Forest Hills Golf Course

Very wet, but that is not a surprise. They did not inform us that that there is about 5 temp tees and a flooded area that we need to traverse. Greens in great shape.

Walked the blues (6303/69.9/123) in 3h, 15m on a Sunday afternoon playing as a single on a prepaid GolfNow deal of $30. Beautiful day to play golf, very little wind, sunny in the low 70's. Did not wait a shot AD and never was within a hole of another player. Hard to comprehend playing a Sunday afternoon round as a single after playing in Southern California for 30+ years, playing 4 1/2+ hour weekend rounds with three foursomes on a tee waiting to hit! The course is 20-25 miles west of downtown Portland out among farmland. It is surrounded by a couple of roads that wind around the course. There are a few houses, but you are pretty much out away from things. The layout is a little confusing if you have not played here before. Numerous holes zig and zag from one green to the next tee, I played here last year and was still looking around a few times to find the next tee. William & Frances Bell design built in 1927, so it's a no frills older course. A few tight holes, but most of your trouble here is with big, mature trees, not water or OB. These greens are on the smaller side for a regulation course and were definitely the best part of the course, firm & quick. Course knowledge would definitely be beneficial, several greens had severe back to front slope where if you were above the hole, the fringe may be the next best bet to stop your down the hill putt. Several greens were relatively severe, if you were on the wrong side of the hole, a 3 putt was likely. The fairways were generally lush, thin in a few spots, but very playable. The rough was a mixture of lush, thin & hardpan. The tees were generally in good shape. The traps were very well maintained with thick, dark sand. The course staff was very friendly and got me right out in spite of me arriving late for my tee time.

Had a great morning round.
Course moved tee time up in front of Ladies Tournament.

One of my favorites for the views, but had not played there in years. Course was in excellent condition!

I had never played here before a couple days ago. Its an older course about 45 minutes outside of Portland. But for an older course the layout is great! There's interesting layouts and the fairways and rough are maintained well. The greens can be a bit bumpy though.

Because the course is pretty short, its pretty easy to score well here if your drives stay out of the trees. Put your driver and 3 wood away and this course will play tougher. Some of the greens are protected with bunkers with huge lips. Though the sand varyies from super soft to hardpan from hole to hole.

Overall, great value for money and a fun course to play on.

I thought in general the course was great, the people were great but there are three things that prevent me from recommending this course. I played here because my cousin met me from Vernonia. This also applies to weekend golf on a beautiful day. I have played at Forest Hill 6 times in the last 2 years.

First of all the hole placements were a joke. Instead of putting the hole on a flatter place, nearly every hole was on an angle and it took the fun of scoring and frustration into the game for all of us, including two young golfers that shared their criticism . Especially the first hole where it is nearly impossible to par or birdie. Even PGA events or higher rated courses will have an occasional one, but it got old fast and struck me for the kind of demographic you have as ridiculous.

Secondly,
Actually putting worn out AstroTurf out for a T-Box already into the month of June looks bad and makes me believe the course wasn't ready in time. Looked very cheap, ugly and unprofessional.

Finally, the pace of play was awful as we rarely hit two consecutive shots and we never saw a marshal the entire day. This makes me believe its all about the money on that nice day for the course and they really don't care if it's a 6 hour round.

A good course with many challenges, green is in great shape.

Played at Forest Hills yesterday, had very nice weather, a bit breezy for a while, but had an outstanding time. Course is in excellent conditions, greens and fairways very firm. I had to shift my thinking from the winter 'short hop and stop' as the ball was bouncing and rolling for considerable distances, plan accordingly. Greens were fast and the bunkers are in very good shape.

I thought my game (12 handicap) was in good shape until i got to the 3rd hole and slightly missed the fairway. The ruff is sticky and grabbed my club and i ended with my first double bogey of the day. I'm not complaining because i loved the challenge. The fairways and greens were in very good shape.
I will be back, because I need to improve on the 91 that i shot.

Some par4 holes where 380 yards uphill against the wind making it 450 yards and that was off the front tees! Even though I Tee It Forward I generally found the course too difficult to enjoy. My partner and I were joined by another player by the 16th hole and he agreed with the difficulty . Long par fours with doglegs that made it very unlikely to make it on the green in two unless you could drive the ball close to 300 yards.

Can anyone tell me what I was charged from Golfnow?

Always like the course. Fairways recently aerated -- so, it was quite beat up. It should be better as the spring progresses.

Short decent course, quite a few tee boxes under construction, greens were in good shape.

Course played very good. Greens were in really good condition. We'd had a lot of rain on the last weeks but this course overall was in very good shape. We ride on a cart and I'm glad we did since it is very hilly. Luckily for us today there was no rain.

We had to play behind an EIGHT-SOME. Yes, they let us through, but proceeded to almost trample us from behind before we could get out and away. Not only that, but players were jumping all over the course, skipping holes, shooting towards us, etc. It was most unpleasant. Not necessarily the course's fault, but where was a marshall?

The course is in good shape, The greens are still healing from being plugged. It was windy and blowing needles on a few of the greens. But playing very well

The greens were in excellent shape, despite recent aeration, and had some challenging pin placements as well as frequent sloping. The sand traps seemed to often feature steep walls on the side against the greens. Lots of mature trees, good fairways, and on clear days nice views of Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams. The online vendor deal made pricing attractive.

It took us three hours and 10 minutes to finish nine holes. There were no marshals on the course or any other employees. For a Sunday afternoon, this made for a very long round . The golf course was very busy due to a tournament that was just over when we teed off. Will not go back to course due to insufficient marshals on the course. This could've been easily avoided.

Great test of golf. Don't let the scorecard fool you. This course can challenge the lowest handicappers. Beautiful scenery, short drive from Portland. Went to a winery afterwards. Highly recommend.

Forest Hills is a beautiful course in Cornelius, Oregon. It's surrounded by vineyards and farms that you can visit either before or after your round. The Course itself is very lush and green. The fairways were nice and lush and the bunkers were very well taken care of. The greens were the best part about the course, they were fast and surprisingly soft to land on. It is such a beautiful course, i found myself spending a few extra minutes taking photos here and there to remember it by. The 18th tee box is an especially nice view. I would definitely recommend and play again.