Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility

PRACTICE FACILITY BILYEU GOLF

In April 2011, the LSU Golf House was given a well deserved renaming to the Mary and Woody Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility.

The Tiger Athletic Foundation paid tribute to the couple for their generous donation that helped redo the University Club, making the course more challenging for collegiate golfers. Playing on the course helped the LSU women to their best ever third-place finishes in both the 2011 and 2012 NCAA Championships.

“The generosity of the Bilyeus has been tremendous, and they are going to make people’s dreams come true for years and years to come,” TAF Senior Vice President Rick Perry said. “There will be young people with the opportunity to chase their dream, not only to be professional golfers but to get the opportunity to come to LSU and get an education.

The facility features office and storage areas for both teams, indoor hitting bays, computer analysis stations and meeting and locker room space for both teams as well as graphic displays of the history of both golf programs through the years. The outdoor hitting area is expansive where players can work on all facets of their game.

TRACKMAN

LSU utilizes TrackMan technology to improve each player’s game with properly-fitted equipment tailored to their specific needs. Each player is able to obtain exact yardages for each club in her bag while measuring various aspects of her swing, such as launch angle, spin rate, attack angle, clubhead speed, ball speed and much more.

CONFERENCE ROOM

The lavish conference room at the LSU Golf House enables the LSU coaching staff and players to meet in a quiet, spacious area.

LOCKER ROOM

The new Tiger locker room includes space for all the players to dress and store their equipment.

WEDGE GAME

The practice facilities at the Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility feature a wedge game area with three target greens, each measuring 2,000 square feet. Players can fine-tune their wedge game by hitting shots from all lies and angles up to 120 yards as the greens are guarded by rough and five bunkers. The project, designed by LSU alumni David Toms, Jim Lipe and Chuck Winstead, was completed in the summer of 2007.

PUTTING GREEN

In addition to building a new wedge game area, renovations to the practice facilities at The Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility saw the completion of a brand new putting green measuring 10,000 square feet along with an existing putting green measuring 14,000 square feet that has been overseeded with bent grass. In all, the improvements to the practice facilities at the Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility are estimated at $150,000.

TEE BOX

Members of the LSU men’s and women’s golf teams have the opportunity to practice in a spacious environment as the Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility features a large tee box measuring 100 yards in length.

CLUB REPAIR

The Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility is blessed with a state-of-the-art club repair room that allows the players to re-grip clubs, re-shaft clubs and check and change the lies and lofts of each club, including woods and putters, to ensure your set is where you want it.

SAM PUTTLAB

The SAM (Science and Motion) PuttLab uses the same basic principles as TrackMan technology, but with putting. The Tigers are able to fine-tune their putting stroke from the feedback SAM provides about the angle of the putter face at set up, impact and through the stroke.