Article: Emerald Valley sold to ex-UO golfer.(Sports)(Creswell course: Jim Pliska purchases facility for $2.2 million.)

Byline: JOHN CONRAD Register-Guard Sports Editor

A lot of people have bemoaned the deterioration of Emerald Valley Golf Club in recent years.

Former University of Oregon golfer Jim Pliska wants to do something about it.

Pliska, who lives in Gresham and has been involved in the gasoline convenience store business for 20 years, has purchased the Creswell golf course from Arnold Palmer Golf Management for $2.2 million, and his first priority is to restore the condition of the course and recapture lost business.

"I've played the course a lot and always thought highly of it," Pliska said. "But it's slowly deteriorated under the last couple ...

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