Portland Golf Club

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Portland Golf Club
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Coordinates 45°28′38″N122°45′46″W / 45.4773°N 122.7627°W / 45.4773; -122.7627
Location Raleigh Hills, Oregon
Elevation230 feet (70 m)
Established1914;110 years ago (1914)
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Events hosted 1946 PGA Championship
1947 Ryder Cup
Portland Open
Portland Classic
Greens Bentgrass
FairwaysWinter Ryegrass
Website portlandgolfclub.com
Designed by George Turnbull,
Robert Trent Jones,
Tom Bendelow
Par 72
Length6,703 yards (6,129 m)
Course rating 72.8
Slope rating 144 [1]
Portland Golf Club Clubhouse and Golf Course
Location Portland, Oregon
NRHP reference No. 100007088
Added to NRHPFebruary 24, 2023 [2]

The Portland Golf Club is a private golf club in the northwest United States, in suburban Portland, Oregon. It is located in the unincorporated Raleigh Hills area of eastern Washington County, southwest of downtown Portland and east of Beaverton.

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PGC was established 110 years ago in the winter of 1914, when a group of nine businessmen assembled to form a new club after leaving their respective clubs. [3] The present site was chosen due to its relation to the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway's interurban railroad line with frequent passenger service to the site because automobiles and roads were few.

The PGA Championship, then a match play competition, was held at the club and won by Ben Hogan in 1946. [4] The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as the Portland Golf Club Clubhouse and Golf Course, in 2023. [2]

Tournaments hosted

TournamentYears
PGA Tour
Portland Open Invitational 1944–45
1947–48
1959–60
1964–65
PGA Championship 1946
Ryder Cup 1947
Western Open 1955
Alcan Golfer of the Year Championship 1969
Fred Meyer Challenge 1986–91
LPGA Tour
Women's Western Open 1934
Portland Classic 1972–73
1975–76
Portland PING Team Championship 1979
Senior PGA Tour
U.S. Senior Open 1982
Amateur
Western Amateur 1931
U.S. Senior Amateur 1999
U.S. Women's Amateur 2015

Major championships for all tours are shown in bold.

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References

  1. "Course Rating and Slope Database™: Portland Golf Club". USGA. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 2/24/2023 through 3/3/2023". National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List. National Park Service. March 3, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  3. Oregonian/OregonLive, Anna Marum | The (2014-03-08). "Portland Golf Club celebrates 100 years - here are 18 holes' worth of fun historical facts". oregonlive. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  4. "The 86th PGA Championship / History / Year by Year". 2005-02-05. Archived from the original on 2005-02-05. Retrieved 2022-08-05.