Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 20 minutes ago

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After the Gebbers family debuted Gamble Sands in Central Washington in 2014, they proved to themselves and the golf world that, yet again, a remote location, an endless supply of sand and David McLay Kidd are an equation that adds up to success. Which is why they decided to double down on both golf and Kidd.

But how would a second course on a neighboring slab of land be different?

Kidd handed the reins of the design to Nick Schaan, his long-time associate and partner, who had no affiliation with the first course. Kidd made countless trips and remained the executive editor, but what ultimately became "Scarecrow," which opens Aug. 1, is in fact significantly different than Gamble Sands.

In part 5 of this ongoing series on how the Gebbers family are growing Gamble Sands, you get behind the curtain of the decision to double down and a look at before, during and after they built out the first six holes of Scarecrow.