Heron Lakes Golf Club - Great Blue Course

I was disappointed in the condition of the greens. I dont think they were cut that day and there were a lot of ball marks making them pretty bumpy. I just played the Reserve, Pumpkin and Tualatin so that is hard to compare but the greens were terrible in comparison. The latout is great the course is very challenging but the poor condition of the greens was a problem. I played here once in 2014 and the greens were fine but not so much this year

Course is in great shape, however, the sand traps could use some work. Most don't have any fluffy sand so you can't hit out of them as you normally would. There are A LOT of traps and the inconsistency of them is a challenge. We saw the drink lady on the 2nd hole and didn't see her again until we were approaching the 18th. Since there is no easy way to stop at the turn to buy drinks it was a thirsty round for us. There are water fountains on the course so you won't die but we don't happened to be a fan of public drinking fountains. Make sure to pack your own drinks and snacks.

Fairways and greens were great, considering we're in very dry and hot season. Hope it was well water they used because the water table is fairly high at this location.

For a city run course just excellent. Well maintained and well run. Close to river. Lots of water but forgiving. Plant to hit this one next time I'm in Portland.

The course was not in very good condition. There were many burnt out areas in the fairway, especially on the back. The bunkers were horrible, very little sand in the bottom of the traps which prevented making a routine bunker shot as the club bounced off the dirt . and the greens had just been "needle tined." Wish I had of known that before making the reservation. Very disappointed in this outstanding layout-needs a lot of work.

Fairways green, course does good job keeping watered and playable.

The course is in great condition. The sand in the bunkers is very playable

Greens could have been better.
Beverage cart, could have come by more than once.

Great value for under $20 a round with a "hot deal." Marshals were friendly and informative, and they made their presence known on the course to keep the pace up as much as possible. The greens were a little more beat up than normal from people not fixing their ball marks, so I fixed 3-4 every hole. My biggest complaint would be that it was a sweltering 91 degrees out and I only saw the drink cart once, and that was right before the turn, so it was virtually pointless. They could have made quite a bit from my foursome alone if they had been out.
All in all, heron lakes is one of the best public facilities in the portland area, and the two courses offer something for every skill level.

Greens were a little slow but weren't cut yet. Fairways were excellent. Course played great but wish the greens were quicker.

Has been a while since I've played this course, essentially the same, great shape and good pace of play.

Two great courses, totally different from each other. Good challenge, great condition. Really enjoy it.

Course was in good shape, but the greens were not completely healed from the plugging wounds so putting was a challenge. Had a great time.

8-10 after spring plug and sanding. Still 'healing' but a nice day; just can't take putting too seriously

I, d like to play my group. Because of staff, the dream went off ~~

The corse is vary good but the bathrooms were not good and the water from the fountain was vary poor but over all good corse and vary nice whether

Fairway... Wasn't good enough to play. Few grass, lots of mud. Poor facilities especially no air gun, one of two was out of order..one was too weak.

everything was frozen solid. hard to keep balls on the greens. but, had a great time. interesting watching balls hit the water holes and slide across the ice. had a ball hit the ice on #4 just short of geen bounced up and 12 feet from flag. great time, bad score. no food in club house.

Walked the blues (6491/71.9/137) in 4.5H on Veteran's Day afternoon on a prepaid Golf Now Hot Deal for $15. Played as a 3some & waited nearly every shot on the 3some in front of us in very windy conditions, 30-50 mph gusts kept most of the golfers away. The greens putted really nice, firm and medium fast. Definitely well above average for a city course. There are many pin positions on these greens where you better be on the correct level or side of the pin, or a 3 putt is likely. The fairways were nicely maintained with generally lush lies. However, due to the wet conditions, the ball would plug easily. The rough was lush and the ball would settle down. It was tough to advance more than a middle iron on most shots if you missed the fairway. I hit numerous 5 and 6 iron 2nd shots just setting up a wedge/chip on my 3rd shot. The combination of wet conditions and very high winds made reaching many holes in regulation impossible if you missed the fairway. The tees were decent, above average for a public course that gets a lot of play. The only thing below average was the sand traps, they were downright poor. They could use some new, additional sand and they had not been raked/maintained in at least a couple of days. Challenging layout with zero homes that you can see from anywhere on this course. Occasionally you will have railroad or racetrack noise, but this track and it's sister Greenbelt course (not as demanding in my opinion) are pretty isolated considering they are less than 10 miles from downtown Portland along the Columbia River. This layout has lots of red/yellow hazards (combination of wooded areas, lakes & marshland) that you have to avoid on nearly every hole, plus an above average amount of sand traps. Only a few holes have water stations and there was no drink/food cart. This course is definitely worth playing, especially for under $20.

Enjoyed playing even with the extreme wind we had that day. Will play again when weather is better.