Ole Miss Golf Complex

The men’s and women’s golf teams are fortunate to have state-of-the-art practice facilities adjacent to the Ole Miss Golf Club, located just one mile north of campus.

Ole Miss recently completed the first stage of many major planned upgrades that will make the Rebel golf facilities second to none in the nation.

The first stage of renovations saw the existing private driving range redesigned and leveled, featuring a new team tee adjacent to the golf house and Herrington Golf Center. This will improve sight lines from practice tee boxes.

Additionally, the team’s two acre short-game practice area was expanded to nearly eight acres. An all new six-hole short game practice course was added, featuring challenging bunkers and a variety of layouts, making for an enhanced practice environment.

Plans are also in place for expansion and renovation of the Whitten Golf Center as well as connection to the nearby Herrington Center.

Locker room improvements are at the top of the indoor renovations. The first-class team locker rooms will feature improved shower areas and separate locker facilities for the coaching staffs. The team meeting areas are also set for an upgrade, as well as the existing laundry and storage spaces. Several other long-term enhancements have been proposed as well, including short stay villas for visitors of the Ole Miss Golf Course.

The Herrington Golf Center, which opened in 2012, houses an indoor-outdoor hitting facility that allows players the opportunity to work on their games regardless of weather conditions. The facilities also include two indoor hitting bays with video capabilities, a recreation and weight center, and a shop for repairing and golf equipment. Funding for the 3,600-square-foot indoor-outdoor practice facility was provided by a gift from the Clay and Elinor Herrington Charitable Remainder Trust.

The John Whitten and Marianne Thaxton Whitten Golf Complex, completed in the summer of 2002, houses team meeting rooms, locker rooms for both teams, coaches offices, areas for storage and repair of golf equipment as well as an upstairs lounge area.

In the fall of 2006, a new driving range opened to be used by both teams exclusively, and in 2009 a new shortgame facility was completed.

Designed by Cary Middlecoff, the Ole Miss Golf Course opened in 1973. The course underwent a $3.5 million renovation in October of 2008. Renovation efforts included green complexes rebuilt to USGA specifications, fairways sprigged with 419 Bermuda grass, new cart paths, a fleet of 60 new electric golf carts, a state-of-the-art 900 sprinkler head irrigation system capable of pumping out more than 850,000 gallons of water a night, rebuilt sand bunkers and the addition of back tees on several holes, pushing the course to more than 7,000 yards in length. Also, the driving range doubled in size. Watermark Golf LLC/Nathan Crace Design was responsible for the renovation project.

The men’s and women’s golf teams are also fortunate to have privileges at the picturesque Country Club of Oxford, which opened in the summer of 2006. Surrounded by stately hardwoods and gentle rolling hills, the par 72, 7,028-yard course was designed by Jim Fazio and features 18 holes.