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.