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Weather Caddy Est. 2026
Chambers Bay № 47207·12258
98
PlayabilityIndex · 0—100

University Place, Washington

Chambers Bay

Reference outlook 6a — light wind, firm surfaces. 72 · 7,158 yds · Fine Fescue surfaces.

Prime

Hand-colored botanical study of tawny fine fescue, the Lone Fir, Nootka rose, salal, and oceanspray above Puget Sound
South Puget Sound links · hand-colored field study

Robert Trent Jones II, 2007 · Poa annua greens, 2019

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Chambers Bay

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The round, hour by hour

● Prime◐ Caution◆ Rough go✕ Hold
02550751006a — 98, Prime: light wind, firm surfaces7a — 87, Prime: light wind, firm surfaces8a — 77, Prime: light wind, firm surfaces9a — 76, Prime: light wind, firm surfaces10a — 69, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes11a — 62, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes12p — 66, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes1p — 64, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes2p — 55, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes3p — 60, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes4p — 62, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes5p — 55, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes6p — 54, Caution: crosswind on the exposed holes7p — 52, Rough go: gusts above club-selection tolerance 6a9aCAUTION12p3p6pROUGH GO PLAYABILITY INDEX 0–100 · LOCAL TIME
SUSTAINED WIND · MPH6a — 8 mph NW, gusts 187a — 10 mph NW, gusts 188a — 14 mph SW, gusts 259a — 15 mph NW, gusts 2210a — 18 mph SW, gusts 2511a — 21 mph NNW, gusts 3212p — 20 mph SW, gusts 241p — 20 mph NNW, gusts 292p — 23 mph NNW, gusts 273p — 22 mph W, gusts 264p — 18 mph W, gusts 285p — 19 mph W, gusts 296p — 15 mph SW, gusts 227p — 14 mph NNW, gusts 228NW15NW20SW22W15SW
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The Caddy’s Book · Chambers Bay

Clubs and tees, read with the weather

REFERENCE WINDOW 6A · 8 MPH

Player’s measureAdjust the folio

Crosswind at 8 mph. Start it into the wind and keep the finish balanced.

Approach registerStock carries
FlagPlaysClubCarry
155 yd155 yd7-iron155 yd
185 yd185 yd5-iron180 yd
215 yd220 yd3-wood225 yd

Tawny fine-fescue corridors · use the slopes and allow for chase; the putting surfaces have been Poa annua since 2019
A walking-only links laid through a reclaimed sand-and-gravel mine, where immense fairways, tilted dunes, and Puget Sound wind turn the ground into the primary hazard.

Weather.city supplies live wind speed and true direction. Choose into, across, or helping for each shot until course-routing bearings are connected for automatic hole-relative wind.

Choose the ground

Four tee bands

With 230 yards of driver carry, start near Back · 6,585 yd.

I

Championship

7,160yards · par 72 Driver carry 265+ Available
II

Back

6,585yards · par 72 Driver carry 235–264 Caddy’s mark
III

Middle

6,015yards · par 72 Driver carry 205–234 Available
IV

Forward

5,370yards · par 72 Driver carry Under 205 Available

Starting guidance, not a rule: driver carry × 28 is matched to the nearest Weather Caddy yardage band. Confirm the course’s current markers, routing, and local tee policy before play.

The grounds

6 PLATES · SEED chambers-bay|47.207,-122.575

The cabinet begins with the course’s documented fescue, Poa annua greens, and solitary Douglas-fir, then draws its flowering companions from the surrounding South Puget Sound native landscape.

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Notice a leaf, a changing breeze, the sound of the rough. Mark the plants you spot below and leave a note from your walk.

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Engraved botanical plate: Fine Fescue (Festuca rubra)
The firm, fast, low-input surface links golf is built on.
Engraved botanical plate: Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
The wall of the Pacific Northwest corridor hole; holds fog long past sunrise.
Engraved botanical plate: Annual Bluegrass (Poa annua)
A fine-bladed putting surface whose pale seed heads and coastal adaptability are familiar at many championship courses.
Engraved botanical plate: Nootka Rose (Rosa nutkana)
A native pink-flowered thicket rose of the Pacific Northwest, followed by round red hips.
Engraved botanical plate: Salal (Gaultheria shallon)
Glossy evergreen groundcover of the coastal Northwest, with pendant flowers and dark edible berries.
Engraved botanical plate: Oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor)
Creamy flower panicles arch above dry coastal bluffs and Puget Trough woodland edges.

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5 ATTRIBUTED RECORDS

Course facts, playing surfaces, architecture, and botanical scope are retained with their source trail so this finished plate can be revised without losing provenance.

  1. Official Chambers Bay course descriptionWalking-only links, Robert Trent Jones II, fescue, dunes, reclaimed mine, 249 acres
  2. Official Chambers Bay scorecard, October 2025Par 72 and current Black markers at 7,158 yards
  3. USGA course-care report2019 Poa annua putting-green conversion
  4. USGA Chambers Bay course preview2007 opening, reclaimed quarry, fescue, and the single Douglas-fir
  5. OpenStreetMap course geometryRegistry identity and coordinates