Palouse Ridge Golf Club

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Palouse Ridge Golf Club
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Coordinates 46°44′17″N117°08′31″W / 46.738°N 117.142°W / 46.738; -117.142 Coordinates: 46°44′17″N117°08′31″W / 46.738°N 117.142°W / 46.738; -117.142
Location1260 Palouse Ridge Drive
Pullman, Washington
Elevation2,600 feet (790 m)
Established2008, 14 years ago
1925 (former 9 holes)
TypePublic
Owned by Washington State University
Operated byWashington State University
Total holes18
Website www.palouseridge.com
Designed by John Harbottle III
Par 72
Length7,308 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 fourteen years ago in 2008 and is the home venue of the Cougar golf teams of the Pac-12 Conference.

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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 nine-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 first and ninth holes originally extended west to Stadium Way, [5] [6] now a parking lot, [7] 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, [8] [9] [10] the WSU course closed in 2006 and was plowed under for the $12.3 million redesign project, constructed on part of the same site and adjacent land. [11] [12] [13]

The 18-hole Palouse Ridge course opened in 2008 on August 29, 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 campus. [11] The course hosted NCAA golf with Pac-12 women's championship in 2012, the NCAA men's west regional in 2013, [14] [15] and the Pac-12 men's championship in 2015. [16] [17]

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. [18] [19] After some local opposition, [20] it was put before voters in November 1994, [21] and failed. [10]

Scorecard

Palouse Ridge Golf Club
Tee Rating/Slope 123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
SI Men's317591715111381042141816126
Crimson75.4 / 140463379484190589253489447540383462617545523240136913852755134747308
Blue72.8 / 135407369440158552217426382483343456615642621740134511950855132896723
Par444353445365343443553672
GrayM:70.0/127 W:76.0/138379339414158530184359339476317852713338717937630711947549129946172
SI Women's593171151311741281610141826
Black72.6 / 133353328389124510146316292411286949911434815429227110245145226835552
Green70.0 / 1273463183621184531462602713702644473942781362852719643439524625106

Source: [1] [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Palouse Ridge Golf Club". USGA. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  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.
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