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| Coordinates | 46°44′17″N117°08′31″W / 46.738°N 117.142°W /46.738; -117.142 |
| Location | 1260 Palouse Ridge Drive Washington State University Pullman, Washington, U.S. |
| Elevation | 2,600 feet (790 m) |
| Established | 2008; 17 years ago (2008) 1925; 100 years ago (1925) (former 9 holes) |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Washington State University |
| Operated by | Washington State University |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Website | www |
| Designed by | John Harbottle III |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,308 yards (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 thenorthwestUnited States, located atWashington State University inPullman, Washington. On the east edge of campus on thePalouse of theInland Northwest, it opened for play seventeen years ago in 2008 and is the home venue of theCougar golf teams of thePac-12 Conference.
Designed by John Harbottle III (1958–2012), its back tees (Crimson) are at 7,308 yards (6,682 m);[1] thecourse rating is 75.4 with aslope rating of 140.[2] The averageelevation is approximately 2,600 feet (790 m) abovesea level and it lies betweenMartin Stadium and thePullman–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 ofBailey–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 hostedNCAA golf with Pac-12 women's championship in 2012, theNCAA men's west regional in2013,[14][15] and the Pac-12 men's championship in 2015.[16][17]
Palouse Ridge is an upgraded complement to the area's mainstayUniversity of Idaho Golf Course, eight miles (13 km) east inMoscow, 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 thehigh school.[18][19] After some local opposition,[20] it was put before voters in November 1994,[21] and failed.[10]
| Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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| SI | Men's | 3 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 6 | |||
| Crimson | 75.4 / 140 | 463 | 379 | 484 | 190 | 589 | 253 | 489 | 447 | 540 | 3834 | 626 | 175 | 455 | 232 | 401 | 369 | 138 | 527 | 551 | 3474 | 7308 |
| Blue | 72.8 / 135 | 407 | 369 | 440 | 158 | 552 | 217 | 426 | 382 | 483 | 3434 | 566 | 156 | 426 | 217 | 401 | 345 | 119 | 508 | 551 | 3289 | 6723 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 72 | |
| Gray | M:70.0/127 W:76.0/138 | 379 | 339 | 414 | 158 | 530 | 184 | 359 | 339 | 476 | 3178 | 527 | 133 | 387 | 179 | 376 | 307 | 119 | 475 | 491 | 2994 | 6172 |
| SI | Women's | 5 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Black | 72.6 / 133 | 353 | 328 | 389 | 124 | 510 | 146 | 316 | 292 | 411 | 2869 | 499 | 114 | 348 | 154 | 292 | 271 | 102 | 451 | 452 | 2683 | 5552 |
| Green | 70.0 / 127 | 346 | 318 | 362 | 118 | 453 | 146 | 260 | 271 | 370 | 2644 | 473 | 94 | 278 | 136 | 285 | 271 | 96 | 434 | 395 | 2462 | 5106 |
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