The Ackerman-Allen course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex was known as the South course at Purdue University when Bill Diddel laid it out in 1934. Remodeled in the 1960s by Larry Packard and rebuilt by Pete Dye in 1997, the course staged the 1961 NCAA Men's Championships, won by Jack Nicklaus.
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The Ackerman-Allen course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex was known as the South course at Purdue University when Bill Diddel laid it out in 1934. Remodeled in the 1960s by Larry Packard and rebuilt by Pete Dye in 1997, the course staged the 1961 NCAA Men's Championships, won by Jack Nicklaus.
Birck Boilermaker (Ackerman-Allen)
Purdue's Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex is well-known by its Kampen Course, which hosted the 2003 Women's and the 2008 the Men's NCAA Championships. The other course on the property was the venue for the men's national championship, too. The previous "South" Course at Purdue was host to the events in 1952 and 1961 however, by the time Pete Dye came to campus in the 1990s the Bill Diddel road at the southern end of the property required some refresher courses.
The course was revamped to address drainage issues and Dye designed two completely new holes in conjunction with the hole he overhauled. It's a layout that's distinctively Dye and has a more restricted course. There are a few eye-catching hazards along the Ackerman-Allen end of the street, such as the plethora of burial plot-shaped bunkers on long par four, No. 15 or the slender strip of sand that runs up to the left of no. 17 (one of the longest courses that Dye has ever made) This course was made to be much more accessible than its much-loved neighbour in the northern part of.
The course's name is a tribute to two donors of wealth who made the new Double-Dye golf facility a reality. There are no doubt numerous grateful Purdue alumni and students who are in debt.