Rose City Golf Course

This was the first time for quite awhile for me, but i really enjoy this course. It is pretty open on all courses to play.

First time playing here and was pleasantly surprised at the layout and overall condition. Plus only lost one ball

Nice little track for Portlanders. It breaks up the monotony of playing Heron Lakes over and over again. I'll play it again, but be aware there are few sections that do not drain all that well and because of that I might try to avoid periods when rain has been falling heavily.

Played the blues (6552/71.5/121) on a prepaid Golf Now Hot Deal for $18 to walk. Excellent value on a Sunday afternoon, even if it was a 4H, 40M round.

I am told Portland has not has any significant rain in 2 months. It shows, both courses I played this weekend were dry to very dry. This is not a tight course, it's an older Portland city course with many mature trees in NE Portland. While they only had a couple of doglegs, there wasn't a straight hole on the course, every par 4/5 bent at least some one way or the other. There weren't any holes that made you go "WOW", but there wasn't a bad hole out of the 18 either... several long par 3's and reachable par 5's, plus a good combination of shorter, medium and longer par 4's... and nary a flat hole either, it was constantly up/down hills. Not an easy track, but one where you could score if playing well.

The greens were medium speed, undulating and generally putted OK. However, many greens had brown patches that reminded me of Sunday @ a U.S. Open due to the lack of water. I have a harder time here than most courses figuring out the break. Several greens had severe breaks where if you were on the wrong side of the hole, 3 putts was likely.

The fairways and rough were dry but played decent.

The traps all seemed to have nice, fluffy sand, very good.

The tees were also dry but decent, especially considering the amount of play.

Customer Service from the pro shop to the starter were both excellent, and the cart gal made her way around several times on a 90 degree day.

Typical slow play for a Friday 3 foursomes ahead of us lots of shots from them waiting to clear green when there was over 200 + yards, safety was concern but most times barely over 100 yard shots, and some drinking

I used to play 9 holes every week after work in the early eighties. And to tell you the truth, I did not think much of the course. Last week, at the last moment, I secured a tee time and was surprised at the excellent condition of the course. This was the first time I have seen the course in thirty years. Hats off to the City of Portland. I will be back again and again.

Need to do a better job keeping up greens and outer side of fairways yo yo be water, too dry

My first round of golf here took over 5 hours but I cut them some slack since it was one of the first nice days of the year and it was packed. My second round here took over 5 hours again but this time the source was obvious. A 3 three some in carts that was 7 holes in front of me was 2 holes behind on the 8th green. And there was no marshal in sight. Sadly these clowns played the back nine too. It was bad enough that a group that teed off 1.5 hours after we did caught us on the 17th hole.

Let's keep this one a secret! Good value.....................................

Overall opinion is goog place. There are so many big trees.Big trees are good hazard!!

Rose City is local and convenient for City Locals. Close to Downtown and Airport. Prices for Public Course are good. Excellent place for mid-week golf break from work.

we walked the first nine and no one was on the first tee when we finished so we opted to play it again instead of going to 10. Wanted the chance to better our shots (didn't happen much but at least we knew the course!) Its a great walking course, greens and fairways were in really good shape for a public course. Rough was good, not much water in play on front and some nice elevated tees. I'd be happy if this was my home course. Lovely trees line the fairways. Only downside is first two holes are alongside the street and a noisy playground but after that its peaceful. We got a super good rate on golfnow.

Nice course and pleasant place to play. Greens and fairways in good shape.

Rose City is a great old course with a good variety of holes. Sometimes you will be shooting up hill and other times you will shoot down hill. If you tend to wonder off the fairway there are many trees to challenge your second or third shot. Fun will be had by all golfers at this well kept course.

Slow play made it hard to stay focused. No flat lies, greens didn't roll true, but it is great to have electric carts now. Practice green is nice, but miss a driving range.

Rose city was in good shape nice greens maybe a little to much water but it has been hot.the person in the pro shop was friendly .the cart girl was ok didnt come around very often, pleasant day for golf.only disapointment not seeing moon

Fairly challenging course frm back tees. Course maintenance was good. Greens very goog but slow. Pace of play was very good especially for a Saturday. Nice track and good value, I would do it again.

Beautifully maintained course with lots of old growth trees to challenge your shots. It was a warm day, so the shade of the trees was a welcome treat to keep the heat of you.
Pace of play was right on time for the front 9 at 2 hours, but was horrible for the back 9 coming in at over 3 hours. Total play time was 5 hours 20 minutes. Luckily we were pared up with 2 very nice gentlemen that made the wait acceptable. We knew from other reviews that the play might be on the long side, but the price made it worth the trip.
We would play this course again in a heartbeat.

Very nice track..a little crowded for a late Sun. Easy walk..very good condition..green are a little slow but true

I really enjoyed this course, but the inside building facility and club house (kitchen and men's locker rooms are awful and disgusting). I chose not to eat here, rather went to Taco Bell around the corner before the game. It was 12:00, lunchtime, not a single person inside and there was obviously a reason. It was characterless, unclean and uninviting. I also wanted to change after the round. The locker room and bathroom are disgusting. I would absolutely never use this restroom and changing area again. It is broken, run-down and not maintained well at all; totally unloved - lockers have old navy peeling paint, grey showing underneath, rusting and torn stickers everywhere, worn out lockers, molding carpet, toilets and basins look like they have never been cleaned. - just disgusting!!