Veenker Memorial Golf Course

1925 Stange Road

Ames, IA 50011

The 18-hole course, constructed in 1938, is laid out along Squaw Creek on the northern part of the Iowa State campus and features tree-lined fairways with much of the back nine sprawling across picturesque valleys and ridges. Veenker was designed by world-renowned golf course architect and designer Perry Maxwell, who erected championship courses Southern Hills (Tulsa, Okla.) and Prairie Dunes (Hutchinson, Kan.), as well as redesigning the seventh and 10th holes at Augusta National Golf Club in 1937.

The course was the site of the women’s Big Eight Conference Championship in 1989 and 1982. Veenker played host to two regional championships under the AIAW banner. It serves as the annual site of the Iowa Masters Championship and was the site of the 1949 NCAA Championship, where Arnold Palmer was a participant. In 1996, it was rated as the sixth-best public golf course in the state of Iowa by Golf Digest.

The practice facility at Veenker offers golfers the opportunity to practice every club in their golf bag. The driving range offers multiple tee areas as well as a large bunker and two large practice greens that can be used for chipping, pitching and putting.

With that in mind, the ISU athletic administration, boosters, family and friends made a $150,000 financial commitment to construct an additional short game facility, which includes five target greens, a 13,500 square foot putting green with three bunkers as well as different levels and density of grasses that surround the green. Lights were added to the practice area in the Spring of 2006, allowing golfers the ability to practice well after the sun sets.

In addition, a $175,000 project was launched in the Fall of 2003 for a four-stall indoor heated bay facility. The facility was completed in the Spring of 2006 and is located on the north end of the driving range at Veenker.

Iowa State proudly boasts one of the nation’s finest on-campus collegiate golf facilities with the newly constructed Heated Bay Facility at the Veenker Memorial Golf Course.

The immense project was launched in the Fall of 2003 and is located on the north end of the driving range at Veenker. Construction was completed in the Spring of 2006 and will be utilized for its first full season in 2006-07.

Four separate teeing spaces are equipped with their own heating system so golfers can hit from a perfect climate at anytime of the year, regardless of the weather conditions outside. The unique facility gives the Cyclones an advantage of hitting shots while seeing its trajectory 365 days a year. Each stall is also positioned with a state-of-the-art proturf surface the provides a course-like feel.

Inside the Heated Bay behind the individual stalls, is a green-like putting surface with pitching space that stretches from both ends of the facility. With its natural breaks and undulations, Cyclone golfers can hone their short game skills, including lofted pitch shots, while taking a break from hitting full shots.

Two sets of lights were also installed behind the Heated Bay which illuminates the entire driving range, providing practice time at any hour of the day.