Palouse Ridge Golf Club

Palouse Ridge Golf Club
Club information
Coordinates 46°44′17″N 117°08′31″W / 46.738°N 117.142°W / 46.738; -117.142Coordinates: 46°44′17″N 117°08′31″W / 46.738°N 117.142°W / 46.738; -117.142
Location 1260 Palouse Ridge Drive
Pullman, Washington
Elevation 2,600 feet (790 m)
Established 2008, 9 years ago
1925 (former 9 holes)
Type Public
Owned by Washington State University
Operated by Washington State University
Total holes 18
Website www.palouseridge.com
Designed by John Harbottle III
Par 72
Length 7,308 yd (6,682 m)[1]
Course rating 75.4[2]
Slope rating 140[2]

Palouse Ridge Golf Club is an 18-hole championship golf course in the northwest United States, located at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. On the east edge of campus on the Palouse of the Inland Northwest, it opened for play nine years ago in 2008 and is the home venue of the Cougar golf teams of the Pac-12 Conference.

Designed by John Harbottle III (1958–2012), its back tees (Crimson) are at 7,308 yards (6,682 m);[1] the course rating is 75.4 with a slope rating of 140.[2] The average elevation is approximately 2,600 feet (790 m) above sea level and it lies between Martin Stadium and the Pullman–Moscow Regional Airport.

Palouse Ridge replaced a sub-standard 9-hole "WSU Golf Course" that opened in 1925,[3][4] and was mostly an unimproved recreational track. It had dual tees, but measured under 5,800 yards (5,300 m) for par 72, with a course rating of 65.4 and a slope of 110. The holes originally extended west to Stadium Way,[5][6] now a parking lot, and later began on the east side of Bailey–Brayton Field, in the area now occupied by tennis courts. (Replacement holes were constructed on the east end of the layout, in the area now occupied by the 18th (reversed) and 9th holes.)

Long targeted for an upgrade,[7] it closed in 2006 and was plowed under for the $12.3 million redesign project, constructed on part of the same site and adjacent land.[8][9][10] The new 18-hole venue opened on August 29, 2008, and intends to improve the school's golf teams, provide a laboratory for students in turf grass courses, and give boosters and alumni an additional reason to visit the campus.[8] The course hosted NCAA golf with Pac-12 women's championship in 2012, the NCAA men's west regional in 2013,[11][12] and the Pac-12 men's championship in 2015.[13][14]

Palouse Ridge is an upgraded complement to the area's mainstay University of Idaho Golf Course, eight miles (13 km) east in Moscow, which opened in 1937 and added its second nine in 1970. The city of Pullman had attempted to construct an 18-hole golf course in the early 1990s at the northwest part of the city, near the high school.[15][16] After some local opposition,[17] it was put before voters in November 1994,[18] and failed.[7]

Scorecard

Palouse Ridge Golf Club
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Handicap Men's 3175917151113 81042141816126
Crimson 75.4 / 140 4633794841905892534894475403834 62617545523240136913852755134747308
Blue 72.8 / 135 4073694401585522174263824833434 56615642621740134511950855132896723
Par 44435344536 5343443553672
Gray M:70.0/127 W:76.0/138 3793394141585301843593394763178 52713338717937630711947549129946172
Handicap Women's 5931711513117 41281610141826
Black 72.6 / 133 3533283891245101463162924112869 49911434815429227110245145226835552
Green 70.0 / 127 3463183621184531462602713702644 473942781362852719643439524625106

Source:[1][2]

Video

  • YouTube – WSU's Palouse Ridge Golf Club (2013)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Scorecard". Palouse Ridge Golf Club. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Palouse Ridge Golf Club". USGA. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Washington State College will spend $9000 in reconstructing its golf course". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. March 2, 1934. p. 12.
  4. ↑ "Cougar golf links near completion". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. June 30, 1934. p. 12.
  5. ↑ "Campus View (circa 1961)". Washington State University Libraries. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Aerial View of Washington State University". Washington State University Libraries. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Huntington, Rebecca (December 5, 1997). "Golf course opponents yell 'fore!'". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  8. 1 2 Madison, Erin (August 26, 2006). "New golf course expected to be up to par". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. p. 1A.
  9. ↑ Potts, Marcus (June 21, 2007). "Course on track". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. p. 1B.
  10. ↑ Vestal, Shawn (August 18, 2007). "Break out the driver, and sprinklers". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B3.
  11. ↑ "NCAA Division I men's golf championships Pullman regional field set". Washington State University Athletics. May 6, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Regional field released for 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships". NCAA. May 6, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  13. ↑ Thorpe, Jacob (April 26, 2015). "WSU hosts Pac-12 golf at Palouse Ridge". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  14. ↑ "The Palouse provides unique setting for 2015 Pac-12 Men's Golf Championships". Pac-12 Conference. (video). April 28, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Pullman studies city golf course". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. staff and wire reports. January 23, 1992. p. B2.
  16. ↑ Hedland, Katherine (October 20, 1992). "Golf course would make money". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. p. 12A.
  17. ↑ Sorensen, Eric (November 17, 1993). "Residents tee off on plans to fund new golf course". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B5.
  18. ↑ Sorensen, Eric (December 15, 1993). "Pullman City Council to send golf course proposal to voters". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B2.
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