RiverRidge at 25: A complex celebration
The trees were more like bushes when Ric Jeffries started to plant them, 25 years ago, on a stretch of fertile farmland along the Willamette River.
The trees were more like bushes when Ric Jeffries started to plant them, 25 years ago, on a stretch of fertile farmland along the Willamette River.
CRESWELL — On the practice range at Emerald Valley Golf Course, Ashton Eaton paused for a short break after hitting golf balls for a while.
BANDON — As she hikes through the Bandon State Natural Area a few miles south of Bandon on the Oregon Coast, Sherri Laier sees things that most others miss. The pawprints of a critter. A colorful tree frog. A tiny young plant, poking through the ground. Different types of lichen. Mushrooms.
FLORENCE — The future seems bright for Ocean Dunes Golf Links, the picturesque and challenging 18-hole public golf course that wends its way through the dunes and trees on the eastern side of Florence.
BEND — The most unforgettable hole on the golf course designed by Tom Fazio at Pronghorn Golf Resort was an unexpected surprise. To Fazio, that is.
As a student of the game, Tokatee golf pro Dan King knew all about the famous golf courses in Northern Ireland and Ireland — courses like Royal Portrush, Ballybunion and Royal County Down.
Steve Nosler didn’t want a memorial service. Fair enough, but golf in Oregon certainly will find a way to ensure that this patron of the game is remembered.
CRESWELL — On road trips when he played for the University of Oregon golf team, Justin St. Clair would try to get the seat on the airplane next to assistant coach Al Mundle.
BLACK BUTTE RANCH — As he tramped around the Glaze Meadow Golf Course a couple of years ago, John Fought realized how much he wanted the job of redesigning the 30-year-old course at the popular resort 100 miles east of Eugene.
So as the weather warms, you’ve just pulled your old golf clubs out of the garage closet, taken them out to the practice range or even played a couple of rounds, and realized that, well, they’re old golf clubs.
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