Roslyn, Wash. – Prospector, the new Arnold Palmer-designed golf course, debuted last September at Suncadia, located 80 miles east of Seattle. Prospector is the state’s first premier, four-season destination resort community. Palmer will be at Prospector Aug. 30 for the official “christening.”
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Suncadia includes 6,000 acres of land in the Cascade foothills, but development will occur on a small percentage of the total acreage. Resort plans include a village with retail services, a rustic lodge overlooking the Cle Elum River, three golf courses, a spa, condominium residences and custom home sites.
Prospector is a par-72 course, 7,100 yards in length and features four sets of tees. The resort will eventually have three championship courses, one of which will be private.
“With its combination of smooth, generous fairways, detailed bunkering and intricately shaped greens, Prospector is truly superb,” says Palmer on his second original design in Washington. “It’s a power course and a finesse course all in one, one that stays surprising but playable for golfers of every skill level.”
The signature hole is the 411-yard, par-4 10th.
“You can’t have more fun than hitting off this elevated tee to a fairway that is 150 feet down there,” says John Thronson, Prospector’s design and construction consultant, who has collaborated with Palmer and his design company. “What a hole. The view alone can make you look up on your backswing.”
Prospector’s backdrop includes panoramic mountain views of Mt. Baldy, Domerie Peak and the Thomas and Red mountains, amidst strands of Douglas and White firs and ponderosa pines.
Suncadia is being developed by Suncadia Resort Co., jointly owned by Lowe Enterprises and Jeld-Wen, of Klamath Falls, Ore.
