Lakeview Par 3 Golf Challenge

Nothing good to say about this course but do not waste your time! If you don’t want to hit on actual grass and want a ball to the head this is the perfect course for you! The way the holes are stacked are impossible to avoid other people hitting toward you. The guy working there was rude and unprofessional towards us the second we got there. We left after the first hole it was that bad.

Do not go here! Not only was the quality of the course awful the guy working was even worse! The course is not kept by any means… and with the course lay out you are constantly watching to make sure you are not going to get hit by someone else’s ball. I went with an open mind not expecting a 5 star country club but I NEVER knew a golf course to be so low in quality and still somehow be in business.

If you can’t play this course well, you can’t play golf! Leave your 200 yard driver/​game at home and bring your short game. If you want to play «The Toughest Par Three in the Northwest», come down on Thursday for a tournament when the course difficulty is rated a ⁹⁄₁₀ (or Friday morning before the pin-​placement is changed.) Be prepared to hit off the rubber tee, or a small patch of AstroTurf and over a 50 ft. tree onto a green completely surrounded by sand and water. If you end up in the sand on the 6^th hole, there is no shame in taking a drop, honestly. (The trap is 7 feet deep!)
There are only 10 fairways for all 18 holes, so keep track of weather you are on the front nine (yellow flags) or the back nine (red flags) as eight of the greens have two separate holes each.
With such a small footprint and the large number of regular players on this course, it is understandable that the tee boxes are AstroTurf with an implanted rubber tee, so along the same lines of my opening statement, if you can’t hit out of a tee box here, you’ve obviously never hit a bucket of balls at a driving range. Also, there are times when the course is less than immaculate, but I believe there is only one full-​time greenskeeper. What do you expect when the greens fees are basically one dollar per hole?!?
(If you hit any rebar here, you need to have your swing analyzed. … bring less beer to the course, or just bring your old set of clubs!)
Sodas and snacks are sold in the clubhouse, so BYOB. Also, minors are allowed on the course as long as they are playing a round.

Can only see the lake from 1 green. Lots of wife-​beaters and neck tattoos. The trailer park that surrounds the course is fitting.
On a positive note– the cesspool (water hazard) in the middle of the course helps cover the cigarette stench.

I would rate this course a negative number if able to do so. The tee boxes are actually astroturf strips measuring about 12″ W x 36″ L. On the 9^th tee I swung my sand wedge and actually struck a piece of rebar that secures the astroturf mat to the hard surface. That’s right… I said rebar!!! At impact it broke the SW clubhead right off the nozzle. In such a small surface to hit your ball they place rebar there?
Well, I explained to the owner, Charlie Green, what had happened and requested that he take care of my broken club. His response was that «I made a lousy swing» and would do nothing to help me out. I have a brand new set of Talylor-​Made irons and now my sand wedge is in 2 pieces.
What a jerk! Even the guy at the starter cashier told me afterwards that they recently replaced the mats to a thinner surface and haven’t grinded down the rebar on this hole yet. But the owner, Charlie Green won’t accept any liability whatsoever.
STAY AWAY!!!

Stay away. Photos and descriptions on their site must be at least 20 years old. There’s a great view of Vancouver Lake from the 2^nd tee, but nothing else matches. The course borders a trailer park, replete with residents sitting on their chairs watching the players.
Course is in horrible shape. It looks like there is NO maintenance done at all.
There are other par 3 courses around that are in much better shape. It’s like the course was designed with a shoehorn. Balls were getting hit all over the place but nobody thought to call, «Fore.» They should rent helmets.

I’ve been to the Lakeview Par 3 Golf Challenge course about five times now. It really is a neat little par 3 course that’s tucked away near Vancouver Lake. As such, each time I’ve been I haven’t seen it be incredibly busy; maybe I’m just hitting it at the off-​peak times, who knows.
This course really has only nine holes; you can pay for 18 and the second go-​around you’ll instead hit towards the red flags on the greens. You do have different places to tee off from, which changes things up slightly if you do decide to go for another round of nine.
It’s unfortunate that not many holes (really, the first and then you’re hitting away from the lake the second) take advantage of the beautiful view of Vancouver Lake. But eh, so it goes.
In terms of upkeep, the course is in fine shape. Not great, but definitely serviceable. You’re not getting the kind of golfers that take out their tools to replace divots on the greens… but that being said, the course is in definitely playable shape, with greens that are fairly well kept and fareways that are in fine shape as well.
The hole locations on the greens can be nasty! Several holes have a tree or otherwise directly blocking your shot. The greens play quite difficult too, with many breaks and lots of sloping.
There are also some NASTY bunkers that are deep (heck, even one has STAIRS to walk down to get down in there!) and tough to play. I would say about five of the nine have some sort of water hazard; one hole (maybe the fifth or fourth?) has a bunker in the front of the green and a water hazard directly behind. It’s tough, but when you hit a shot that hits the green, it’s definitely rewarding.
Now, a couple of negative things which is why I only gave Lakeview Par 3 Golf Challenge four out of five stars:
1) The clubhouse. Don’t expect much of a clubhouse here; it’s a place to pay, to pick up some balls if you don’t have any, and that’s about it. That being said, half of the time no one was «manning» the clubhouse, which means you pay with an «honor system» style which you put cash into an envelope and slip it inside the clubhouse. This can be problematic, if you’re like me and don’t carry much cash around (if at all).
2) If you play in the evening, it can get fairly ‘buggy’. Lots of mosquitos and bugs around due to it being so close to Vancouver Lake.
$ 10 for 9 holes and either $ 16 or $ 18 for 18 holes on a fun par 3 golf course? Count me in :)