The course plans to open for play in late spring 2027, 110 years after golfers first teed it up at one of Idaho\u2019s oldest courses.<\/p>\n
Spearheaded by architect Brian Curley, The River Club<\/a> remodel flips the course\u2019s two nines. What will be the front routes through residential neighborhoods on the north side of the property, while the back will snake along the Boise River. The new opening holes needed few structural changes, club spokesman Stephen Reynolds said in a press release, and the heavy shaping is already done. Crews are still working in view of the road to install irrigation and build bunkers, Reynolds said.<\/p>\n The biggest overhaul was reserved for the closing stretch, whose design \u201cbears little resemblance to the original holes,\u201d Reynolds said. Where the old course sat below the river, protected by a levy and dense forest, Curley raised the land roughly 10 feet and cleared the banks. The new 13th and 18th greens back up to the river, looking down on a gentle bend toward Westmoreland Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cAs the only course in the market with true river frontage, those holes really reinforce the identity of The River Club, a name the club recently adopted to reflect its renewed connection to the river,\u201d Curley said in a statement. \u201cIn a region where most courses occupy inland valley land, direct riverfront golf is a rarity.\u201d<\/p>\n Pebble Beach ties make project personal<\/p>\n What\u2019s now called The River Club was first laid out in 1917 by H. Chandler Egan, a renowned amateur player and key early architect in the popularization of golf in the Pacific Northwest. His most famous work is at one of the world\u2019s best known courses: Egan helped Alister MacKenzie<\/a> renovate California\u2019s Pebble Beach Golf Links<\/a> ahead of the 1929 U.S. Amateur.<\/p>\n The 18-month renovation of The River Club includes all new greens and bunkers. Courtesy of The River Club <\/p>\n