Palouse Ridge Golf Club is an 18-hole championship golf course in the

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, located at

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. On the east edge of campus on the

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of the

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, it opened for play in 2008 and is the home venue of the

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golf teams of the

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. Designed by John Harbottle III (1958–2012), its back tees (Crimson) are at ; the

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is 75.4 with a

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of 140. The average

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and it lies between Martin Stadium and the

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. Palouse Ridge replaced a sub-standard nine-hole "WSU Golf Course" that opened in 1925, and was mostly an unimproved recreational track. It had dual tees, but measured under for par 72, with a course rating of 65.4 and a slope of 110. The first and ninth holes originally extended west to Stadium Way, now a parking lot, and later began on the east side of

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, in the area now occupied by tennis courts. (Replacement holes were constructed on the east end of the layout, in the area now occupied by the 18th (reversed) and 9th holes.) Long targeted for an upgrade, the WSU course closed in 2006 and was plowed under for the $12.3 million redesign project, constructed on part of the same site and adjacent land. The 18-hole Palouse Ridge course opened in 2008 on August 29, and intends to improve the school's golf teams, provide a laboratory for students in turf grass courses, and give boosters and alumni an additional reason to visit campus. The course hosted

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golf with Pac-12 women's championship in 2012, the NCAA men's west regional in

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, and the Pac-12 men's championship in 2015. Palouse Ridge is an upgraded complement to the area's mainstay

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, east in

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, which opened in 1937 and added its second nine in 1970. The city of Pullman had attempted to construct an 18-hole golf course in the early 1990s at the northwest part of the city, near the

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. After some local opposition, it was put before voters in November 1994, and failed.

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