BOISE, Idaho — Construction is well underway on the reimagined golf course at The River Club, with work progressing across all 18 holes as architect Brian Curley and his team continue a sweeping transformation of the club’s historic layout along the Boise River.
The current routing effectively swaps the club’s original nines. Much of the former back nine, where the holes run through residential corridors and required fewer structural changes, has already been completed, with irrigation installation and bunker construction underway.
The most dramatic changes are taking shape on what will become the new back nine, where holes now play through wider parkland corridors framed by large specimen trees. While the sylvan setting remains familiar, the design bears little resemblance to the original holes.
Among the most striking transformations are along the Boise River frontage on the new 13th and 18th holes. Historically, that portion of the property had little relationship to the river, sitting well below a protective dike and densely forested with vegetation. After years of permitting to clear the area, the land has been raised roughly 10 feet on average, creating two green sites that back into each other while overlooking a gentle bend in the river and nearby rapids…