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Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex

The Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex features two 18-hole championship golf courses on Purdue University’s West Lafayette, IN campus. The courses are much different in character, but each promises a challenging test of golf.

The Ackerman Hills Course features a beautifully contoured layout over hilly, forested terrain with greens that are well-protected by trees and sand traps. The narrow fairways and numerous obstacles demand accurate shot making. Course rating: 70.5. Slope rating: 122.

The Kampen Course, featuring an exciting design by legendary designer Pete Dye, opened to the public in June of 1998 and has since earned acclaim as one of Indiana’s premier public courses, as well as one of the nation’s leading collegiate golf courses. The course has been the host site for the Big Ten Golf Championship, and hosted the 2003 Women’s NCAA Golf Championship.

The Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex also features a full-featured practice facility with a grass-tee driving range, a large pitching green with bunkers, and two putting greens; a fully-stocked pro shop; and a snack bar.

Tom Spurgeon Golf Training Center

An indoor putting green, a swing-analysis video computer system and multiple heated hitting bays are just three of the features of a $3 million indoor golf training center at Purdue's Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex.  The Tom Spurgeon Golf Training Center was dedicated on October 1, 2005.

In addition to the features mentioned above, the 11,400-square-foot center also includes team locker rooms, a lounge, coaches' offices, a golf shop and a classroom.  The architectural design is similar to the clubhouse and other facilities at the complex.  When the indoor hitting bays are not in use by Purdue golf teams they will be open to the public.