This is a city of Portland course. Teed off @ 2:42 pm, walked the blues (6552/71.7/123) in 4 hours, 15 minutes on a busy Friday afternoon for $24, their standard twilight walking rate. The layout is... Continue »

This is a city of Portland course. Teed off @ 2:42 pm, walked the blues (6552/71.7/123) in 4 hours, 15 minutes on a busy Friday afternoon for $24, their standard twilight walking rate. The layout is very good, no great holes, but no hokey or bad holes either. It's challenging, not overly tight and not alot of water, but the tall tress that line every single fairway on both sides will quickly grab your attention. There are well placed tall tress on nearly every hole that can knock down drives that are even slightly offline and cost you 100-150 yards on a shot that would be Ok on many courses. You are constantly up/down hills and going around tall tree, lined fairways. The back 9 has three par 5's, all of which are scoreable. 17 & 18 are long, tough par 4 finishing holes. The par 4's are the teeth of this course, their 1-5 handicap holes are all par 4's. The greens putt decently, they are smooth, usually firm and medium speed. The downside is that numerous greens have some bare spots around the edges. And while they can avoid pin placements closeby, it's hit and miss on whether the bad spots could affect long putts or chips. Both the fairways and the rough close to the fairway are semi lush, you usually get decent lies. If you are more than 20 yards from the fairway, there are many areas of the rough that have large areas that are brown where the lie will be much more spotty. They flat out need more water. The sand traps were decent, it looks they they are maintained on a daily basis. The tees were generally good, it looked like they rotated the tee markers often. Positives are that the pro shop is well stocked and they have a nice grill on site. Customer service was a ++. Negatives are that there are only a few holes that have water fountains and there is no drink/snack cart. This is an above average course by city standards, but it's not in as good of shape as it was when I played here a few months ago. It's been awhile since there has been a decent rain up here, and they just don't water it as well as they could/should.