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College golf facilities: University of the Pacific

Check out the Walter Chang Golf and Learning Center, home of the University of Pacific golf teams.

The Pacific men’s golf program opened its new Walter Chang Golf and Learning Center in Stockton, California, early in 2020. The facility – named after the program’s long-time supporter, Walter Chang, who earned his bachelor’s degree from the Eberhardt School of Business in 1982 – totals 4,200 square feet and features coaches offices, a conference room, team lounge, locker room, alumni locker room, a kitchen and three hitting bays with swing-analysis technology.

The project began in 2017 with the dedication of the Dr. Glen Albaugh Short Game Area. That area includes three chipping greens and space to putt. Diverse terrain, which includes seven bunkers as well as Bermudagrass greens, allows Pacific players to practice an array of shots there.

Photos: University of the Pacific practice facility

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Inside the Walter Chang Golf and Learning Center at the University of the Pacific. (Photo: Pacific Athletics)
University of the Pacific golf facilities
Inside the Walter Chang Golf and Learning Center at the University of the Pacific. (Photo: Pacific Athletics)
University of the Pacific golf facility
Inside the Walter Chang Golf and Learning Center at the University of the Pacific. (Photo: Pacific Athletics)
University of the Pacific golf facility
Inside the Walter Chang Golf and Learning Center at the University of the Pacific. (Photo: Pacific Athletics)
University of the Pacific golf facility
Inside the Walter Chang Golf and Learning Center at the University of the Pacific. (Photo: Pacific Athletics)
University of the Pacific golf facility
Inside the Walter Chang Golf and Learning Center at the University of the Pacific. (Photo: Pacific Athletics)

College golf facilities: Illinois Fighting Illini

Check out the University of Illinois’ Demirjian Indoor and Lauritsen/Wohlers Outdoor training facilities.

At the University of Illinois’ Demirjian Indoor and Lauritsen/Wohlers Outdoor training facilities, players can work on any aspect of their game, any time they want.

Indoor Features: The 16,000 square foot Demirjian Indoor facility opened in 2008 and features a team lounge, Hall of Champions, club repair room, locker rooms and coaches offices, six hitting bays for year-round practice and an impressive short game area. According to men’s coach Mike Small, players can hit anything from 40-yard pitches and four-yard chips to putts ranging from 3-80 feet. Don’t forget about the kitchen, aka, “Illini Fuel Station.”

Outdoor Features: The 24-acre Lauritsen/Wohlers Outdoor training facility features a complex short game practice area and multiple tees and fairways with the ability to emulate any situation. The 360-degree facility also allows the teams to practice in various wind conditions.

Photos: Illinois practice facility

College golf facilities: Purdue Boilermakers

With extensive indoor and outdoor practice areas, check out the Purdue Boilermakers’ practice facility for the men’s and women’s golf teams.

The Tom Spurgeon Training Center was opened in 2005 and is the home of both the men’s and women’s golf teams at Purdue.

Indoor Features: The Spurgeon Center features five public hitting bays, as well as three Purdue-only bays. The indoor putting room has 18 hole locations. The 11,400 square-foot training center also has team locker rooms and coaches offices, a team lounge and a classroom with a 30-person capacity.

Outdoor Features: The Purdue golf teams have tee locations on the opposite side of the range. There’s also a short game area, including a large putting green and 120-yard area to hit full and half shots into a separate putting green, flanked by bunkers.

The outdoor range allows for up to 60 people to hit on grass at one time.  With the artificial mats, there are spots for up to 40 people. The public driving range golf shop is on the West end of the building and also includes a club repair shop and a ball washing/storage room.

College golf facilities: Iowa State Cyclones

The Cyclone Golf Performance Center is one of the nation’s best, featuring indoor and outdoor practice areas for every shot imaginable.

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The Cyclone Golf Performance Center has been home to Iowa State men’s and women’s golf since 2013. The facility sits on 16 acres just three miles from campus and was designed by Keith Foster.

Indoor Features: 400-square foot short game area, four hitting bays heated for year-round use, simulator with video analysis and other learning technology, locker room and club repair area, lounge, kitchen and study area.

Outdoor Features: Practice range (780 yards long and 200 yards wide), 360-degree tee stations for all wind directions, two fairways and multiple bunkers with different types of sand, 11 different green complexes inspired by five different architects, wedge area with three target greens.

College golf facilities: Oklahoma Sooners

Named after Oklahoma legend Charlie Coe, the Sooners’ practice facility has long been a model for collegiate golf facilities.

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Named after Charlie Coe, who played at Oklahoma from 1946-48 and was one of the best amateur golfers of his era, the 7,000-square foot Charlie Coe Golf Learning Center opened in 1997, but don’t let that date fool you. You wouldn’t think the facility is 23 years old.

Indoor Features: Three hitting bays with a video system that provides consistently clear images and immediate feedback, locker rooms and offices for both the men’s and women’s golf teams and numerous items documenting Oklahoma’s collegiate golf history.

Outdoor Features: Expansive practice area designed exclusively for the Sooners is 225 yards wide and 90 yards deep, two satellite chipping greens as well as a 12,000-square foot bent grass chipping area with seven bunkers. There is also a bent grass and Bermuda grass putting green.