Cougar Canyon is the second Southern Colorado golf course to file bankruptcy in the past year. In Canon City, Shadow Hills Golf Club, unable to stay current on loans used to build a new clubhouse, goes up for auction April 28 on an Internet auction site. Canon City and Trinidad are among the Colorado cities hardest hit by the recession.
How many holes are there in Cougar Canyon Golf Course?
The course, its condition, and its operations may have been altered since the time of this 2018 post.] About 20 miles south of Roseburg, in the delightful small town of Myrtle Creek, Myrtle Creek Golf Club, fka Cougar Canyon Golf Course, is an 18-hole public course tucked in-between forested hills and farmland.
When was the first 9 golf course built?
First 9 opened in 1997 and the second 9 opened in 1998. Built by the City of Myrtle Creek, it originally opened as Myrtle Creek Golf Course. The city was unable to make payments on its financing, so it leased the course to Myrtle Creek Links, LLC (whose principal, Karl Hallstrom, is the third-generation owner of Zip-O-Logs Mills, Inc., in Eugene), ...
What is the dogleg right on the par 5 3rd hole?
On the par-5 3rd hole, a dogleg right with a carry over a waste area, the carry is not as long as it looks and the driving area is a bit bigger than you think. On the severely downhill par-4 5th hole, mounds protect the front sides of the green and the green runs away from the fairway.
When did Myrtle Creek Golf Course open?
The course originally opened in 1997 as Myrtle Creek Golf Course and will now resume using that name with its soft opening on July 1 st. The city of Myrtle Creek, Ore. has worked out an arrangement with Umpqua Golf Management, LLC to reopen and operate the former Cougar Canyon Golf Course, which closed in October 2019, ...
How many feet of rough golf course has been mowed?
Rough that is now in excess of three feet still has to be mowed and removed, and more sand needs to be applied.
How many yards is the Umpqua Golf Course?
Its golf course, designed by Graham Cooke and Wayne Carleton, measures 6,754 yards from the longest tees. Scott Simpson of Umpqua Golf Management told KQEN that the facility will now go back to using its original name.
Is Myrtle Creek Golf Course successful?
Negherbon told KQEN that city officials believe the Myrtle Creek course will now be successful because of Umpqua’s other local golf operations and its awareness of the golf culture in Douglas County, Ore.
