Jason Deegan

TACOMA, Washington — Chambers Bay will always be one of the main draws attracting golfers to the Pacific Northwest. The experience playing the 2015 U.S. Open venue in University Place has never been better thanks to revamped greens and the addition of The Landing, a bar and halfway house built last year near the first and 10th tees. There’s also a new option just a few miles away. A $7.5-million redesign has transformed the North Shore Golf Club into the rebranded Cedar Irons Golf Club.

SUNRIVER, Oregon — Ever heard of a bicycle resort? Me neither. And yet Sunriver Resort still seems like one, even though it’s best known for 63 holes of inspiring golf. Sunriver Resort, a 3,300-acre golf resort and residential community, sits in an idyllic meadow in central Oregon in the shadow of the Cascade Mountains 15 minutes south of Bend. Because there are no hills to climb or gears to shift, every generation of guest tends to ride traditional cruiser bicycles wherever they go.