I played Crestview in Waldport, OR and have pics (posted) to prove it.

[Garland Bayley]

Apparently it is a Dan Hixson redo.

http://www.thepnga.org/sites/courses/layout9.asp?id=521&page=26704&newsID=326

EDIT 11/27/17:

Turns out it is a Dan Hixson reroute and the course gives him full architectural credit for the course.

Routeing by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

Pete Pittock posted some pictures begining at post 7 a couple of years ago.
My pictures begin at post 13.

It has the best set of greens I have ever seen on a nine hole course that I can recall. And, that includes my beloved Jawbone Creek.

[Garland Bayley]

1500 yards from the beach. Appears to be sand based on Google Earth. Could it be a nine hole links?

EDIT 11/27/17: Not sand based, not a links.

[Garland Bayley]

From their website

Greens: T-4 Bent
Fairways: Fescue

EDIT 11/27/17:

The fairways did not seem to be fescue to me this year. Certainly far from what I have played in GB&I.

[Cory Brown]

I have played it. Loads of fun. All fescue, wild greens and ragged natural bunkers. Located on the opposite side of the highway from the water.

[Cory Brown]

I don't know a lot about Dan Hixson, but I have played Wine Valley (the best course in the state of Washington IMHO) the Mason course at Columbia Edgewater (every course should have a fun short course like this) and Crestview (I would love to have a local nine holer like this in my neighborhood).  These are three of the most fun rounds of golf I have had in my life. I haven't played Crossings yet as I can't seem to drag Myself away from the resort, but I may have to do that on the next trip. Everything I've heard about it is that it's very good as well.

[Bill_McBride]

I don't know a lot about Dan Hixson, but I have played Wine Valley (the best course in the state of Washington IMHO) the Mason course at Columbia Edgewater (every course should have a fun short course like this) and Crestview (I would love to have a local nine holer like this in my neighborhood).  These are three of the most fun rounds of golf I have had in my life. I haven't played Crossings yet as I can't seem to drag Myself away from the resort, but I may have to do that on the next trip. Everything I've heard about it is that it's very good as well.

Cory, when we were non-resident members of CECC and visiting Portland, my wife would play with the ladies group Tuesday mornings. With just one car, I would drop her off, have breakfast at the Broadmoor public course, and then spend a few hours hitting range balls, practicing on the neat short game area, and playing a couple of quick loops on the Mason course with its excellent short holes.  A fun morning. 

[Garland Bayley]

Thanks Cory. I'm going to have to check it out some time. I talk to Slag Bandoon today, and he says that Dan did the work there while he was also doing Wine Valley.

[Pete_Pittock]

Garland,

Crestview is south of Waldport on US 101, need to turn away from the ocean after the True Value and soldier on up the hill 'til you find the course.
I played it this summer. One of the better 9 holers in Oregon. If you are in the area stop off to play. Overall good condition except there is some drainage problem from the neighborhood uphill of the course, mainly by the second green. Difficult finishing hole, a 200(?) yard par 3.
I used the (?) because I think the published yardage was wrong, which would validate the claim they  made that it was hard to par.

This is the approach to the second green.


The fourth hole conclusively proves this is not a links course. I played long, but the slope was too soft for the ball to retreat to the green.

The fifth hole was driveable, even for me


The sixth hole plays uphill with a mid-iron, you can see just a bit of green. After the shot I found out the green is divided into right and left halves by a sharp ridge. Regret not scouting the green after I came off the second. Would have played it differently.
This view is from back left, by the 2nd green

The seventh hole is a wedge approach to a two tier green, low side left

 

[Garland Bayley]

Garland,
I played it this summer. It is one of four 9 holers that I would recommend if someone is in the area.
...

What are the other three?

[Pete_Pittock]

Garland,
By area I meant Oregon. Near Crestview I would recommend Agate Beach for their finish, the first 5 1/2 holes are pretty normal, straight holes between rows of shore pines. Stay tuned for others

[Garland Bayley]

Pete,

Still waiting for the other two. Milton-Freewater one of them maybe?

I'll get Crestview pictures up soon.

[Garland Bayley]

... Difficult finishing hole, a 200(?) yard par 3.
I used the (?) because I think the published yardage was wrong, which would validate the claim they  made that it was hard to par.
...

From the back tees, it said 240 when I played. OB left means leave the driver in the bag for me, especially the day I played as I sliced a few big time left that day.
Only carrying a partial set left me with a 7 wood tee shot and a 40 yard pitch to 2 inches. So what was so hard about parring that?

