Mountain View Golf Club

General Course Description

Mountain View Golf Club is an interesting, 18-hole public course to the southeast of Portland, just south of Boring. The course has beautiful old trees and some great views of Mt. Hood. Although a bit short, Mountain View Golf Club has enough turns, trees, and water to make you pay attention. The front side is pretty flat with some rolling fairways, and although there are a lot of trees, you generally can recover. The back side is pretty hilly (starting with the 180-foot drop on number 12) and a bit narrower. Mountain View is a nicely maintained course with good, consistent greens. The course is walkable, but a bit of a workout.

Course History

Jack Waltmire designed and built the course, the front 9 in 1964 and the back side in 1966.

Why It Is There

Jack Waltmire had some land and wanted to build a course. The course now has a pretty loyal following.

I Wish I Would Have Known Before I Played

There are so many turns on the course, you may want to play it twice to get a good feel for it.  On Hole 2, the hard dogleg right is not that far from the tee (before the row of short trees) and there is a ditch that runs across the fairway right after the turn. Holes 14 and 15 have greens with significant back to front slopes (so leave it a little short). And on the 15th hole, a short par 5, with an up-hill, 90 degree dogleg right after the creek that runs through the fairway, if you can fly the creek that’s great, but you don’t have to; there is generally a shot that can cut the bend if you leave it short of the creek.

Did You Know

The par-3 12th hole was named in 2017 as one of the most interesting holes in Oregon by the OGA (because there is a 180-yard drop).

Good For Them

The course conducts two three-day junior camps in the summer and is the practice course for Sandy High School. The course hosts events allowing women to play for half price. Annually, the course hosts a winter “Santa Scramble” tournament to collect toys for local families.

Why Play This Course

An interesting course that is nicely maintained with beautiful trees and views for a fair price.

General

• Type: 18-hole public course
• Price: $$
• Owner: Mt View Golf Club, LLC
• Phone/webpage: (503)663-4869/www.mtviewgolfclub.com
• Address: 27195 SE Kelso Road, Boring, Oregon 97009
• Owner: Mt. View Golf Club, LLC
• Designer: Jack Waltmire
• Pros: Robert Fernandez
• Practice Facilities: Driving range with low compression balls on mats and practice green
• Pro Shop: Good-sized with clothing and equipment
• Food: A full-service restaurant, the Leaderboard, is upstairs in the clubhouse open for lunch and dinner and is a destination dining experience in the area (with a great view of Mt. Hood)
• Bathrooms: In clubhouse there are improved restrooms and showers (bring your own towel). The course has an improved (but a bit beaten) bathroom that you pass on both nines
• Yardage Markers: 200, 150, and 100 stones in fairway (but sometimes difficult to find) as well as in the gravel cart path; pins are color-coded for location
• Clothing: T-shirts and jeans are OK
• Walkable: Hilly on the backside, a bit of a workout
• Spikes: Soft
• Shoe Cleaning: Air hose and brushes
• Rentals: All
• Open all year