About
Chehalem Glenn Golf Club sprawls across beautifully hilly terrain, providing a course that is not for the faint of heart. The course is defined by the dramatic changes in elevation, which can make it tough to walk. The steep hills make this a tough golf course even for high handicappers. Uphill, downhill, and sidehill lies abound and you'll also face forced carries to narrow landing areas as well as blind layup shots. The more open front nine is player friendly and the back nine is where it gets tougher with mostly tree-lined holes and more strategically placed bunkers. The golf course is as scenic as it is challenging with elevated tees and greens that overlooks the surrounding hills and valleys. The beauty and difficulty of the course has built Chehalem Glenn Golf Club a reputation as one of the greater Portland area's must-play courses.
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Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by Bigvern13 on 07/30/2026
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A little Foggy. Photo submitted by peapa069 on 12/22/2023
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Photo submitted by Luke6274545 on 02/27/2023
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Photo submitted by u314161774875 on 08/05/2022
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Photo submitted by u314162384607 on 12/19/2021
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Beautiful Photo submitted by u314161747422 on 07/04/2021
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Photo submitted by DameonB on 05/31/2021
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Photo submitted by RyanBam on 08/31/2020
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Photo submitted by RyanBam on 08/31/2020
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Days End. Photo submitted by JWPRl6kRaGr6WAz3RFSx on 12/17/2019
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4th green. Pretty typical of the course. That’s my ball by the pin from about 190 yds. Not bad, made for eagle. Photo submitted by markmcnwa on 11/20/2019
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Beautiful morning for golf Photo submitted by AllenGoodall on 09/08/2015
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Chehalem Glenn Golf Course Photo submitted by AllenGoodall on 09/08/2015
Golfer Reviews
Great course, very challenging
A lot of ravines with a downhill lie. Very challenging but totally worth it! Will come back again to get some redemption.
3rd time there
I'd hit this course more often if it wasn't an hour drive to get there, for me. The practice facility is a plus, and the holes are different enough given the terrain. Overall, I enjoy playing this course.
A good day.
The course was in great shape, just a couple greens were sub-optimal. Recent changes have made it more player friendly, especially the back nine.
Greens
Wonderful course, only issue is poa has really gotten into greens, makes them bumpy, need to firm up, roll, and mow a bit shorter, otherwise great course, challenging
Brutal walk
Go golfing or go hiking, don’t try both unless you’re training for special forces. The golf now price made the hour drive worth it but not sure I would make the drive to play this course again for the regular rates.
Challenging Course
Fine golf course. Much tougher than I expected. I should have paid a little more attention to the course rating!!.
Bunkers Improving
The course is playing great. Realize the plug and sanding was later than usual but the rain in April was pretty heavy. The grounds crew is working diligently to get the bunkers back in shape. Hey I thought the object was to stay out of the bunkers anyway...
Bunkers
The bunkers are in horrible shape and should be marked ground under repair! Greens where plugged late but once they heal will put well. Someone needs to get on the superintendent to dedicate time and effort into getting the bunkers into a respectable shape as they are currently looking like a trailer park lawn.
Poor condition
They charged full price for a course that had weeds in every sand trap, half the traps were closed for ground under repair. The greens were recently plugged and the fairways were recently plugged and sanded. There were no beverage/snack carts. Poor value. Disappointing.
I have played here multiple times and the staff is always very cordial and friendly.
A little neglected
I've played this course several times, the tees, fairways and rough were in great shape. The greens had just been punched, and the course gave a $10 credit to be used on the next round. What was disappointing was that the bunkers haven't been touched since last season. The sand was hard packed and full of weeds and patches of grass.
Poor course conditions
When we got there they told us they had punched the greens and fairways. For the first week in May this should have been done much earlier so the course was ready for peak play.. Putting was impossable so we just took 2 strokes and walked on.
Also fairway bunkers had weeds and little to no sand.
Fix the sand traps
A great day for golf and always a challenging course, but when are they going to fix the traps and make them playable. Several were marked as ground under repair. Many unmarked traps were either like concrete, a moonscape or were about 10-20% tufts of grass. It is the one thing holding this course back.
My kryptonite
Whenever I think I’ve got my game together, I go walk Chehalem and get humbled. It’s as tough a course to walk as any in Portland. The elevation changes are extreme. Beautiful course but one of the hardest to walk. I actually shot my personal best on it last week. They’ve punched and sanded the greens so they’ll be slow for another week or so.
Wet Weather Golf
It had not rained in a few days and the fairways were in good shape. If you were off the fairway, almost a guaranteed plunged ball in the long grass and difficult to find. I would not recommend playing this course in the wet weather.
Great Course
For about a 12-15 handicap player, this course is challenging but yet really fun. It’s not a flat course so it makes you think a lot so make sure your yardage is down before you play here or you’ll have a long day. Don’t hit it into the bunkers because it’s not maintained very well (it’s still winter right now). Bottom line, this course is worth it and I’d come here all the time if I never lived an hour away.
Great Course/Wrong Season
This is really wonderful course I’m looking forward to playing it in dryer conditions. Lot of plugged balls led to a 6 hour round of golf. Other than that the course was outstanding.