UGA Golf Course Information

The University of Georgia Golf Course In May 2006, the greens and the greens opened in 1968 with the purpose of complex were completely renovated by supporting the university community Love Golf Design of St. Simons Island. and a collegiate golf program. Over the The new green design brought the course years the course has become an impor- up to the championship standards of tant recreation facility not only for the today’s top professional and collegiate University, but for the state of Georgia players. The greens are very characteristic as a whole. of a Jones course and the renovation

Avid golfer Dr. Omer C. Aderhold served included 21 new tees, making the course as the University of Georgia’s President more versatile for both amateurs and from 1950-67 and was a driving force professionals. behind the creation of the UGA Golf From 2010-13, the UGA Golf Course Course. hosted the Stadion Classic, an event on

“Dr. Aderhold loved the game of golf,” the PGA’s Nationwide Tour and later web. said Liz Murphey, UGA’s legendary wom- com Tours. The UGA layout joined only en’s coach and athletics administrator, COLLEGE GOLF’S HOME COURSE a handful of university courses to ever during the 1993 NCAA Championships. “You could even say this venue is to wom- host a Nationwide Tour event since the “He was the reason the course was built.” en’s collegiate championships in the same tour’s first tournament in 1990.

The University already owned the land fashion as what Oakmont Country Club might The UGA Golf Course has a long history and Dr. Aderhold was a personal friend of be to the U.S. Open. for being ranked among the top courses Robert Trent Jones Sr., the golf course’s “Five times the UGA Golf Course has in the nation. In 2020, Golfweek tabbed architect. In addition, UGA students were hosted the women’s national championship UGA as the fifth-best public-access so interested in having a golf course that (1971, ‘81, ‘83, ‘93 and 2013). Oakmont Coun- course in Georgia and also named it the they agreed to pay for it in their student try Club has hosted eight U.S. Opens. “ 18th-best college layout in the nation. activity fees over a five-year period dur- In 2019, Golf Advisor named the UGA ing the 1960s. – Lance Ringler, Golfweek course as the fifth-best university lay-

Over its history, the UGA Golf Course during 2013 NCAA Championships out in the nation and the eighth-best hosted a number of different tournaments including the annual Liz course in Georgia. In 2009, it was selected as one of the best 25 best Murphey Collegiate Classic, the PGA Junior Championship, the Men’s university courses in the nation by Links Magazine. and Women’s SEC Championships, Men’s and Women’s NCAA Region- The course remains the home of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, als, as well as the women’s collegiate national championships on five one of the nation’s longest running women’s intercollegiate competioccasions – the 1971 Division of Girls’ and Women’s Sports (DGWS) tions in any sport. Traditionally a spring event, the Liz Murphey did Intercollegiate Championships, the 1981 Association for Intercollegiate move to the fall in 1992 and 2012 to serve as a “fall preview” for the Athletics for Women (AIAW) Championships and the 1983, 1993 and following spring’s NCAA Championships. 2013 NCAA Championships. In 2020, the course was slated to host The list of golfers who have competed in the LMCC reads like a an NCAA Regional for the third time before the COVID-19 pandemic “Who’s Who” of women’s golf, including LPGA Hall of Famers Beth prematurely ended that season. In October 2020, it was announced Daniel, Betsy King and Julie Inkster as well as current standouts Stacy the UGA layout will now host an NCAA Regional in 2023. Lewis and Brittany Lang.

By 1990, the course needed heavy renovation and Dave Cousart, the golf course manager, worked to rebuild the greens and irrigation OUR OWN LITTLE “AMEN CORNER” system, as well as integrate a number of Jones’ features that had been From the hill above the UGA Course’s No. 13 green spectaleft out because of the limited budget back in the 1960s. tors can view as many as nine (or more) shots.