[Pete_Pittock]

Garland,
My answer was on a different thread, about 9 hole courses


I am most of my way through playing all of the golf courses in Oregon, twenty left. One 9 hole course highly thought of, Elkhorn Valley, was expanded to 18 and lost its coolness.  I have referenced before a few good nine hole courses -worth your time and effort if you are in the vicinity.

a. Cedar Bend Golf Links (John Zoller) is near Gold Beach on the southern Oregon coast. Small streams in the valley, with a cedar covered hillside. Both the hillside and the streams play a big factor on its best holes, 1,6,7 with perched greens atop shaved slopes. Balls are recoverable.The 4th is a par 3 with tees shots vectored south and west. The greens are big enough that each has two flags, for the out and in 9s. on built to

b. Country View(Scott McKinney), near the Idaho border at Ontario is a family built course over unproductive farmland. They had no experience in golf, read a book about how to construct a golf course, said we can do that and set sail. Outside of a tight, iffy tee shot from the back tees it is a very good basic course with true, fast greens. Good design, strategy,
the 5th and 6th are the best as they run capishly along and across the edge of the elevated property, thus the view.

c. Crestview GC, aka Crestview Hills, is in Waldport on the central Oregon Coast. It was revitalized by Dan Hixson (Wine Valley) a few years ago. There are some drainage issue on 1&2, probably related to the housing east of the course. The heart of the course is 4,5,6. Four is a probably downhill par 3 hole fronted by a lake. It looks vicious, especially with a wind, but last year, three players in succession aced it. The 5th is a reachable par 4, slight dogleg left with jungle left,
6 is a semiblind uphill par 3 with a spined green. Nine is a uphill par 3 which plays less than its yardage because, well,
it is shorter than the listed yardage. That leaves you long, which is the wrong place to be.

d. Olalla Valley GC (Matthew Gruber) is near Toledo on the central Oregon coast. After driving along a winding narrow road you come to the course, which continues winding. The opening hole is okay, a mid length 4, which only becomes dangerous if you become away of the road and OB left, and the sinuous Olalla Creek on the right. They both beckon as sirens and unless you are straight that day, welcome equitable stroke control. I think a gentle fade is best, as I found out on the 4th shot from the tee. The second looks like it should play the same, but the hole opens up to the draw. The 5th is a par five dogleg right that demands a draw so the hard left to right slope doesn't end up in the darn creek. 6 and 7 go up the hill, and up the hill. Local knowledge or a trusty cart sent out on scouting mission are vital. Drop shot 8, The  straight finisher would be easy except for the crossing stream (ball not recoverable) in the landing area.  The sum result, if you are an 8, playing against an 8 from Olalla Valley, simplify things by just emptying your wallet on the first tee, but still play because its 6000 yds. are very worth it.

[Garland Bayley]

1 310 335 355 355 4

Route1a by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

The first hole is a short par 4 (as are many of the holes on the course) heading uphill a bit. What first caught my eye was a fairway bunker on the left side. Its only purpose would seem to be to prevent drives from getting too close to the tree that is further on the same line to the green, thereby keeping the player far enough back to enable him to loft the approach shot over the tree.

20171003_0101OneFairway by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

The first green foreshadows the interesting and innovative contouring of the greens to come.

20171003_0102OneGreen by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

[Garland Bayley]

2 230 245 265 275 4

Route2 by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

A drivable par 4 that is slightly uphill. A very large bunker, with a nasty lip (I got under it and had no shot forward, back, left, or right) guards both the left side of the green and the dogleg.

With one of my big slices with driver, I ended up needing to carry the bunker completely to get on the green.

20171003_144015TwoBunkering by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

Undulating green tests short game and putting skills. Unfortunately, the undulations don't show up well with my phone pictures.

20171003_144405TwoGreen by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

[Garland Bayley]

3 400 465 485 505 5

Route3 by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

The view from the tee shows a long dogleg left par 5 that plays down to a low area, and then back up to the level of the clubhouse. Although the course is not on a sand base, when it dries out like it was in October when I played the balls will bounce and roll out well.

20171003_144820ThreeTee by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

As you are gaining elevation back to the green, the left side has a fairly steep slope with bunkers in the slope. Unfortunately, I was not in the bunker, but in much more knarly rough.

20171003_145741ThreeBunkering by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

[Garland Bayley]

4 117 137 154 172 3

Route4 by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

The fourth hole is righties delight, lefties fright. Opposite effect as 12 at Augusta National, as at Crestview the long pull for the righties works out as does the weak push. Hit my first tee shot hole high landing just below the bunker. It ran all the way down into the pond. Hit my second tee shot trying to hit a draw to keep it away from the water. Drew (some might call it a hook ) it around the corner of the ridge projection short of the green, and never saw it again. Not my favorite hole on the course.

20171003_150203FourTee by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

The tri-level boomerang green was cool though.

20171003_151053FourGreen by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

[Garland Bayley]

5 147 265 280 295 4

Route5 by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

A short (perhaps driveable) par 4 from an elevated tee. Depending on the tee there is a 130 to 190 yard forced carry over a wetland. That is why the shortest tee is only 147 yards as it takes the wetland out of play.

