Yale Golf Course, routinely ranked among the country's top campus layouts, will get a facelift, courtesy of golf course architect Gil Hanse. The intent is to restore the course to its original design that was created by Seth Raynor and Charles Blair Macdonald.
Yale would not comment on the cost or timetable with the project, but it is believed to carry a price tag of about $25 million, according to The New Haven Register. That includes $15 million for the renovation and $10 million for maintenance endowment, according to the newspaper.
The past year-and-a-half-plus has been tough at Yale Golf Course. The No. 1 campus golf course in the Golfweek's Best list, Yale was closed in March 2020, but a small crew was kept on to maintain the course and complete projects.
The course opened briefly in the fall of 2020 the finally reopened this year in April.
The Register said Yale settled on Hanse because of his experience restoring Macdonald and Raynor layouts.
Although the timeline for the project has not been made public, Yale is poised to host an NCAA Division I regional next May.
When Yale reopens, it will do so as a daily fee.