Heron Lakes Golf Club - Great Blue Course

Went out last Sunday late afternoon. I should have known better. Still really wet. Total mudfest. I would say hold off until we dry out a little more. Otherwise, I always enjoy this course. Great value

This Robert Trent Jones course is always a challenge, however yesterday it was not only a challenge, but it was in the best shape I have ever seen it. A great course at a great price. I will be back

If you like mowers stalking you on every hole and the roar of race cars, this is your place. The course is great, greet layout and in really good shape. Nothing can be done about the racetrack being right next to four holes. But we encountered mowers on EVERY HOLE ON THE BACK NINE! We had to wait for them to move on many holes and (I swear I'm not exaggerating) there were three mowers and a utility vehicle on the 17 th fairway at the same time we were playing it. Needless to say this affected everyone in our group. This was the hottest day of the year and we teed off pretty early to avoid the heat (like many others). You'd think thud could wait until the heat of the day to mow when it's less crowded.

So even though I like this course a lot, I'd think twice before re-booking here. Especially with all Portland has to offer.

They let me tee off in the middle of a tournament event so the play was incredibly slow. It would of been better if they told us about the tournament of space the tee times further apart. But I guess they need to make $ too.

It was hot out 93' wind was 10-15 mph

But you could not hold these greens even with a wedge

The water comes in play with the dry fairways, but it was fun.

Staff always friendly!

Greens are bumpy and inconsistent. Green side bunkers didn't have much sand. Pace of play was slow. A group of five were in front of us, they had a money game going with 3 carts, they were extremely slow and very loud and obnoxious. This was a hot deal on golf now $17.

10 minutes from downtown Portland you'd never know it. These courses are fun to play! Challenging yet for some reason I always have fun. The blue course is more challenging than the greenback in my opinion, but both are worth the play!

Course was fantastic, pace too. Range and clubhouse could use some updating, but overall a great place to spend a few hours.

This course has some challenging holes. It was fun. The course played pretty fast which made the balls roll nicely. The greens were somewhat inconsistent in speed but overall they were good.

For the price you can't beat this Robert Trent Jones course. Look forward to playing again on a weekday.

Best public course in Portland metro. But high handicappers should remember their manners and keep moving regardless of difficulties. Don't expect to break 100 unless your handicap is under 20.

The course is wide open with few shade trees. A great walk, but perhaps not on a hot day.

This is one of the hardest courses in the area. Has taken me some time to learn how to play. Greens are always good. Final 4 holes are tough. The pin on 17 was ridiculous. Only bad part of the day besides the wind and lack of focus

I knew better than to play this course in the winter but I wanted to see if anything changed. Nothing has changed. Since this course was built on a wetlands it doesn't take much rain or moisture to make this course soggy and muddy. I lost balls in the middle of the fairway due to plugging in the mud. Surprisingly the course was busy.
Not 1 bunker was raked. Why? Every other course I have played this winter has had their bunkers prepared for play.
I'll be back in August after things dry out a couple of months. In the meantime I will stay at Stone Creek and the OGA.

great course, great time....

We played the front in 1 hr. 45 min. 2 hr 30 min. on the back!? Most courses this time of year have good rates for all you can golf later in the day with a cart, no marshal to supervise! Sooo what do you think, people jumping from hole to hole, playing in front of you, driving the golf carts wherever they want, etc. etc. making the back nine much longer and frustrating!

Every city should be so lucky to have a 36 hole facility like this. The Great Blue is interesting, challenging, in great shape and has friendly staff working there.

Be careful on the par 3's. Two of them are directly over water with no bail out and one of them was set up on this day so it was impossible to carry. Nonetheless, this is a great course that I love every time I get a chance to play it. Only thing I don't care for is the amount of water on this course but that's a minor thing if you hit the ball straight.

The course was in great shape and we had a great round. We had to wait on every hole, which was the only downside.

Small undulating greens. Good variety of holes - doglegs, long and short. If you like tree-lined courses this isn't it. Tough track with lots of water and even more bunkers. Par 3s are extremely tough with forced carries over water. Handicap of par 3s is all wrong. #11 is not the easiest hole in the course!

I was extremely disappointed by the poor customer service. When I checked in the two pros at the shop were talking to each other while I stood there for 5 minutes and said can someone help me. Then I got a dirty look and checked in. The front 9 taking 2 hrs and 40 min! I went into the shop and told Nick Popovicci that I wanted a refund for our back 9 because I did not have the time or patients to for a round to take over 5 and a half hours! He said “well it is what it is and 2.5+ hrs for 9 holes is our course standard.” I asked him why they didn’t have a ranger moving people along, or why they might have over booked tee times and he gave me some rude answer. At one point we had 3 groups waiting on a tee box. I told him I was upset that he didn’t even offer a sorry or we apologize for the inconvenience. I told him I didn’t fly from NC to play your course to be treated like this and he said well I don’t know what to tell you. I will never return to your course again. This club needs to fire him before you lose more guests and need to have some training on customer service.

Quality was terrible, the driving range or lack thereof was nothing but a mud pit with zero grass. When I attempted to hit a few balls in front of the rope an employee asked me to hit behind the rope. The balls were all chewed up and dirty as well. Not to mention how could you have a golf course next to a race track!? The entire round I heard nothing but motorcycles racing. They also had people playing in jean shorts and cut off tank tops. Save your time and money.

I had fun but the course was tore up from their men's club championship. They should have sand/seed on carts to fix divots on fairways. Lots of ball marks on the greens that were not fixed. No cold water on course and it was hot..