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Coeur d'Alene is much more than a floating golf green

Wednesday May 27, 2009 | 02:19:15 am 224 words, 3836 views  

The Coeur d’Alene Golf Resort is known for its island green, but defining this Idaho Panhandle golf course by the famous par-3 14th really does the rest of the course an injustice.

While the floating green, which was tethered to about 179 yards from the back tees today, is a modern marvel, it’s not the best hole on the golf course. Although any green that you have to take a boat ride to (with complimentary hard candy on board) is certainly one you will never forget.

In truth the front nine at the Scott Miller-designed Coeur d’Alene is as good as it gets. By the time you get to the second green of a 480-yard par 4, you’re already catching great glimpses of the pristine glacier-formed lake by the same name. And the three par 3s on the front – 3,5 and 6 – are as good as the more famous 14th, maybe even better.

By the way, I recommend the whole experience here. After golf, take the five-minute speedboat ride across the lake to the resort, where there’s a terrific spa and restaurants. Ask for Mariah, by the way, in the spa for a massage. She’ll find those trouble spots, hand you a Kokanee Glaciar Beer from Canada and set you up with a ridiculously good hydrotherapy shower, which is perfect before dinner at Beverly’s Restaurant at the resort.

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Comment from: Yvette Borowski [Visitor] · http://www.9811countryclubdrive.com
Hello Accidental, My name is Yvette and I'm so glad
you enjoyed the CDA Resort. Did you have a chance
to play Hayden Lake Country Club which is about 10
miles from the Resort on Hayden Lake? I was researching
the best way to market my home to golf course communites
when I came across your blog. My husband and I are
moving to Dallas and would like your input on how to
market to Golf Course communities. Maybe you should
come back up for a round at HLCC and stay and play at
9811 N. Country Club. Yvette
PermalinkPermalink 05/28/09 @ 17:34
Great golf course, a real treat to play, rates were down last week when we were there, could always play again. Circling Raven was excellent as well
PermalinkPermalink 06/03/09 @ 12:19

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The Accidental Golfer (AKA Mike Bailey) has spent more than 15 years writing about the game that has brought him unbridled joy and temporary bouts of insanity. Now on staff at WorldGolf.com, Bailey is a former senior editor for PGA Magazine, senior writer for Golfweek's SuperNEWS and Turfnet magazines and past president of the Texas Golf Writers Association. He has covered every facet of golf, including the PGA and LPGA Tours, equipment and course architecture, as well as the bane of his golfing existence: instruction. The last has led to at least 30 different golf swings, which all feel different but appear to his playing companions to be the same.