History

Date Milestone
1963 Club formed as Northway Heights Golf Club by the Gino Turchi Family.
1965 Turchi Family, Gino, Willie & GiGi open first nine holes (now the back nine) on June 12.
1967 The second nine, also designed by Gino Turchi, opens on July 13.
December 7, 1980 Gino Turchi makes first and still only hole-in-one from the back tee of hole #17.
1991 Club sold to the William Paulsen family and renamed Eagle Crest Golf Club, Inc.
February 1991 Course Superintendent David Gordon is hired.
Spring 1991 Nines reversed, creating one of the area’s most demanding finishing stretches.
June 1991 Practice Range opens. Ron Philo becomes the club’s first teaching professional.
Winter 1991 Clubhouse fully renovated. Banquet bookings begin.
Spring 1992 Championship tee expansion and course changes.
Winter 1992 Pond expansion at #13 green. Bunkering and drainage programs begin.
Spring 1993 PGA Golf Professional Jim Jeffers is hired.
Spring 1994 Pro Shop and Cart Barn built; irrigation modernized.
May 24, 1994 Eagle Crest Shoot-Out begins as an annual amateur event.
Spring 1995 Players Park opens with miniature golf and pitch-and-putt.
Spring 1997 Duffer’s Tavern opens after major food service renovations.
September 8, 1998 Course record set by David Gunus with a 63.
Spring 1999 Automated irrigation system installed.
Summer 1999 Forward tees completed for senior and junior players.
Fall 2002 Fairways connected to automated irrigation system.
November 2003 John Neet hired as PGA Head Professional.
November 2004 Renovation of the 12th green.
February 2005 Ballroom, Saratoga Room, and Augusta Room fully renovated.
January 1, 2007 John (JP) Peterson hired as PGA Professional.
Spring 2010 Duffer’s Tavern renamed The Bunker.
September 2021 Club sold to the Battiste-Galvez Group, LLC.
November 2021 Banquet facility renovated and renamed The Perch.
Winter 2022 Tavern renovated and renamed Talon’s Pub.
November 2023 Golf simulator building “The Office” opens.