Heron Lakes Golf Club - Greenback Course

Went at 3:10 tee time in early October and pace of play was so slow had to call it on the 13th as Sun was setting. But course was gorgeous and really want to come back! Just probably won’t pick afternoon on one of the last nice days of the year lol

The pace of play started off slow due to others not playing ready golf. Other than that everything was very smooth

I really want to like this golf course. I've played it four times I think. And from what I can tell Golf in the Portland/Vancouver area near the state lines is just difficult to find value. A lot of the courses are nine whole courses, and a majority of those courses in the entire area have an unfamiliar amount of walking golfers. Maybe it's just me, but on the East Coast we are not used to 75% of the golfers walking. For us it's more like 90% of the golfers are in the cart. so I'm really struggling to give a fair evaluation because it's so unfamiliar to me. But the course layout and the course itself is good. You play a lot of holes that run side-by-side and perpendicular, which is fine because it allows you a little bit of room to miss. But waiting on every single shot for an entire day was just too much for me to enjoy. I think the golfers in front of me actually played at a pretty good pace, considering they were walking. But four minutes to get to their ball and then start a shot process was just too much. Maybe I'm jealous because I'm too lazy to walk 18 holes. The clubhouse and amenities are very very basic. Nothing extra but most everything you need is there. Maybe 30 years out of date. if there was a time of day restriction on walking or carts, maybe it would help. But just parking at this facility is an absolute disaster. There are cars parked on top of the curbs, pulled up on the piles of sand, parked in every possible location you can put a vehicle, they have cars parked in this place. It is a free-for-all but honestly, in the area there aren't a lot of 18 hole public golf courses to play. So this becomes one of the few options.

also, I did not love that I booked the teatime on Golf now at somewhere around $50 and then when I got there, they asked me if I was wanting a cart and then charge me another 15 or so dollars. I guess it's my fault for assuming that in 2025 playing golf in green fees covered utilizing a cart. I'm sure there was some fine print that I missed. But on 99% of my other bookings, that's not even a consideration. A little bit of a cheap shot in the financials i think.

But this is probably a $40 $50 golf course in most areas of the country. $65 to ride while everyone else is walking and play a five hour round of golf is just not what anyone is looking for.

The Greenback wa in remarkable shape for the amount of play it gets. Some tees were pretty raggedy and should mget sanded and seeded at leawst twice a week. Greens were awesome. I fixed at least five fresh ballmarks on every green, but with the large size of the greens this isnt bad.

Solid course for $ and greens were smooth and quick!

Even though it was extremely hot, we all had a great time. The greens were clean and fast.

It’s a well maintained public course with really fast greens. The traps could use some work thouhh

We came from Texas to play here. The course layout was the best part of the course. Very challenging and different hole layouts made it interesting. The greens were very fast which was also was a great opportunity to try to score well. I would recommend this to other golfers for the price.

I generally have Heron in my top 2 or 3 courses in the Portland area. The soil is good, not all areas get watered, and Bunkers need NOT TO BE!

Pace of place was poor because other group were horrible and we constantly had to find their tee shots for them.

My son lost his wedge and NO ONE turned it in. C’mon people!

Course is in good shape, moderate difficulty. Fun to play.

Not a long course. It does require you to hit a lot of fades off the tee. Not my forte so a bit of a challenge. Per usual I landed in the fairway bunker on #5 located on the left. Not a drawers course. That said, the par 5s are reachable in 2 so that makes it fun

The greens were pretty good shape, nit too fast.

The fairways were mowed well - the ball ran quite well

Pace of play was good, started on time!