Columbia Edgewater Country Club is a private golf course in the

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, located in

Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...

. Founded in 1924, it has hosted numerous tour events on the

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and

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. It is located immediately west of the

Portland International Airport Portland International Airport is a joint civil–military airport and the largest airport in the U.S. state of Oregon, accounting for 90% of the state's passenger air travel and more than 95% of its air cargo. It is within Portland's city li ...

. Designed by

A.V. Macan Arthur Vernon Macan Jr. (1882–1964) was an Irish people, Irish immigrant to Canada who designed golf courses in western North America, primarily in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. He won the Pacific Northwest Amateur in 1913. A la ...

, the course opened in July 1925, just south of the

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. It hosted the

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on the PGA Tour four times in the 1960s, and has hosted the

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on the LPGA Tour over thirty times.

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*{{official website, https://www.cecc.com/ Golf clubs and courses in Oregon Sports venues in Portland, Oregon Buildings and structures in Multnomah County, Oregon Sports venues completed in 1925 1924 establishments in Oregon Golf clubs and courses designed by A. V. Macan