A golf course is a scenic sanctuary where young blades of grass receive constant grooming and grizzled grains of sand can retire far away from merciless ocean waves. Explore a relaxing landscape with today's Groupon: for $39, you get an 18-hole round of golf with cart rental and unlimited driving range balls at Whidbey Golf and Country Club in Oak Harbor (up to an $85 value).

Whidbey Golf and Country Club's par 72 course stretches across 6,476 yards of kempt emerald corridors tucked away amid the bucolic scenery of coastal Washington. Begin the day at the club's driving range, where players can straighten out rusty swings and give weak-spirited wedges inspirational speeches. The round on the golf course begins with a challenge, as the first tee gives way to the longest and most difficult hole, a 516-yard par 5 in which orbs must fall into a narrow landing area, lest they stumble into the seedy underbelly of bunkers strategically placed on either side of the fairway. Though duffers and their obedient cart can pass through most holes without hydro impediment, multiple ponds come into play throughout the course, threatening to suck particularly ill-struck spheroids into eternal aquatic abyss without the intervention of an altruistic waterfowl.

Those hoping to more thoroughly vet the verdant grounds can pore over the website's hole-by-hole course description. A one-hour drive or ferry trip north of Seattle, the course is playable year-round, with closures only for Christmas, New Year’s, and Chi Chi Rodriguez Day.