Hillcrest Country Club is a

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in the

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Boise Boise (, , ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho and is the county seat of Ada County. On the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and north of the Nevada border. The downtown area' ...

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. Located in the bench area in the southwest area of the city, it is immediately northwest of the

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. The club hosts the Boise Open professional golf tournament, a regular stop on the

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History

The site was originally the ''Idaho Country Club'', which was formed in 1925 and built the original nine holes of the

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. The clubhouse and course were purchased in 1935 and the name was changed to ''Boise Country Club''. Established in 1940, Hillcrest opened the second nine holes in 1958, at the south end of the property. All 18 holes were developed by the noted course designer A. Vernon Macan A skilled amateur player, Macan was born in

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and moved to

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in 1912, and settled in

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. He designed many prominent courses in the northwestern U.S. and southern

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. The golf course at Hillcrest was renovated in 1968 by

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. A relatively flat track with elevated tees and greens, Hillcrest has many water hazards, in play on 12 of the 18 holes (six ponds and the New York Canal, the valley's primary concrete

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channel. Its new clubhouse opened in 2011.

Boise Open

Hillcrest Country Club is the host course for the Boise Open, a professional

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tournament on the

, now part of its playoffs in mid-August. It has been held at the club since

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, the inaugural year of the

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. The members' front & back nines are reversed for the tournament, with the newer (southern) nine holes played first. The Boise Open has one of the largest purses on the Korn Ferry Tour, and is consistently one of its best supported and attended events. For the professionals, the relatively short layout at Hillcrest places a premium on accuracy. The par 71 course is from the back tees, at an average

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of just under above

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. The course record of 59 (−12) was set by Russell Knox in

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. with two eagles and eight birdies in the second round on Friday, July 26.

LPGA Tour

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, Hillcrest hosted the Idaho Centennial Ladies' Open on the

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, held during the Labor Day weekend.

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won the 54-hole event by four shots over runner-up

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.LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960–1969
– accessed 2011-09-10

References

External links

*{{official website, http://www.hillcrest.cc/
Albertsons Boise Open
– official site
GCSAA.org
– Superintendents' fact sheets for tour events
Golfable.com
– Hillcrest CC
GolfNow.com
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History

Boise Open

LPGA Tour

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