Gamble Sands Unveils New Scarecrow Course Logo

Brewster, Wash. (February 17, 2025) – Gamble Sands, the Top 100 golf resort located in Brewster, Washington, has unveiled the logo for its new Scarecrow Course, the much anticipated David McLay Kidd design slated to open to resort-guest and public play on August 1st. The Scarecrow logo was designed by the Gebbers family (owners of Gamble Sands) and features a tall, slender figure holding a flagstick. The Gebbers family also illustrated the original Gamble Sands rabbit logo, the QuickSands course logo and The Barn restaurant icon.

Built on 300 acres of rumpled and rolling terrain where cornfields once stood, Scarecrow overlooks the Columbia River Valley, while watching over the neighboring apple and cherry orchards of the Gebbers’ family farm. The corn is gone but the Scarecrow still stands, serving as a defender of the fertile soil’s new purpose. In Scarecrow, McLay Kidd and design associate Nick Schaan have transformed a twisted saddle of undulating land and river-view ridgeline into what golfers will soon come to find as a counterpart yet contrasting experience to Gamble’s original and award-winning Gamble Sands Course. Scarecrow will play to a par of 71 and stretch to 6,900 yards.

“This is our Scarecrow – a friendly-yet-mysterious presence welcoming golfers to this bold new DMK design,” said Gamble Sands General Manager Blake Froling. “The Gebbers family wanted our Scarecrow to look and feel almost human, like he might appear in the fairway at any moment for a few swings before retreating back into the apple trees that still line the golf course, resuming his duties as defender of the fields.”

In addition to the opening of Scarecrow, the Inn at Gamble Sands will open 40 brand-new double-king luxury rooms this summer, giving the hotel a total of 77 rooms. The new rooms overlook the Scarecrow Course and offer spacious accommodations, with walk-in showers, a large screen television, mini fridge, a coffee maker, and private patios. A new putting green will be located adjacent to the new rooms for guests to enjoy before and/or after their rounds. This summer, Gamble Sands will also debut a new onsite shuttle service to and from The Inn, the clubhouse/F&B complex and the golf courses.

With 50 holes of golf, including two 18-hole McLay Kidd-designed championship courses and a fun-to-play 14-hole McLay Kidd-designed short course, a 100,000-square-foot Cascade Putting Course, as well as multiple food and beverage options, Gamble Sands is a premier golf destination. The property’s original Gamble Sands Course is currently No. 14 on GOLF Magazine’s “Top 100 Courses You Can Play” ranking and is firmly entrenched as a Top 100 golf course in the United States.

For more information on Gamble Sands, visit www.gamblesands.com or call 509-436-8323. For Gamble Sands’ latest newsletter, click here.

About Gamble Sands

Located in Central Washington in the town of Brewster, the 7,169-yard Gamble Sands Course opened for public play in 2014 among widespread industry acclaim. Both GOLF Magazine and Golf Digest named it the "Best New" golf course of 2014. It is currently listed among "Golfweek's Best: Modern Courses, 2023," and No. 30 on Golf Digest’s ranking of America's 100 Greatest Public Courses. Located in the high desert overlooking the Columbia River with sandy soil, the courses at Gamble Sands are turfed with traditional fine fescue grasses which provide firm and fast surfaces. In addition to 50 holes of golf, Gamble Sands also offers a complete practice facility, a well-equipped golf shop, Danny Boy Bar & Grill, The Barn restaurant and lodging at The Inn at Gamble Sands featuring meeting and event space.

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