Oaksridge Golf Course

Grays Harbor County sits in the wet, forested heart of western Washington, where the Olympic Peninsula's rainfall feeds dense stands of Douglas fir and red alder that define the region's character. Elma, a small town at the confluence of the Chehalis and Satsop rivers, occupies a stretch of lowland river valley where that same moisture keeps the grass green year-round — and keeps the fairways soft well into spring.

Oaksridge plays to a par 70, which typically signals a layout that leans on shorter, sharper challenges rather than sheer distance — par 3s and par 4s doing most of the work, rewarding accuracy and course management over the driver-first approach that longer par 72 setups invite. In the Pacific Northwest, that kind of design tends to suit the terrain well, threading holes through tree corridors where a wayward shot finds timber quickly.

For golfers in the greater Olympia and Grays Harbor area, a local course like this represents the everyday fabric of Pacific Northwest golf — accessible, honest, and rooted in a region where the game is played in rain jackets as often as shirtsleeves.