North Carolina State University Athletics
Lonnie Poole Golf Course to Host 2018 NCAA Regionals
1/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
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INDIANAPOLIS - NC State's very own Lonnie Poole Golf Course will be the home of one of six NCAA Men's Golf Championship regional tournaments during the spring of 2018, the NCAA announced recently.
This will mark two occasions hosting the NCAA Men's Regional over the course of five years, as NC State was also one of the host sites for the 2014 NCAA Regionals. The 2015 NCAA Women's Regional will also be held at Lonnie Poole Golf Course this May.
"We are always pleased when the NCAA chooses to host one of its Championships at NC State," director of athletics Dr. Deborah Yow said. "We are looking forward to again hosting this event at our beautiful on-campus golf facility, one of the nation's finest collegiate courses."
The Lonnie Poole Golf Course (1509 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, N.C. 27606) typically plays a par of 71 over 7,307 yards. As with Bethpage Black, Bandon Dunes, Whistling Straits, and Pine Valley, the course leans heavily on traditional Scottish designs while accommodating the natural landscape. Located on 250 acres inside the city of Raleigh, the golf course routing is dictated by large elevation changes. It meanders around large buffer areas that were left in place to protect streams and wetlands that are in the Neuse River watershed. The buffers provide a protected habitat for wildlife and native plant species. Erik Larsen and Brandon Johnson, both graduates of the NC State College of Design, were the lead architects.
Back in the fall, NC State golfers Stanhope Johnson and Augusta James gave GoPack.com a tour of the school's impressive facilities. Watch the video below to see what the Wolfpack sees on a daily basis and what college golfers from across the country will see this spring and again in 2018!
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