 3 hrs. The course itself was in much better than I expected condition. Fairways were good, greens were great. Tee boxes a little abused but still ok. I would have given 5 * across the board but the last aero fixation has not 100% healed yet. They could likely go over again with some slight spot sanding to fill in the few holes left on the greens. No putts were affected just something I noticed. There was also someone out in ranger cart with seeded sand filling in divots in the approach areas on one of the holes and I then noticed that he must have been busy this week as most of the approach areas on fairways seemed to have been recently filled. What a thought by the course super. Overall fair yet challenging course. I was sent down the blue/gold tracks. Look forward to my next trip on the 3rd 9 holes to experience them. Nice job Lipoma Firs team!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Green were nice.

Nobody was out there and I got a hot deal for 13 bucks with cart...

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Best bang for your buck

It's a challenging course with great fairways. Has beautiful scenery and nice greens. And to top that it has great prices.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

good time

we had a great time golfing the only issue was when we went for food they seem to be out of everything

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Satisfaction

Course was in better shape than expected. Good roll in fairways. Greens pretty decent. It has been 5 years since I had last been, will def get out again sooner. Good round for value. Satisfied golfer

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Enjoyed our first time at Lipoma Firs

My husband and I were paired up with a couple of singles since the course was very busy when we arrived for our tee time. It did make for a longer game but we enjoyed our partners. Parts of the gold course were muddy but once they dry out should be fine. Other than that, the course was in good condition and was just challenging enough for us since we aren't great golfers. The fabulous view of Mt. Rainier makes this a special course.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

good spring round

This was a good course for a spring round. Even though our weather has been a bit wet, the fairways were in good shape, the greens were surprisingly fast, and for a late Sunday morning round, the speed of play was very good.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Played Forest Golf

The course is a great value, however if you don't play fairway golf you are in for a long day. The trees are dense and rocks a plenty.

Greens were in great shape and rolled well.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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