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What is the longest and toughest golf course in Oregon?

Robbie Newport
2 min readFeb 28, 2023

Where two rivers converge and great golfing experiences are made.

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The longest golf course in Oregon is likely going to be the toughest too. In this case, I believe it is the toughest golf course Oregon has to offer. The Crosswater Golf Club at the Sunriver Resort is the longest golf course in Oregon from the back tips. It is also the 15th longest golf course in the U.S. according to Golf Course Gurus.

Crosswater is a semi-private golf course where annual paying members and Sunriver Resort guests can play if they stay at the Central Oregon paradise. From the back championship tees at this challenging golf course full of water, sand traps, and countless dangers the yardage is 7,683 with a par 72 layout. The longest par 4 is 480 and the longest par 5 is 687.

One feature of the course when using the more difficult tees is there is no forgiveness for topped or duffed drives, as there are unplayable bushes and native areas between the isolated tees and the playable areas.

Crosswater has two waterways flowing through the course from which it gets its name, the Deschutes and the Little Deschutes Rivers. It is set apart a little way from the Sunriver Resort on its own 600 beautiful acre area in the heart of Central Oregon.

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Robbie Newport
Robbie Newport

Written by Robbie Newport

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