Greenback at Heron Lakes Golf Course

One of two excellent Robert Trent Jones Jr.-designed municipal golf courses at Heron Lakes, the Greenback Course originally opened in 1971 and was 27 holes before another nine opened in 1991 to separate the facility into two 18-hole layouts. The Greenback Course features large, elevated bentgrass greens and is considered the easier of the two golf courses - the other being Great Blue - topping out at just over 6,600 yards. Both golf courses make dramatic use of the surrounding Portland landscape, utilizing several lakes and mature trees in a parkland setting. After the risk-reward No. 1 handicap hole, the par-5 13th, four of the last five holes work around a large lake, including the picturesque par-3 16th, which plays over water. This affordable golf course, which is run by Kemper Sports, has four sets of tees, ryegrass fairways and sort of a mom and pop feel in the clubhouse.