The 10 Oldest Golf Courses in Oregon

Northwest Links
Dec 28, 2025
3 min read

Oregon’s golf history dates back well over a century, with the game spreading from coastal links and river valleys into towns across the state. Below is a researched list of the 10 oldest golf courses in Oregon that are still operating today, ranked by the year their first course opened, starting with #10 and working down to the oldest.

10. Coos Golf Club (formerly Coos Country Club)

Location: Coos Bay, OR

First Course Opened: 1923

Founded in 1923, Coos Golf Club began as Coos Country Club serving Oregon’s south coast. While the course has evolved over the decades, it remains one of the oldest continuously operating golf courses in coastal Oregon.

9. Rose City Golf Course

Location: Portland, OR

First Course Opened: 1923

Rose City Golf Course was built in 1923 as part of Portland’s growing public parks system. Nearly a century later, it remains a popular municipal course and one of the oldest public golf facilities in Oregon still in operation.

8. Roseburg Country Club

Location: Roseburg, OR

First Course Opened: 1922

Roseburg Country Club opened its original nine-hole course in 1922, making it one of the earliest enduring golf courses in southern Oregon. The club expanded and modernized over time, but its roots firmly trace back to the early 1920s.

7. Oregon City Golf Club

Location: Oregon City, OR

First Course Opened: 1922

Oregon City Golf Club opened in 1922 on land formerly known as Lone Oak Farm. Originally a nine-hole layout, the course later expanded to 18 holes in 1960. It is widely regarded as one of the oldest public golf courses in Oregon still in continuous operation.

6. Eastmoreland Golf Course

Location: Portland, OR

First Course Opened: 1918

Eastmoreland Golf Course opened in 1918 and quickly became one of Portland’s premier municipal courses. Located in Southeast Portland, the course has remained on its original site for more than a century and continues to be a cornerstone of public golf in the city.

5. Portland Golf Club

Location: Raleigh Hills (Portland-area), OR

First Course Opened: 1914

Portland Golf Club traces its beginnings to 1914, when golf was first established at the club. Over time, the course evolved into one of Oregon’s premier private clubs, but its early origins firmly place it among the state’s oldest surviving golf courses.

4. Tualatin Country Club

Location: Tualatin, OR

First Course Opened: 1912

Tualatin Country Club was incorporated in 1912, with golf beginning shortly thereafter on its original grounds south of Portland. The course has been refined and modernized over the years, but its roots stretch back to the earliest organized golf in Oregon.

3. Eugene Country Club

Location: Eugene, OR

First Course Opened: 1899

Eugene Country Club was organized in 1899, with members playing on an early nine-hole course featuring sand greens. While the course layout has changed significantly since then, the club’s continuous golf history makes it one of Oregon’s oldest operating golf institutions.

2. Waverley Country Club

Location: Portland, OR

First Course Opened: 1896

Waverley Country Club dates back to 1896, when golf was first played near Portland before the club relocated to its current riverside setting just two years later. Despite the move, Waverley has maintained continuous golf operations since the 19th century and stands as one of the true pioneers of Oregon golf.

1. Gearhart Golf Links

Location: Gearhart, OR

First Course Opened: 1892

Gearhart Golf Links is the oldest golf course in Oregon and one of the oldest continuously operating courses in the United States. Opened in 1892 along the northern Oregon Coast, the course retains much of its original links-style character and remains a living piece of American golf history more than 130 years later.