JUNE 2020
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PLACES TO PLAY
Mountain View Boring, OR Established in 1964, Mountain View Golf Club offers an 18-hole golf experience filled with characteristic holes and breathtaking views of beautiful Mt. Hood. to host outside fundraiser events, it’s a place golfers are willing to drive to regularly. The challenge really starts from the very first hole, with a tight tee shot guarded on the right by trees and OB stakes. From there, the course continues to give you tight looks off the tee until you get to the turn and things open up a bit. Course conditions, especially the greens, are excellent. Despite its rural location, Mountain View is a course that just about everyone in the Portland, Oregon area has played. Thanks to excellent rates and the club’s willingness
Mountain View’s signature hole is the par-three 12th. Voted the second most interesting hole in Oregon by the public in the Oregon Golf Association’s “Most
TPC Harding Park
Interesting Hole Series” in 2017, it’s a 184yard shot from the blue tees (pictured right). Regulars tell you that whatever club you hit on the 140-yard 10th hole is the same club you’ll hit on the 12th hole. It drops nearly 200-feet from tee to green In addition to great golf, Mountain View also offers a covered driving range, a chipping area, and generous putting green. The local professionals are available for lessons and can get you the latest gear from their large pro shop. The clubhouse also features a turn-stand, a breakfast/lunch cafe, and a full restaurant.
San Francisco, CA
Offering an unparalleled level of play and challenge for golfers of every ability. If you’re going to visit Pebble Beach, chances are you’ll fly into the San Francisco area and then drive out to Monterey. If you fly in early enough, it’s probably a good idea to get a warm-up round in before challenging golf on the coast. TPC Harding Park, a municipal championship course, is the perfect spot to stop. The Harding Park Course was substantially renovated in 2005 to better suit it for PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions events. The restoration of Harding Park focused on maintaining the course’s integrity and
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unique characteristics while enhancing the original layout designed by worldrenowned golf architects Willie Watson and Sam Whiting in 1925. Set against the cypress tree-lined Lake Merced, the improved Harding Park Course layout features soft bunkers and graceful undulating fairways. An additional 400 yards was also added to the course to make it a championshipcaliber golf facility ready for PGA TOUR action. Since that renovation, the course has hosted two World Golf Championship events, the 2009 President’s Cup, and three PGA Champions Tour events.
