Hillcrest Country Club
is a country club in Boise, Idaho, in the bench area of southwest Boise, just northwest of the Boise Airport.
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History
Established in 1940, Hillcrest added its second nine holes to its
golf course in 1957, at the south end of the property. All 18 holes were developed by the noted course designer A. Vernon Macan (1882-1964). A skilled
amateur player, Macan was born in
Ireland and moved to
Canada in 1912, settling in
Victoria. He designed many prominent courses in the northwestern U.S. and
British Columbia.
The golf course was renovated in 1968 by Robert Muir Graves. A relatively flat track with elevated tees and greens, Hillcrest has multiple water hazards that are in play on 12 of the 18 holes (six ponds and the New York (
irrigation) Canal).
Boise Open
Hillcrest is the host course for the
Boise Open, a professional
golf tournament on the
Nationwide Tour. The tournament is played annually in September and has been held at the club since the inaugural year of the
Ben Hogan Tour in
1990. The front & back nines are reversed for the tournament, with the newer (southern) nine holes being played first.
The Boise Open has one of the largest purses on the Nationwide Tour, and is also 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 6825 yards from the back tees at an elevation of 2800 feet (853 m)
above sea level.