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Emerald Valley Golf Club is a public golf course located in Creswell, Oregon in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Emerald Valley course was the first regulation-length public golf course in the Eugene metropolitan area. The course runs along the west bank of the Coast Fork of the Willamette River. == History == The Emerald Valley Golf Club was begun in 1966 by Eugene Russell, James Russell, and Marv Ruby. It was built on the site of a dairy farm northeast of Creswell. Before the course opened, Ruby purchased the Orenco Woods Golf Course in Hillsboro, Oregon from the Russell brothers and left the partnership. The first nine holes were opened in 1967. The site’s original dairy barn was remodeled and converted into a clubhouse and was opened along with the first nine holes. The second nine holes were opened in 1968, making Emerald Valley the first regulation-length public golf course in the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area.〔Stahlberg, Mike, ("Making Emerald shine again" ), ''Eugene Register-Guard'', Eugene, Oregon, 12 April 1997, pp. 5E-6E.〕〔("A Short Course in Emerald Valley History" ), ''Eugene Register-Guard'', Eugene, Oregon, 12 April 1997, p. 5E.〕〔("Emerald Valley changes owners" ), ''Eugene Register-Guard'', Eugene, Oregon, 25 April 1974, p. 3C.〕〔Hoefflin, Walter, ("Homeless Public Links Tourney Looking for New Sponsor" ), ''Eugene Register-Guard'', Eugene, Oregon, 6 July 1968, p. 1B.〕 In 1974, the Russell brothers sold the golf course to Peter Murphy, owner of the Murphy logging company. Over the next four years, Murphy installed a new drainage system and made other improvements. In 1978, Murphy sold the golf course to the Mazama Timber Products Company, which was owned by the Forrest Solomon family. Mazama planned to build a modern clubhouse and health spa as well as homes and condominiums adjacent to the golf course.〔〔〔("Mazama purchases the Emerald Valley course" ), ''Eugene Register-Guard'', Eugene, Oregon, 23 February 1978, p. 2B.〕 Mazama began construction of a clubhouse, restaurant, and health spa complex in 1979. The facility was finished a year later at a cost of $4.5 million. In addition, Mazama invested over $200,000 in course improvements.〔Conrad, John, ("Emerald Valley starts showing itself off" ), ''Eugene Register-Guard'', Eugene, Oregon, 29 July 1980, p. 1C.〕 The company also applied for zoning changes to allow residential development on the property around the golf course. The city of Creswell approved building permits for 54 homes and a 250 unit motel on the Emerald Valley property, but financial problem delayed construction.〔〔("Residential building declines" ), ''Eugene Register-Guard'', Eugene, Oregon, 13 March 1979, p. 7C.〕〔("Court gives more time to Mazama" ), ''Eugene Register-Guard'', Eugene, Oregon, 24 February 1984, p. 1B.〕〔("Mill won’t be sold, says its owner, but two interest bidding for sports and restaurant complex" ), ''Eugene Register-Guard'', Eugene, Oregon, 24 February 1984, p. 2C.〕 The Oregon Bank took over the golf course in 1984 after Mazama went bankrupt. In 1987, the bank offer to sell the Emerald Valley golf course and sports complex to Lane County, but the county decided not to purchase the property.〔("Golf course offer: No thanks" ), ''Eugene Register-Guard'', Eugene, Oregon, 24 February 1984, p. 8A.〕 A year later, the bank sold the golf course to a group of investor headed by Chicago businessman Steven Klemen. The Klemen group bought adjacent to the golf course where they planned to develop 360 homes; however, they built less than a dozen.〔〔("Former Lumber firm owner dies" ), ''Eugene Register-Guard'', Eugene, Oregon, 20 February 1991, pp. 1C-2C.〕〔Wihtol, Christian, ("Homeowners play a waiting game as resort owners look for a buyer" ), ''Eugene Register-Guard'', Eugene, Oregon, 12 April 1997, pp. 1C-2C.〕 In 1993, the golf course was sold separately from the rest of the property to the Paloma Golf Group. This formally separated the golf course from the troubled resort and housing developments. Paloma invested in some course upgrade that improved the general aesthetics of the course and increased the operation’s revenue. Paloma sold the golf course to Arnold Palmer Golf Management Company in 1997.〔〔〔〔("Emerald Valley Golf Club" ), Paloma Golf Group, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 24 April 2010.〕 In 2002, the Palmer group sold the Emerald Valley golf course to Jim Pliska, a Portland area businessman and former member of the University of Oregon golf team. Pliska restored the course and added a new driving range and practice facility on of undeveloped land at the northeast corner of the property.〔〔 A new irrigation system was installed in 2005.〔("Emerald Valley Golf Club" ), on-line Course Finder, Oregon Golf Association, Woodburn, Oregon, 24 April 2010.〕 Today, Emerald Valley is one of the best golf courses in the state and is the home of the University of Oregon golf team. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Emerald Valley Golf Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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