Oregon

The Oregon Golf Club is a modern entry to the Portland area’s fine collection of private clubs, designed by one of the area’s most celebrated golfers: seven-time PGA Tour winner Pete Jacobsen. Either he or the founders of the club were well-attuned to the geography of the region but either way, the course manages to fit in many of the area’s signature features across its 7,000 yards.

The club is located in Oregon’s wine country, and a number of wineries surround the property. During several holes on the front nine, “out of bounds left” will be in the form of vineyards. Who knows what accents a TaylorMade TP5 brings to a cabernet sauvignon? Aim right so you don’t find out! The paucity of vineyards owe their existence to the Willamette River, which wanders past the eastern border of the property, and serves as a scenic backdrop for several of the holes on the back nine in particular.

This back nine also brings into play the region’s ponderosa pines, which serve as fairway corridors on some of these holes. They’re beautiful and fragrant but, like the aforementioned vineyards, better seen and not played into.