Palmer opens NC State golf course
July 31, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)—Arnold Palmer sent a wedge shot about 50 yards down thedriving range to open the golf course he designed at North Carolina State.
Palmer appeared at a ceremony Friday marking the opening of the $12 millionLonnie Poole Golf Course, a par-71 layout on N.C. State’s campus that measures7,358 yards.
The course offers views of Raleigh’s skyline and is the first built insidethe city’s Interstate 440 beltline since 1948. It will be used by the school’sturfgrass program and the Wolfpack’s golf teams.
Chancellor Jim Woodward called the course “a tremendous asset for N.C.State but maybe even more importantly, a tremendous asset for this state andregion.”
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