A sunny spring is upon us and across the state, the tees are trimmed and the bunkers are raked. It’s time for a few links—the golfing kind, not the hot dog kind. Just watch out for gophers.

• At the Port Ludlow Golf Club across the Sound, you never have to be satisfied with the golf gear you already own. Reps from Callaway will be on site May 25, working out of a tour van that can customize clubs while you wait. Plus, this Friday is Nike Golf Demo Day on the course—and a purchase of $200 earns a free round.

• Sometimes a worthy tee takes a little drive time. In our three golfing road trips, find world-class courses around Puget Sound or in Central Oregon. There are juniper forests and lava caves at one golf resort, and a casino at the area’s newest big-name course (so you can earn back your greens fee, naturally).

• The third course at Cle Elum resort Suncadia is called Rope Rider, so named for the rope-swinging coal miners that worked where 7,300 yards of fairway and greens are now. It opened only last fall and includes a “short-game” area that can be played as a kind of mini course, should you want to leave time for other recreations, like snowmobiling.

• If you’re really not Tiger enough for grown-up golf, try something a little smaller: putt-putt. At Ohme Gardens in Wenatchee mini-golf, is free with garden admission on Father’s Day (that’s June 17), with prizes awarded via drawing. Even less formal are the 30 free “holes” of mountain disc golf, available at Crystal Mountain after June 16, weather permitting.