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Rose City Golf Course
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Rose City Golf Course is the second oldest municipal track in the Portland area. In 1921, A.H. "Jay" Gould played his first round of golf ever at Eastmoreland Golf Course. After returning home, he decided to look for a good place to hit golf balls and came upon The Rose City Speedway. He spoke with C.P. Keyser of the City Park Bureau and obtained permission to burn the tall grass on the infield so that golf balls could be found.
Jay and friend Herbert George used shovels and hoes to carve out a nine-hole course on the speedway infield. Tin cans were used for cups, packing cases for tee-boxes, and iron rods and rags for flags. The Oregonian and Journal Newspapers ran a story on the new golf course and 30 golfers showed up the following Sunday to hit balls around on the burnt grass and dirt. The main hazard was a head-on train collision that occurred earlier in the summer and partially blocked the seventh green.
After a few weeks, the Rose City Golf Association was founded which marked the beginning of the course. Full cooperation from the city and donations from businesses and individuals solidified the construction. George Ott drew up a nine-hole plan and work began in the spring of 1922. Play continued in the spring, but was stopped in the summer due to long grass and no mower. Play started again in the fall, but stopped again due to motorcycle racing. In the winter of 1922-23, the viaduct on the west end of the track washed out and put an end to the races. On Jan. 31, 1923 the first green fee ticket was sold to Jay Gould and in the spring, more than 800 played in one day. The city then took over the course completely.
Today, Rose City Golf Course is an 18-hole, par-72 course with rolling fairways that are lined with a variety of large trees. Water comes into play on holes 10, 11, 14, and 15 and greenside bunkers are well placed.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6552 yards | 71.7 | 123 |
| White | 72 | 6164 yards | 69.8 | 119 |
| White (W) | 73 | 6164 yards | 75.3 | 126 |
| Red (W) | 73 | 5589 yards | 71.8 | 118 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament M: 71.0/120 | 367 | 388 | 502 | 341 | 171 | 425 | 364 | 216 | 384 | 3158 | 475 | 465 | 200 | 367 | 329 | 133 | 473 | 414 | 423 | 3279 | 6437 |
| Blue M: 70.9/119 | 367 | 388 | 502 | 341 | 171 | 425 | 364 | 216 | 353 | 3127 | 475 | 465 | 200 | 367 | 329 | 133 | 473 | 414 | 423 | 3279 | 6406 |
| Blue/White M: 69.4/116 | 343 | 362 | 502 | 323 | 171 | 390 | 333 | 216 | 326 | 2966 | 475 | 465 | 200 | 351 | 320 | 133 | 473 | 378 | 405 | 3200 | 6166 |
| White M: 68.6/116 W: 74.5/120 | 343 | 362 | 476 | 323 | 154 | 390 | 333 | 190 | 326 | 2897 | 450 | 446 | 180 | 351 | 320 | 120 | 462 | 378 | 405 | 3112 | 6009 |
| White/Green M: 67.4/112 | 325 | 325 | 476 | 308 | 154 | 369 | 303 | 190 | 280 | 2730 | 450 | 446 | 180 | 298 | 262 | 120 | 462 | 353 | 395 | 2966 | 5696 |
| Green M: 66.5/108 W: 71.4/114 | 325 | 351 | 447 | 308 | 123 | 369 | 303 | 142 | 280 | 2648 | 424 | 432 | 166 | 298 | 262 | 77 | 416 | 353 | 395 | 2823 | 5471 |
| Red M: 62.7/103 W: 66.4/109 | 241 | 262 | 383 | 240 | 123 | 288 | 262 | 142 | 220 | 2161 | 353 | 365 | 142 | 260 | 262 | 77 | 416 | 275 | 294 | 2444 | 4605 |
| Red/Gold W: 66.0/108 | 241 | 262 | 383 | 240 | 123 | 288 | 262 | 142 | 205 | 2146 | 340 | 312 | 142 | 260 | 262 | 77 | 340 | 275 | 294 | 2302 | 4448 |
| Gold M: 62.1/100 W: 65.0/105 | 241 | 262 | 383 | 240 | 123 | 288 | 262 | 142 | 205 | 2146 | 340 | 312 | 142 | 253 | 230 | 77 | 340 | 220 | 294 | 2208 | 4354 |
| Handicap | 7 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 11 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
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Winter select
This course really handles the Portland winters well. I choose it over my typical local course because of it. Always friendly golfers here too.
Greens ok
Why would a golf course let power carts out when the course was a muddy mess? There were people driving right up to the green making muddy tracks. Plus there were areas that should have been roped off total muddy holes. Wake up !!!!
Winter golf here not so great
It’s an aged course in the middle of the East side. It has good value for the money, but on this particular day after some rain, it was pure mud. When your golf cart’s wheels keep spinning, you know it’s a crummy condition.
It’s winter golf
It’s muddy in the fairways and they allowed carts so it’s really bad in certain areas. Hole 15 and 18 are being redone so temporary greens are being used, with hole 18 enlarged and no green to putt on.
December golfing
I was pleasantly surprised by the conditions of the course. The greens seem to have been lightly sanded and fertilized leaving a my putter sandy and spotted with a white substance. Ball rolled well o the green and never plugged in the fairways. Very good day overall, it’s what I have grown to expect at PDX public courses.
The course has a nice a layout
There are enough doglegs to make it intersting.
Probably better in the Summer
My dad and I played the course for the 1st time. Course layout was pretty good and the pace of play was good. And that’s pretty much the end of the good things I can say.
The course was in pretty rough shape. Lots of deep cart ruts and soft spots on the course, which didn’t really effect play, but it looked pretty ragged. When we went to check in with the starter, he wasn’t there so we walked up to the tee box. He comes back right before we tee off, so out of courtesy I go to check in. He tells me that he just sent a group in front of us at our start time even tho it was still 10 minutes before our start time and tells me, “well you better hurry up because we have another group coming in,” too bad that group was scheduled to start 10min after our start time.
Honestly, I bet the course is pretty nice in the late spring, summer and, early fall, but for my first impression, I would have liked more. I’ll probably give it another chance in May, tho.
November 2nd
What a perfect course to play on a beautiful day. The greens were quick, the fairways amazing and the company great! I would have to say it was dry if I ventured off the fairway. Great job overall!
Solid Track
Rose City is a solid track, with some good doglegs to deal with, the staff is friendly and the course was in pretty good condition when we played. They have two temporary greens set up on the back 9 as they are doing work, the one on the par 3 15th was fine, the one on 18 was atrocious to use. They compensate by making the hole the size of a basketball. It's that time of year though, so you can't really complain about that.
My biggest complaint with the course is that they don't have a driving range so I always feel like it takes me a while to get going.
The pace was phenomenal today and we got done in under four hours.
Definitely a Muni Course
This course is probably my least favorite course in Portland. The facilities are lackluster, and the layout is not exciting in the slightest. My recent outing included us being rushed out off the tees even though the group in front of us was still in the middle of the fairway and we were held up for the whole round. Add shirtless man in the group in front of us, and a group of five holding up the round as well. Only play here when there are no other options available.
Another great Portland Muni
Great to play Rose City again. Course was in great shape but the greens had been recently sanded and plugged so they were slow and the ball hopped around a lot. Another week or two and it'll be fine.