20171003_151355FiveTee by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

Short uphill approach

20171003_151847FiveApproach by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

to a well shaped green.

20171003_152211FiveGreen by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

[Pete_Pittock]

Garland,
You must be getting shorter. I played the 5th from the tee box with the bench and drove it onto the fringe

[Garland Bayley]

6 100 100 125 125 3

Route6 by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

What every rural course needs. A dogleg par 3! Unfortunately, with a left pin, and a restricted set of clubs, I ended up trying to hit a short swing 5 iron to the left pin. I had to give it a go to see if I could get the ball over the tree. Subconsciously I guess I knew I wouldn't make it, and the subconscious took over for a hard pull to the right of the green.

20171003_152519SixTee by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

Bunker guards the center

20171003_152908SixBunker by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

or a separately tiered green.

20171003_153029SixGreen by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

[Garland Bayley]

7 242 279 298 319 4

Route7 by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

Par four, slightly blind tee shot, downsloped landing area. Perhaps drivable.

20171003_153837SevenApproach by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

Two level green that reminded me some of the green at Pennard that had two distinct levels with a curved ridge between them.

20171003_154049SevenGreen by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

[Garland Bayley]

8 290 312 335 360 4

Route8 by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

Second longest hole on the course that doglegs left in conjunction with the par 5 that is the longest. These dogleg lefts should fit my eye and be my bread and butter, but unfortunately that was not the case this day as I hit big slices off each tee. Here is the view from the tee.

20171003_154349EightTee by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

More green undulation even shown on my phone's wide angle view.

20171003_155150EightGreen by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

[Garland Bayley]

9 175 200 218 245 3

Route9 by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

The back tee here is tucked back into the corner of the property where it could easily be overlooked. At 245 with OB left where I was slicing it, I chose my next longest club I carried, the 7 wood which left me with a pitch to the green shown below.

20171003_155709NinePitch by Garland Bayley, on Flickr

Left the course feeling good with a tap in after the pitch.

Hope people enjoyed the tour.

[Norbert P]

  Thank you Garland.  I enjoyed the tour.   


Your report brings back some fun memories.  I didn't do any work there but I went around for a day of brainstorming with Dan Hixson for a new routing of the old course.  The two holes on the west side (the ones with the ponds) were added to relieve a very tight course. There was also a netted derelict driving range that was hogging up the interior land around the new 8th green and southward. That had to go.  I couldn't find a digital picture of the old routing. Probably still in my paper files somewhere, though.


  It is a fun, relaxing and challenging course  that should be part of a "golf trail" as it's not far off the main travel route from Hiway 101 and certainly doesn't take long to play it. 


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Here's an old web blurb I stole with a little bit of the story. . . .


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Crestview Golf Club
www.crestviewgolfclub.com
About 17 years ago, Mark Campbell and his wife, Patti, were hoping to move from Alaska to escape the snow. They were considering purchasing a bowling alley in La Pine, but read in the newspaper that there was already snow on the ground there. In October.
And so, instead, they found this golf course for sale in Waldport, a course built on logged-off property in 1969.
A few years ago, the Campbells took on partners, old friends Dale and Linda Laurance; Dale Laurance is an Oregon State graduate and president and CEO of Occidental Petroleum Co. That provided an infusion of capital that enabled Crestview to undergo a major transformation, the redesign by Dan Hixson that closed the course from Memorial Day in 2008 to Memorial Day the following year. “We’re kind of a little brother of Bandon Crossing and Wine Valley, two courses designed by Dan Hixon,” said Campbell.
Construction was done by veterans James Milroy
and Tony Russell, noted for their work at Bandon Dunes and other courses. The project added 10 acres to the golf course, moved it somewhat west, and also added homesites, plus a new clubhouse and restaurant. The overall effect is that Crestview is a nine-hole course that feels like it should be an 18-hole course because of the expanse of the property and larger size of the greens, even though it plays to shorter yardages than most courses, with only one par 5 and a total par of 34.
“Dan did a really fine job of giving each hole some unique character to it,” Campbell said, noting that the extent of the redesign was “huge. Every hole’s different. It’s a new course. There’s not a single hole that’s the same. …”
“A lot of nine-hole courses are stuck with a smaller piece of property and often don’t get too creative in their design, and the differences between the holes are not too discernible. We have nine notable experiences.”
Golfers are advised to bring their short games.
“You have to be able to chip and pitch well and putt well in order to score, because you can reach all the greens typically in regulation,” Campbell said. “There are a couple of par-4 holes that are actually driveable; the risk-reward feature is there that if you pull it off, wonderful, if not, you’re screwed.
“And that’s fun for people. And it’s very friendly and very forgiving for the lesser golfer, which is what we want. We’re not championship golf, we’re tourist golf, fun golf, family-run and geared toward that sort of thing.”