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Whispering Firs Golf Club is an 18-hole military course in McChord AFB, Washington.

It plays 6,646 yards from the Blue tees, rated 71.8/122 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
72
par
6,646
yards (tips)
122
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES328426520529166468402200369363531194441346178352417531142435455364748394104115123134144153164174185PAROUT 3,408 YDSIN 3,353 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

access
military
address
Lincoln Boulevard, McChord AFB, WA, 98438
elevation
284 ft derived
opened
1961
on site
restaurant

47.12365, -122.50781 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 1 mapped feature sits close to more than one hole and is drawn with the nearer one.

89 traced features across 5 layers for Whispering Firs Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2017 aerial imagery.

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89 traced features across 5 layers for Whispering Firs Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2017 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
32
Bunkers
18
Greens
1
Tee pads
6,761yds
Blue tees
531yds
Longest hole
166yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2017-09-01

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 3 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 3 rows.

BlueM726646contested676171.812234083353
WhiteM72634570.511932583105
RedF73contested725818contested556473.312026982866

Every figure as published except Card par (derived) and Card yards (derived), which are summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The Red tees publish a par the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Par column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own par row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

The Blue and Red tees publish a yardage total the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 445534434453443445 72
Blue 328426520529166468402200369363531194441346178352417531 6,646
White 314412505505157438380191356348512152402338162340379472 6,345
Red 293301434429131313343154300332442138388327147326316450 5,818
Handicap 153791715111310218414168612

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Whispering Firs Golf Club hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Book nearby

Whispering Firs Golf Club states military access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Lake Spanaway Golf Course (3.4 mi, public) · Oakbrook Golf Club (5.2 mi, semi-private) · Chambers Bay (6.0 mi, resort) · Eagles Pride Golf Course Red Blue (7.1 mi, public)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn WashingtonNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,646 yds=78th of 246=4,798th of 12,02533rd of 70 in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area · 46th of 108 military courses · =4,766th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 122=111th of 199=6,159th of 8,710=41st of 66 in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area · =51st of 78 military courses · =5,821st of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 71.8=74th of 170=4,302nd of 7,61530th of 61 in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area · =35th of 68 military courses · =4,254th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread828 yds between tees162nd of 234=8,995th of 11,52355th of 67 in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area · 88th of 107 military courses · =8,496th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1961=71st of 218=3,054th of 9,368=23rd of 69 in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area · =48th of 85 military courses · =2,191st of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level284 ft derived 144th of 252=8,501st of 12,43736th of 75 in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area · 44th of 108 military courses · =6,090th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 3 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 3 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, a phone number and the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-15. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Lake Spanaway Golf Course

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Williams Nine at Meadow Park Golf Course

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Meadow Park at Meadow Park Golf Course

5.2 mi · Tacoma · 18 holes

Oakbrook Golf Club

5.2 mi · Lakewood · semi-private · 18 holes

Chambers Bay

6.0 mi · University Place · resort · 18 holes

Eagles Pride Golf Course Red Blue

7.1 mi · Fort Lewis · public · 18 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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