Best Public Golf Courses in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon · Bob Cupp (1992) · 18 holes · Par 71 · 6,839 yards

Host of the 1996 U.S. Amateur (Tiger Woods won) and 2015 U.S. Women's Open, Ghost Creek is the public course at Pumpkin Ridge near Portland. The Bob Cupp design winds through dense Pacific Northwest forest with ferns, creeks, and towering Douglas firs creating a lush woodland atmosphere.

Aloha, Oregon · Bob Cupp (1997) · 18 holes · Par 72 · 6,827 yards

A Bob Cupp design in the Tualatin Valley west of Portland, the Reserve North Course winds through mature Oregon trees with vineyard views and the Tualatin Mountains as a backdrop. The accessible public layout offers a refined parkland experience with well-maintained bent grass surfaces and strategic bunkering.

Aurora, Oregon · John Fought & Robert Cupp (1995) · 18 holes · Par 71 · 6,931 yards

A Fought-Cupp collaboration south of Portland, Langdon Farms is consistently rated among the top public courses in Oregon. The links-influenced layout through open farmland features deep pot bunkers, native fescue, and the Willamette Valley's characteristic wind, creating a strategic test that rewards creativity.

Portland, Oregon · Tom Doak (2001) · 18 holes · Par 71 · 6,633 yards

Widely ranked as the #1 public course in America, Pacific Dunes is Tom Doak's links masterpiece perched on the bluffs above the Pacific Ocean at Bandon Dunes Resort. The routing — which hugs the cliff edge for multiple holes — recalls the great seaside links of Scotland and Ireland, but in an utterly wild Oregon setting.

Portland, Oregon · David McLay Kidd (1999) · 18 holes · Par 72 · 6,732 yards

The course that started it all — David McLay Kidd's original Bandon Dunes layout put Oregon on the world golf map. The links-style design on the rugged southern Oregon coast features tumbling dune terrain, gorse-lined fairways, and multiple oceanfront holes that define bucket-list golf.

Portland, Oregon · Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (2005) · 18 holes · Par 71 · 6,765 yards

The Coore & Crenshaw entry at Bandon Dunes routes through coastal forest, open meadow, and dune land — offering the most varied terrain of any course at the resort. While it lacks the ocean views of Pacific Dunes, many consider it the most strategically interesting layout at Bandon.

Portland, Oregon · Tom Doak & Jim Urbina (2010) · 18 holes · Par 71 · 6,942 yards

A tribute to the template holes of Charles Blair Macdonald, Old Macdonald is Tom Doak's second design at Bandon. The wide, strategic layout features massive greens, deep pot bunkers, and expansive ocean views — recreating Macdonald's timeless hole concepts in a Pacific Northwest setting.

Portland, Oregon · Bob Cupp (1995) · 18 holes · Par 72 · 7,693 yards

Part of the Sunriver Resort in Central Oregon, Crosswater is a Bob Cupp design that plays through meadow, marshland, and along the Deschutes and Little Deschutes rivers. At 7,693 yards from the tips, it's one of the longest resort courses in the Pacific Northwest, with Cascade Mountain views providing a stunning backdrop.

Portland, Oregon · David McLay Kidd (2008) · 18 holes · Par 72 · 7,298 yards

A David McLay Kidd design in Bend with panoramic views of the Cascade volcanoes — Broken Top, South Sister, and Bachelor. The Scottish links-inspired layout on volcanic soil features firm, fast conditions unusual for the Pacific Northwest, with fescue fairways and creative green sites.

Portland, Oregon · Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (2020) · 18 holes · Par 72 · 6,734 yards

The newest addition to Bandon Dunes, Sheep Ranch is a Coore & Crenshaw design with the most dramatic ocean exposure of any course at the resort. Nearly every hole offers Pacific Ocean views, and many play directly along the cliff edge. The wide, strategic layout with minimal rough evokes the spirit of early links golf.