Washington National Golf Club is located on 515 acres east and south of the Auburn-Black Diamond Road and west of 148th Avenue S.E.     Primary access to the facility is via 148th Avenue S.E.  Two 18-hole PGA type golf courses required a Conditional Use Permits under the existing King County AR-5 zoning.

The golf course design conforms to the natural terrain and character of the site and surrounding landscape. A minimum buffer of forested land, 100 feet wide, was retained around the perimeter of the site.

Project Size: 515 Acres

The scope of services provided by R. W. Thorpe & Associates include:

• Land use site feasibility study
• Layout and two 18-hole golf course routing options
• Conditional Use Permit Application with expanded Environmental Checklist
• Revegetation planting plan for buffers and slopes
• Preliminary plat design and application
• Best Management Practices Manual
• Grading permit application
• Marketing Reports
• Environmental Impact Statement Review

Subsequent development of the Diamond Ridge Estates subdivision allowed for approximately 100 large lot single-family homes with frontage or views of the John Fought designed golf course.

Our chief roles as project managers have been: establishing consultant team tasks, scheduling, quality control, interfacing between client and King County.     RWT/A also provided design and graphic support services for all phases of project: master planning, golf course layouts, facilities planning, hearing exhibits and report graphics.