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.
 | |
| Club information | |
|---|---|
   | |
| Coordinates | 45.477°N 122.763°W |
| Location | Raleigh Hills, Oregon |
| Elevation | 230 feet (70 m) |
| Established | 1914 |
| Type | Private |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Tournaments hosted | 1946 PGA Championship 1947 Ryder Cup Portland Open Portland Classic |
| Greens | Bentgrass |
| Fairways | Winter Ryegrass |
| Website | portlandgolfclub.com |
| Designed by | George Turnbull, Robert Trent Jones, Tom Bendelow |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,703 yards (6,129 m) |
| Course rating | 72.8 |
| Slope rating | 144 [1] |
PGC was established 106 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
| Tournament | Years |
|---|---|
| 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.
References
- "Course Rating and Slope Database™: Portland Golf Club". USGA. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- Strite, Dick (August 26, 1946). "Ben Hogan stages great comeback to take PGA classic from Ed Oliver". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2.
- "Ben Hogan wins Open with new PGA record". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. October 1, 1945. p. 6.
- "Ryder Cup matches begin over rain-soaked course". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). United Press. November 1, 1947. p. 7.
- 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.