GCU Golf Course - Facilities - Grand Canyon University Athletics

GCU Golf Course

By the Numbers

Length	7,200+ yards
Renovated	2016
Clubhouse	10,000 sq. feet

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Features

Restaurant and bar	Patio seating
Team rooms	Coaches offices
Practice area	Pro shop

In October of 2014, Grand Canyon University announced an agreement with the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Board to redesign and manage the Maryvale Golf Course, just west of the main campus, for 30 years.

A $9 million renovation project transformed the course into a premier golf destination while keeping the course available to the public for affordable rates. The rebranded GCU Golf Course opened in January of 2016 and experienced immediate success.

The golf course is home to the Lopes men's and women's golf programs. The teams are afforded access to the course and private practice areas reserved exclusively for team use. There is access to a private driving range tee, two private chipping greens, bunker and chipping areas. The coaches' offices and a private team area are located on the second floor of the new clubhouse.

Following the extensive renovation, the course features include new tee boxes, challenging greens, extended fairways, enhanced bunkers, updated practice facilities and a 10,000-square-foot clubhouse including a restaurant and bar, second-story practice facility and fully equipped pro shop. Its stunning redesign shapes the GCU Golf Course as a traditional walking golf course accented with beautiful greens, preserved full-grown trees planted in the early 1960s and distinct, memorable holes.

The GCU Golf Course features two large hitting surfaces putting and chipping greens.

In October of 2024, "The Cage", which is reserved for the men's and women's golf athletes, was expanded to include three chipping greens, four practice putting greens, wedge targets, two bunkers, three sand targets, and a 130 yard full shot capability.