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Shortland Golf Club near Portland, Oregon, has opened a new 19-hole short course by Jackson Kahn Design.

After a career that included developing footwear for Nike Golf and leading his family’s engineering automation firm, DWFritz, Mike Fritz purchased Sandelie Golf Course, an 18-hole course that shut down in late 2022.

“Mike reached out to us a few weeks after closing on the property and asked if we would be interested in putting together a design for the golf course,” said Jackson Kahn design associate Connor Dougherty. “Mike’s goal was to create an artificial turf par-three course to reduce maintenance needs on the property and provide more consistent playing conditions day in and day out.”