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In addition to the Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech, the Hokie golf team
also enjoys the use of the Virginia Tech Golf Course and Blacksburg Country
Club.
Blacksburg Country Club, former site of the Virginia State Amateur and
Virginia State Open Championships, has also hosted the VSGA Junior Boys
Championship in 1986, 1994, 2003, and 2008, as well as the 1988 VSGA Junior
Girls Championship.
“We very much appreciate the outstanding support we have received from the
staff and members of Blacksburg Country Club in allowing our team the use of
their fine golf course,” Tech coach Jay Hardwick said.
The nine-hole Virginia Tech Golf Course, known for some of the finest greens
in the state, is located on campus. In addition, a short game and wedge area
complete with a chipping and putting green has been built and its location is a
benefit to the Hokies for playing and practicing.
“The opportunity to have the use of many outstanding golf courses is a great
asset to our program,” Hardwick said. “All three courses are always in superb
condition and are well known for their fine bent grass greens.”
Virginia Tech’s golfing facilities do not stop with those three outstanding
layouts. The Hokies are extended playing privileges at nearby Olde Mill Golf Club
in Laurel Fork, Draper Valley Golf Club in Pulaski, Hanging Rock Golf Club in
Salem, and Primland Resort in Meadows of Dan.
The 12th hole at Blacksburg
Country Club is rated one of the
top holes in Southwest Virginia.
Olde Mill Golf Club at Groundhog Mountain offers golfers a unique
challenge of tree-lined mountainous fairways winding through 55 acres
of lakes and streams.