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Penn State Golf Courses

University Park, PA · Public · 18 holes · Est. 1921

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About Penn State Golf Courses

Penn State Golf Courses offers two courses on the University Park campus, laid out to make use of the surrounding scenic views while presenting a range of challenges for golfers of differing abilities.

The Blue Course completed a renovation in 2006 that added three ponds and extended the layout by more than 640 yards. Its front nine plays to a par of 36 and measures 3,696 yards from the New Nittany tees.

The White Course, renovated in 2005, serves as a contrasting test, with some holes dating back to 1922.

At a glance

Access: Public
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Length: 7,219 yards
Tees: 11 tee boxes
Course rating: 75.0 / 136 slope
Opened: 1921
Difficulty: Harder than most

Scorecard

Blue Course

Tee	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Out	In	Total	Par	Rating
Par	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	5	36	36	72
Handicap	9	7	1	15	13	5	3	17	11	6	16	2	12	14	8	4	18	10
Black	394	425	480	215	577	400	464	210	519	441	353	629	383	194	417	441	180	497	3684	3535	7,219	72	75.0/136
Blue	360	396	396	182	546	383	431	173	507	401	319	608	358	174	346	412	167	446	3374	3231	6,605	72	72.2/130
White	360	364	387	182	499	383	400	161	507	383	310	570	358	142	325	385	167	446	3243	3086	6,329	72	71.0/129
Gold	350	332	339	169	478	337	369	132	443	350	276	532	323	112	292	327	154	435	2949	2801	5,750	72	68.2/127
Red	283	248	283	135	393	304	332	132	383	315	263	472	264	107	285	307	154	397	2493	2564	5,057	72	65.0/118
Green	235	205	251	130	357	243	213	129	274	245	147	405	194	105	196	244	124	293	2037	1953	3,990	72	60.4/110

White Course

Tee	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Out	In	Total	Par	Rating
Par	4	4	5	4	3	5	3	4	4	5	4	3	5	3	4	3	4	5	36	36	72
Handicap	9	5	1	13	17	3	15	11	7	8	4	16	2	18	10	14	12	6
Blue	383	379	532	339	203	517	167	350	353	464	353	166	584	217	323	199	307	492	3223	3105	6,328	72	71.3/131
White	383	355	532	330	153	498	167	350	353	464	353	166	577	181	315	165	307	481	3121	3009	6,130	72	70.3/132
Gold	353	355	457	270	153	449	135	329	318	458	344	155	540	181	315	161	293	405	2819	2852	5,671	72	68.1/127
Red	299	309	432	255	120	397	135	325	266	353	310	126	482	130	249	155	293	405	2538	2503	5,041	72	64.9/116
Green	215	225	386	184	120	275	135	231	217	323	225	126	405	130	177	148	162	295	1988	1991	3,979	72	61.0/107

Tee and scorecard data retrieved from the USGA GHIN course database

Course handicap at Penn State Golf Courses

How many strokes you get from each tee, by handicap index.

Tee	Rating	Slope	0	5	10	15	20	25	30	36
Blue Course · Black	75.0	136	3	9	15	21	27	33	39	46
Blue Course · Blue	72.2	130	0	6	12	17	23	29	35	42
Blue Course · White	71.0	129	-1	5	10	16	22	28	33	40
Blue Course · Gold	68.2	127	-4	2	7	13	19	24	30	37
Blue Course · Red	65.0	118	-7	-2	3	9	14	19	24	31
Blue Course · Green	60.4	110	-12	-7	-2	3	8	13	18	23
White Course · Blue	71.3	131	-1	5	11	17	22	28	34	41
White Course · White	70.3	132	-2	4	10	16	22	28	33	40
White Course · Gold	68.1	127	-4	2	7	13	19	24	30	37
White Course · Red	64.9	116	-7	-2	3	8	13	19	24	30
White Course · Green	61.0	107	-11	-6	-2	3	8	13	17	23

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