Eagle Point Golf club, Eagle Point, Oregon ? A Robert Trent Jones, Jr. Golf Course Set in Oregon's Rogue Valley


Eagle Point Golf Club is a semi-private facility that's open to the public. Located in Oregon's Rogue Valley, the course is a Robert Trent Jones, Jr. design, which makes use of the natural terrain to create a pastoral setting as well as panoramic views of the volcanic Southern Cascade Mountain Range.

The Rogue Valley features a gently rolling landscape with black, sticky clay as the prevalent soil. As a result, Jones used six inches of sand veneering to enhance drainage, and the course is considered one of the best drainage systems in Southern Oregon, making for ideal playing conditions year-round.

The course, which opened in 1996, also features plenty of sand in its directional and strategic bunkering, with many traps located well forward of landing zones and well short of the sizable greens. This approach can lead to many optical illusions on the course and add to the challenge of proper club selection.

The 18-hole, par-72 course plays to 7,096 yards from the longest (Black) tees, with a USGA rating of 74.1 and a slope rating of 135 on Bermuda grass fairways and Bent grass greens. From the next (Gold) set of tees, the course plays to 6,576 yards.

The layout for the course has the front nine holes weaving clockwise around a broad plain, while the back nine holes wind through a more challenging, elevated landscape. Some of the most noteworthy holes include No. 5, a short par-4 that plays to only 308 yards from the Gold Tees. The challenge on this hole is a fairway that pinches in around the landing zone, with two large sands traps encroaching from either side. Approach shots must then find an undulating green that's guarded by four more traps and also features a false front that falls off steeply.

One of the most dramatic holes is No. 16, a long par-5 that plays to 591 yards from the back tees. When players tee off, they'll be looking at a backdrop that includes the snow-capped peaks of Mount McLoughlin and hitting to a rolling fairway that slopes downhill to meet a lake that guards the right side of the green.

Eagle Point has received a number of accolades since opening, including being ranked #8 among Public Golf Courses in Oregon in the Golf Digest list of Best Places to Play for 2009. The course has also hosted many tournaments, including the Oregon Amateur Championship.

The practice facilities at Eagle Point are also considered some of the finest in the Rogue Valley, with a grass driving range that simulates fairway conditions, chipping areas, a practice sand bunker, and 15,000-square-foot putting green.

Eagle Point also features a clubhouse with a Golf Shop, a full-service lounge, and fine dining and full-service bar at Arthur's Restaurant.

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