Different strokes BY BOB SPIWAK
Golfers will find a variety of options in and around the Methow
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Bear Creek Golf Course near Winthrop offers breathtaking scenery from tee to green.
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he Methow Valley is not renowned for its multiple golf attractions. Small wonder, as there are only two courses, one in Winthrop and the other 40 miles south at Alta Lake. This paucity of courses competes
with camping, fishing, boating, hiking, climbing, biking, birding, hunting and loafing. But despite headlines a n d h o o p l a p ro d u c e d around the nation by courses new and old, there’s a steady stream of regulars, aside
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from local residents, who come from other places to play here. Why? In the case of Bear Creek Golf Course at Winthrop, the scenery is enough to entice many golfers to withdraw cameras and
picture-taking phones from their bags. There is only one golf course in North Central Washington that can offer equal or better views, and we’ll come to that in a bit. Its name is similar, Bear Mountain.
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The other Methow Valley course, near where the river joins the Columbia at Pateros, is Alta Lake Golf Course. The big draw here is 18 holes on a fine course whose amenities include a swimming pool, a motel whose rooms look
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