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. As of the 2020 census, there were 235,685 people residing in the city. Located on the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and nor ...

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. Located in the bench area in the southwest area of the city, it is immediately northwest of the Boise Airport. The club hosts the Boise Open professional golf tournament, a regular stop on the

Korn Ferry Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. ...

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

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player, Macan was born in

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and moved to

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in 1912, and settled in Victoria. 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 Robert Muir Graves. 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

Albertsons Boise Open The Albertsons Boise Open is a professional golf tournament in Idaho on the Korn Ferry Tour, played annually at Hillcrest Country Club in Boise. Held in mid-September for its first 23 years, the new September playoff schedule of the Web.com Tour ...

, 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 Ben Hogan Tour. 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

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

, Hillcrest hosted the Idaho Centennial Ladies' Open on the

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, held during the

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weekend. Mickey Wright won the 54-hole event by four shots over runner-up Kathy Whitworth.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
- Hillcrest Country Club Course Information and Reviews Golf clubs and courses in Idaho Sports venues in Boise, Idaho 1940 establishments in Idaho Golf clubs and courses designed by A. V. Macan de:Country Club

History

Boise Open

LPGA Tour

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