Penn State Golf Courses and Facilities

Penn State Golf Courses and Facilities

Penn State's Blue and White Golf Courses completed a major renovation/redesign in 2007. The Blue Course is a Par 72, 7,228 yards from the Championship Tees.

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Penn State's Blue and White Golf Courses completed a major renovation/redesign in 2007. The renovated Blue Course hosted its first major amateur event; the 2009 Big Ten Men's Golf Championship. The Blue Course was very well received by coaches and players alike. The individual Big Ten Champion scored one under over the 72 holes.

The White Course provides a historic alternative to golfers in the area. Designed in 1922 by world famed architect Willie Park Jr., eight original holes/green complexes still exist. The current layout is shorter than the Blue Course but still provides a test to even the skilled golfer. The White Course provides smaller raised and undulated green complexes which add to its character and demand a creative and disciplined shot making to score well. The sculpted bunkering of Willie Park Jr. is still studied and photographed by some of today's top architects.

The Big Ten Conference is well known for the outstanding caliber of its university owned golf courses, and with the updates and improvements made in 2007, the Blue Course now proudly sits with some of the top in this group. The Blue Course annually hosts the Rutherford Intercollegiate and has hosted numerous events conducted by the USGA, FCWT, AJGA, IJGT, PGA Junior Series and the West Penn Golf Association.

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Tombros Varsity Golf Clubhouse

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The Tombros Varsity Clubhouse is home to Penn State's men's and women's golf teams. It is conveniently located between the Blue and White Courses, just west of the Blue Course's 18th hole and right next to the Walker Clubhouse.

Peter and Ann Tombros propelled the project with an initial donation in 2007. The project was additionally funded by donations from numerous alumni Nittany Lion Club donors.

The facility provides coaches' offices, team locker rooms and club storage. A lounge with a big screen TV allows the team to relax and study while at the course. A new heated indoor hitting-net facility and indoor-to-outdoor hitting bays give the golfers an advantage especially in the winter months. A new V-1 video system provides the team with video instruction to help improve development.

In addition to its prime location and exceptional features, the facility will also give the program an edge from a recruiting standpoint as it is better able to compete with the programs who previously had their own facilities.

Varsity Short Game Practice Area

Varsity Short Game Practice Area

Nittany Lions also opened a private two-acre short-game facility August 2007. The practice area is nestled in behind the 14th green of the Blue Course and is a short distance from the heart of the program - the new Tombros Varsity Golf Clubhouse. This wonderfully private area overlooks the back nine of the Blue Course, and offers a panoramic view of the surrounding mountains.

The multifaceted area has a 13,000-plus square foot green dedicated to chipping and putting only, while another 10,000-plus square foot green attached to two contoured bent grass fairways of 50 and 110 yards receives an endless variety of short-game shots. This "impact" green is surrounded with several bunkers, with fairways and rough that provide level and un-level lies, as well as elevation changes.

Varsity Long Game Practice Area

The ample grass range located at the opposite end of the public range was expanded in 2007 to provide an area for the Lions to practice just about any shot in the bag. This private golf team area has four tiers with bent & blue grass teeing ground, two ample fairway bunkers adjacent to the tees, as well as a rolling fairway for players to work on un-even lies. A small pitching green and bunker are attached to this unique undulated fairway to further enhance the quality of Penn State's practices. The slightly elevated practice area allows players to hit to a variety of measured targets and see the ball land, thus providing instant feedback in evaluating shot distances and quality.

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