Portland Golf Club

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.

Portland Golf Club
Club information
Coordinates45.477°N 122.763°W / 45.477; -122.763
LocationRaleigh Hills, Oregon
Elevation230 feet (70 m)
Established1914 (1914)
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Tournaments hosted1946 PGA Championship
1947 Ryder Cup
Portland Open
Portland Classic
GreensBentgrass
FairwaysWinter Ryegrass
Websiteportlandgolfclub.com
Designed byGeorge Turnbull,
Robert Trent Jones,
Tom Bendelow
Par72
Length6,703 yards (6,129 m)
Course rating72.8
Slope rating144 [1]

PGC was established 107 years ago in the winter of 1914, when a group of nine businessmen assembled to form a new club after leaving their respective clubs. 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 in 1946. Ben Hogan, age 34, overcame an early deficit in the 36-hole final match on August 25 to win 6 & 4;[2] it was the first of his nine major titles. He had won the Portland Open the previous year in early autumn with a score of 261 (–27).[3] The following year, PGC hosted the Ryder Cup matches of 1947, the first renewal in a decade, due to World War II. The U.S. team defeated Great Britain 11 to 1 in wet conditions in early November.[4][5]

Tournaments hosted

TournamentYears
PGA Tour
Portland Open Invitational1944–45
1947–48
1959–60
1964–65
PGA Championship1946
Ryder Cup1947
Western Open1955
Alcan Golfer of the Year Championship1969
Fred Meyer Challenge1986–91
LPGA Tour
Women's Western Open1934
Portland Classic1972–73
1975–76
Portland PING Team Championship1979
Senior PGA Tour
U.S. Senior Open1982
Amateur
Western Amateur1931
U.S. Senior Amateur1999
U.S. Women's Amateur2015

Major championships for all tours are shown in bold.

See also

References

  1. "Course Rating and Slope Database™: Portland Golf Club". USGA. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  2. Strite, Dick (August 26, 1946). "Ben Hogan stages great comeback to take PGA classic from Ed Oliver". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2.
  3. "Ben Hogan wins Open with new PGA record". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. October 1, 1945. p. 6.
  4. "Ryder Cup matches begin over rain-soaked course". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). United Press. November 1, 1947. p. 7.
  5. Wood, Hal (November 3, 1947). "British Ryder Cuppers smothered in singles play; lose Cup matches, 11-1". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. p. 7.
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