Teed off @ 245pm on their normal $25 walking rate. Playing alone, played 2 balls from tee to green on every hole and finished @ 630pm.

This is a fairly tight executive course with three 9's, all pa... Continue »

Teed off @ 245pm on their normal $25 walking rate. Playing alone, played 2 balls from tee to green on every hole and finished @ 630pm.

This is a fairly tight executive course with three 9's, all par 31. I played the green-yellow combo.

the greens were medium fast, firm, few ball marks. Tees were OK, not great, most of the par 3 holes had a few divots that needed repairing. The fairways were generally good, but didn't look like they had been mowed today or yesterday. The rough was sneaky, it didn't look deep, but there were areas you had to be within a few feet of your ball or you couldn't see it.

The only negative was the traps. The sand was generally OK, but they definitely had not been raked in a couple of days.

Fun little course with some difficult and long par 3's and some potentially driveable par 4's for longer hitters.

A 27 hole executive course that winds through a dense variety of single homes and condos and as a result, there are ob's in play on nearly every hole. There are few opportunities for the long hitter ... Continue »

A 27 hole executive course that winds through a dense variety of single homes and condos and as a result, there are ob's in play on nearly every hole. There are few opportunities for the long hitter to play driver as there are no par 5's, shorter par 4's and longer par 3's that are quite challenging. Large trees, water and sand also dot the course.

Overall the course is in good condition and fairly lush despite recent drought conditions. The greens are smooth and medium speed. Some tee boxes have some divot damage and a few fairway areas were thin or overwatered. The sand that I played from was good.

So this is a good shorter club practice type environment or for someone with limited time to play but not a typical full golf experience.

Charbonneau Golf Club Review
Portland Oregon Golf Course Reviews

Enjoyed a nice late afternoon round with longtee400. The layout is quite interesting for an executive course. No par 5's, most of the par 4's are short and very scoreable... but the par 3's are long a... Continue »

Enjoyed a nice late afternoon round with longtee400. The layout is quite interesting for an executive course. No par 5's, most of the par 4's are short and very scoreable... but the par 3's are long and demanding.

The greens were the best part of the course, they putted nicely, medium fast & firm. The tees were OK, some had some divot damage that needed repairing. The fairways were lush but thin in many areas. The rough was generally lush and could be thick in spite of not being tall. There were areas where you could see your ball from 100 yards away... then there were areas where you practically had to be over the ball to see it. The sand traps were poor, very inconsistent. I was in four and once encountered thick, deep sand, once encountered fairly hard but raked sand and twice encountered thin lies with hardpan barely under the surface.

@ $25 to walk in the late afternoon, there are definitely better alternatives available nearby for comparable $$$. Fun course to practice on, but I'll look for specials when I come back.

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Portland Oregon Golf Course Reviews

27 hole executive course where all the nines have five par 3's and four par 4's. The par 4's are short, tight to very tight and several are potentially driveable for longer hitters if you want to risk... Continue »

27 hole executive course where all the nines have five par 3's and four par 4's. The par 4's are short, tight to very tight and several are potentially driveable for longer hitters if you want to risk the OB right and left of EVERY hole. The par 3's are generally longer to much longer than you would expect to find on an executive course. Their yardages, from the blue tees are 142, 160, 225, 176 & 203 on the Green course, 175, 201, 204, 238 & 192 on the Yellow course and 161, 197, 206, 147 & 170 on the Red course.

The greens are very flat and putted well, a little slow, medium speed. They are very well trapped, many greens have 3+ traps. Fairways and rough were both in good to very good condition. Many mature trees that could catch any errant shots and provide some interesting approach and chip shots if you got off the mostly narrow fairways. Customer service was a ++. Fun little course, I will be back.

Charbonneau Golf Club Review
Portland Oregon Golf Course Reviews

Executive course with three different 9's, Green, Yellow & Red. Each of the 9's have five par 3's and four par 4's for a par 31-31=62.

You look at a scorecard for a course that totals less than 43... Continue »

Executive course with three different 9's, Green, Yellow & Red. Each of the 9's have five par 3's and four par 4's for a par 31-31=62.

You look at a scorecard for a course that totals less than 4300 yards from the longest tee combo and you think that this is a short course... Well, there are no par 5's and only a couple of the par 4's are medium length, most are short to very short, so that much is true. However, the par 3's are NOT what you would expect on an executive course.

The yellow nine's par 3's from the blue tees are in order, 175, 201, 204, 238 and 192... the five of them AVERAGE 202 yards. I have seen FEW 6500+ yard courses that have five par 3's that AVERAGE 202 yards!

The green course's par 3's weren't quite as demanding, but still had a 225 and 203 among their five par 3's. The red course had a 206 and a 197 thrown in... my long irons and 3W got in plenty of practice today!

There were several risk/reward potentially drive able par 4's for longer hitters. The layout on almost every hole has residential homes on both sides of the hole, so OB right and left is a given. However, there was a good mixture of very tight, tight and a couple of holes that were only moderately tight... if you want wide open, this isn't your course. There were several lakes and every hole is surrounded by many mature trees. The trees are a mixed bag, they kept several of my errant shots in bounds, but they also provide a formidable defense, especially when you are under them with no vertical shot possible and still have multiple green side bunkers between you and the pin.

Overall, the layout was a plus, they did an excellent job of providing different looks and challenges.

The greens collectively were some of the flattest I have ever seen, I don't think I had a putt AD that broke over a foot and most, even 20 to 40 footers were anywhere from an edge of the cup putt to a few ball outside the edge. The speed was medium and they rolled well. It seemed like nearly every green had a trap(s) left, right and long and some had bunkers in front as well. I averaged almost 4 green side traps per 4 today, a total that was heightened because I hit a driver and a #W into green side traps on short par 4's, but still, the greens were very well bunkered, so bring you A sand game with you. The amount of the bunkers are a good counter balance to the greens not having severe slopes. The fairways were good, the rough was excellent. I certainly had plenty of sand chances, and they were almost all good.

Fun course where you can really work on all your clubs but your driver if you are a longer hitter. There were several par 4's where the landing zone 250 out was awfully narrow, (with OB left & OB right), so I used 3W and 3I on numerous par 4's. And with the length of the par 3's, I was using 4I, 3I or 3W on over half of them.

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Portland Oregon Golf Course Reviews