Walker Course Ranked No. 11 by Golfweek

Clemson, S.C.—Clemson University’s  Walker Golf Course has been ranked among the top 15 college golf courses in the nation by Golfweek Magazine for the third straight year.  The facility was ranked 11^th best this year by the staff of Golfweek.    The Clemson course is rated second best in the ACC  and second best in the Southeast.

The Course at Yale in New Haven, Conn. was ranked first, while the course at Williams College in Massachusetts was rated second.   Other ACC schools with university courses ranked in the top 20 were Virginia Tech (10),  Notre Dame (14^th), and Duke (15^th).

The Walker Course, which opened in 1995, was ranked 10^th nationally in 2015 and 14^th in 2014. 

Golfweek’s Best Campus Courses, 2016-17

Rk     School                        Course                               City

   1.     Yale                             The Course at Yale            New Haven, Conn.

   2.     Williams                       Taconic Golf Club              Williamstown, Mass.

   3.     Wisconsin                   University Ridge                Verona, Wis.

   4.     Texas Tech                 Rawls Course                    Lubbock, Tex

   5.     Massachusetts           The Orchards                     South Hadley, Mass.

   6.     Washington State       Palouse Ridge                    Pullman, Wash.

   7.     Stanford                      University Course              Stanford, Calif.

   8.     Georgia                       University Course              Athens, Ga.

   9.     Ohio State                  Scarlet Course                   Columbus, Ohio

10.     Virginia Tech                Pete Dye River Course     Blacksburg, Va.

11.     Clemson                     Walker Course                  Clemson, S.C.

12.     Michigan                      University Course              Ann Arbor, Mich.

13.     Duke                            University Course              Durham, N.C.

14.     Purdue                         Birck Golf Complex            West Lafayette, Ind.

15.     Notre Dame                 Warren Course                   Notre Dame, Ind.

16.     Michigan                      Radrick Farms                     Ann Arbor, Mich.

17.     Furman                        University Course              Greenville, S.C.

18.     Oklahoma                    Jimmie Austin Club             Norman, Okla.

19.     Vanderbilt                    Legends Course                Nashville, Tenn

20.     New Mexico                University Course              Albuquerque, N.M.