McMenamins Edgefield Pub Courses

General Course Description

McMenamins Edgefield Pub Courses are part of a food, beer, wine, spirts, music, hotel, and 3-par complex about 15 miles east of downtown Portland. McMenamins Edgefield Pub Courses are two 3-par courses, one with 20 holes (the West Course) and the other with 9 holes (the East Course). The courses wind around the back and sides of McMenamins Edgefield hotel, restaurants, brewery, and distillery. Tee boxes are mats. Holes are generally short and go up and down the hillside (some sharply), affording views of the Columbia. The main issues are the blackberry bushes (but not as many as in past years). Although hilly, the course is very short and walkable.

Course History

Originally an 18-hole par 3 built in 1998 (now mostly the East Course). Redesigned in 2007. Originally, the East course was 12 holes, but 3 holes were part of the seating area for the concert grounds. In the early 2020s, those 3 holes were dropped from the East Course, and they improved both courses by removing a lot of blackberry bushes, improving the mats and basis of the tee boxes, and improving the angles of the tee boxes to the holes. From 1911 to 1982, the property was the county poor farm (and the course was farmland for the poor farm). The building was almost destroyed, but was saved by the McMenamin brothers. The building is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

Why It Is There

Built as part of the McMenamins Edgefield complex.

I Wish I Would Have Known Before I Played

The parking lot and pro shop are in the back of the complex. Sometimes it is better to use a putter off a tee.

Did You Know

The foundations near the first few holes on the West Course are what is left of outbuildings for the poor farm. The garden you pass on the last two holes of the East Course produces produce for the restaurants. When they removed a lot of the blackberry bushes, they found a lot of balls. By one count, on one day, they found over 1,250 balls under the bushes.

Why Play This Course

Come out for fun (even with those who do not play golf), and enjoy the local products (including the lemonade; but the beer is pretty darn good).

General

• Type: Two short public par-3 courses, one 20-hole and the other 9-hole
• Price: $
• Phone/webpage: (503)669-8610/www.mcmenamins.com/edgefield-golf-reservations-rentals
• Address:  2126 SW Halsey Street, Troutdale, Oregon 97060
• Owner: McMenamins, Inc.
• Designer: Mike McMenamin (original 18); Curt Morgan (2007 remodel)
• Pros: None
• Practice Facilities: Putting green
• Pro Shop: Minimal (balls and tees)
• Food: Pro shop is a pub (it has drinks and some food); picnic tables, some covered, around the clubhouse; several good restaurants in the Edgefield complex
• Bathrooms: Improved in pro shop, none on course
• Yardage Markers: None except on the tee
• Clothing: Nothing illegal
• Walkable: A little hilly but walkable
• Spikes: Soft
• Shoe Cleaning: None
• Rentals: Some clubs (no power carts allowed)
• Open year-round

	Yards	Par
West Course (20 holes)	1263	60
East Course (9 holes)	522	27