Portland Golf Club
124 W   200 S     Portland, IN 47371 
Pro Shop:   260-726-4646           email:   portlandgc@comcast.net
Scorecard & Hole Descriptions

 
  After you visit us once, you will definitely want to come back to putt on our perfect greens.   The course plays totally different from white to gold tees, so give them both a try.  Don't let the yardage from either the white or gold tees fool you, though.  This is not a course where you pull your driver out on every hole and just grip it and rip it. Your course management skills will be tested.  There can be a lot of tough up and downs on many holes due to elevation and slope.  If you do well on the par 3 holes, you have a chance of scoring well. Players often tell us they used every club in their bag during their 18 hole round.

 

 

 
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Hole #1  Par 4      Gold 349  White 335 
                      HCP 15        Red 275  HCP 11

The shortest of the Par 4 holes.  Plays slightly uphill to a relatively flat green. Often plays directly into the prevailing south wind.  Favor the left side of the fairway.  A chance for a good start.

Hole #2  Par3      Gold 194  White 176 
                      HCP 5        Red 113  HCP 17

Not the hole you want to have to play second.  Entire carry over water with left the only bail-out.  Even from there, though, an up and down is tough.   If you walk away with par, you usually pick up at least one on the field.

Hole #3  Par 4      Gold 401  White 385 
                     HCP 11        Red 284  HCP 5

This hole bends gently left with a green that sits at an angle to the fairway.  Green opens up better from the right side of the fairway.  Look over your putt carefully.  Probably more downhill or breaking than you  realize.

Hole #4  Par 4      Gold 401  White 374 
                   HCP 3        Red 290 HCP 13

90* dogleg left with a blind tee shot.  Come as close to the corner as you wish, but OB is on the left and fairway traps wait for you at the bottom of the hill.   Green slopes severely from back to front with a good amount of slope from right to left.  Another approach that must be below the hole. 

Hole #5  Par 4      Gold 450  White 414 
                  HCP 9        Red 349 HCP 1

Longest par 4 from the Gold.  Avoid right on your drive to stay away from the Pine trees.  Partially blind 2nd shot usually plays into the wind.  Reatively small green, guarded by grass mounds.  The "long time players" tell you to play one less club on your appoach due to the downhill fronting the green. 

Hole #6  Par 5      Gold 485  White 471 
                     HCP 13        Red 401  HCP 7

Even the short hitters have a chance to reach this green in 2 due to its downhill and with the wind approach.  Well guarded by bunkers, for those that want to fly it on.  A big green for a par 5, but it sits at an angle to your approach.  Generous slope from back to front, but a realistic chance for a birdie.

Hole #7  Par 4      Gold 395  White 358
                   HCP 1        Red 343  HCP 9

Trouble lurks everywhere on this hole.  Play it safe and it doglegs left, leaving you a longer club in.  Trying to "cut the corner" brings into play OB, Pine trees, the no-mow, and the pond.  Large green that slopes severely from back to front.  As many big #'s are made on this hole as any on the course.

Hole #8  Par 3      Gold 160  White 129 
                      HCP 17        Red 119  HCP 15

Pick the right club, as this hole usually plays into the wind.  Green is a generous size, but a lot of different slopes await you once you are on.  A miss short or left of this green still gives you a chance for par.

Hole #9  Par 4      Gold 448  White 435 
                    HCP 7        Red 348  HCP 3

The longest of the par 4's from the white tees.  Usually play downwind, so this helps some.  Fairly flat green sits there with nothing protectiving it.  But, with the approach club you are hitting, it is tough to make the ball stay on this green.  A good "press" hole to end the front nine.

Hole #10  Par 4      Gold 363  White 348 
                         HCP 2        Red 289  HCP 12 

Drive usually laid up short of the river.  Too far back, however, leaves an uphill,  medium iron to an extremely sloped  green.  Once you are on this green, your work is just starting.  Small driving area and severely sloping green makes this our 2nd toughest on the back nine.

Hole #11  Par 4      Gold 381  White 370 
                        HCP 6        Red 260  HCP 10

A semi short par 4 with the smallest green on the course.  Elevated just enough to make it a tough up and down if you miss the green.   The fairly flat green does give you a birdie chance here, if you can hit it.

Hole #12  Par 5      Gold 508  White 498 
                        HCP 12        Red 420  HCP 2

Highway 27 on your left and the river to cross on you second shot.  After that, usually a short iron into this extremely sloping back to front green.  A chance for birdie if you keep your approach under the hole.

Hole #13  Par 3      Gold 163  White 150 
                         HCP 16       Red 101  HCP 18

Slightly downhill, with a medium or short iron to a narrow target.  A two level green can make for a fun experience on this green.  Bail out is to the right, but a newly planted tree may make you think twice.

Hole #14  Par 5      Gold 600  White 520 
                       HCP 18       Red 465  HCP 4

Longest hole on the course, but does not usually play that difficult, as you can see by its handicap rating.  Doglegs lightly to the right and a little downhill.  Grass mounds protect this very large green.  Par is often made with a good chance for birdie awaiting.

Hole #15  Par 3      Gold 210  White 168 
                         HCP 10       Red 125  HCP 14

Longest par 3 from the Gold.  Down hill, but often plays into the wind.  This large green is well protected with grass bunkers, sand traps, Pine trees and the no-mow.  Once again, you will find more slope to judge than first meets your eye.

Hole #16  Par 4    Gold 380  White 354 
                        HCP 2        Red 290  HCP 6

The long hitters can clear the creek, leaving them just a short iron.  Most have to lay up, leading to a longer iron or hybrid.  The green is a generous size, but there are may differing slopes on and around this green.  Tough to make par for many.

Hole #17  Par 4      Gold 366  White 344 
                        HCP 14        Red 268  HCP 8

Slightly downhill and usually downwind.  Keep it short or left of the pond, but avoid the no-mow on the left. On your 2nd shot, you must hit enough club to clear the creek, but the slope on this green calls for you to keep your approach below the hole.

Hole #18  Par 3      Gold 194  White 160 
                        HCP 8        Red 120  HCP 16

Unusual to end with a par 3, but it makes for some interesting finishes.  Creek runs along the left, the river hazard is to the right and O.B. is over the green.  A hole where distance control is very crucial.  A lot of bets won or lost on this hole.

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