Red/Yellow at Charbonneau Golf Club

Charbonneau is a lovely community with 3 nine hole, par 33 courses at its heart designated Red, Green, and Yellow. On the day we played, we played Green and Yellow. The course is short (there are no Par 5s) and easy to walk. The layout has some challenges even for experienced golfers. If you play from the back tees, as we did, you have to make some very fine shots to GIR; plenty of strategically placed trees, hazards, and bunkers. Some of the Par 3s are over 200 yards. Most greens are well guarded with green side bunkers.

The course is very pretty visually and usually well maintained but on this outing the greens were extremely poor - sparsely grassed, coarse, and very sandy, they were slow, bumpy, and, worst of all, inconsistent. Needless to say putting was horrible. So bad in fact that we simply dispensed with it eventually.

There was no aeration alert on GolfNow but, to be fair, it didn't look like aeration is what clobbered these greens.

I have played Charbonneau several times in the past and the greens were always in good shape. So I was much surprised and dismayed this outing. We won't write Charbonneau off over this one misstep but I will certainly check greens conditions personally before I rebook.

I got a great early bird special. Well worth it. I enjoyed the course.

The greens were in great shape for April. The rough was well kept and mowed. There were less golfers out than I expected that early and it made for an enjoyable round.

Par 4s easy, Par 3s challenging. Chance to hit lots of long irons.

Well maintained. Great value. Will play here again

Our round would have been much more enjoayble if it weren't for the terribly slow, unbelievably rude threesome in front of us. They were oblivious to anyone else on the course as well as to their snails like pace.
It was clear after the round they were regulars as they were yukking it up with the staff.

Short 9 hole courses, but there are three of them. Meanders through beautiful housing development. Well maintained, pretty straight-forward with no novelty or better than average interesting holes. Greens are "normal" - maintained well but not overly fast making STRAIGHT putts necessary. Gets pretty boggy when raining.

First time vistor.

Easy walkable short course to enjoy. Dont need cart with this great golfnow value.
The course is nice and green. The greens has a few postage stamp size for testing your accuracy and shot making ability. Not very long holes. I didnt need a driver at all. All par 3's and 4's.
Some natural aspects came into play. Tree branches, leaves, and some water.

Overall. A very enjoyable walking round. My new playing partner was a golfnow customer just like me. He was a delightful gentleman that makes "walking on" a positive at this course. Hey, even the four ladies in front of let us play through, while they handled their "fireball". That was cute to see, brought a smile to a fella knowing they're doing what I would be doing with four buddies on a golf course.

Like Arnold said " I'll be back".

The course is not difficult but it is allways enjoyable to play

No aeration alert given by either the course or golfnow.com. Why playing on a course full of sands from tee box to green paying the full price? More than half of the holes were shortened by about fifty yards due to heavy sands on tee boxes. Had I know the facts, I wouldn't have played there.

Charbonneau is very easy to get to, with 3 nine hole layouts, all a little different with challenges. Although they are all par 31, w/ no par 5's, the courses are all challenging enough for men, women of all ages.
I try and play there as often as I can

Great course for locals. My only beef is that pace of play is not monitored at all regardless of what the score card says. It can take a long time to play a round. Have your smart phone charged up to kill some time between holes.

Long par 3's and short par 4's makes for a fun outing. Still, too much goose goo here and there, but what are ya gonna do-do?

The course is in very good condition. The practice areas are quite good. The holes are short, but they do test your skills. This is the best course in the Portland area for older golfers.

Played the red and green (9 hole) courses. The red course seemed easier; fewer sand traps and water hazards.

No par 5's on this course. If I recall correctly only 1 hole over 300 yards.

The course is fairly level, and it's well-maintained. Played in a foursome with others in front of us who were a little slow at times, but it moved along OK overall. Keep in mind the course is situated within a retirement community-there were plenty of golfers out and it was mid-week. I would play there again.

Well maintained, easy to walk, wonderful trees (yes, I hit a few), water too. Plenty of challenges.

Great condition. For an executive course it has it's challenges with sand traps and water.

Great place to walk and work on your short game. Not crowded at all.

We had a great time. This is an executive course, no par 5 s, but it has some really good par 3 s. Course was in great shape. Will play here again.

This is a great course to play for practice in the summer but I have been there in the FAll and Spring and it is soggy and the greens aren't well maintained mostly because it is so wet. It has par 3 holes and short par 4s which for me, an intermediate player, makes a cheap course to practice especially if you get a hot deal on golfnow. It has a driving range and lots of trees but has houses all around. A good course to walk for exercise and short hole practice.