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Over the past few months students, faculty and visitors to campus may have noticed construction taking place on the west side of campus on the Burke Golf Course. The construction effort, which will reshape Burke Golf Course, is related to the construction of the two new residence halls on the site of Fisher and Pangborn Halls, according to University architect and vice president for facilities design Doug Marsh.
In order to make room for the new residence halls — which will have larger footprints than the current dorms — Holy Cross Drive will be relocated approximately 250 feet to the west of its current location.
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Liam Kelly | The Observer This relocation, while freeing up space for new recreational areas, including “open play” athletic fields, will shrink the nearby Burke Golf Course.
While the course will remain a nine-hole course, it will now consist of four par three holes and five par four holes, making it a par 32 course.
The course was originally built as a par 71 18-hole course in 1929 and was first shortened to accommodate the building of Rockne Memorial in 1939. It then became a 9-hole par 25 course in 1995 when O’Neill Family, Keough, McGlinn and Welsh Family Halls were constructed.
Already, the old starting house has been demolished. A mound of dirt along with some tubes have been placed on what was the ninth hole.
According to Marsh, the current Holy Cross Drive will remain open as the new road is constructed to the west, apart from a one or two-day closure early in the summer “to connect the new leg at its north and south ends to the rest of Holy Cross Drive.”
During construction, the practice putting green located adjacent to the Rockne Memorial Gym and Pangborn Hall will be demolished. A new practice green will be built near the new first tee of the course.
The road project will be completed “over the summer,” Marsh explained. The course will then be reopened “once the greenskeepers have determined that the realigned holes are ready for play.”
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