It’s safe to assume that Vanderbilt University will be attracting a lot more attention from top high school golfers around the country in the coming years.
Why? Because the Nashville school now features arguably the greatest golf facility in all of college golf.
On Monday, the Commodores unveiled their renovated Vanderbilt Golf House at Vanderbilt Legends Club via a social-media teaser video that’s leaving golfers everywhere envious.
Inside one of the best practice facilities in all of college golf
While the Golf House and the nearby short-game facility date back to 2013, they recently went through a massive $11 million renovation.
The new-look facility grew in size by two-thirds, and now features luxurious country-club style locker rooms, lounges and patios, and a state-of-the-art gym and training facility.
It also sports a beautiful Hall of Fame dedicated to the greatest pro golfers who have come through the Vanderbilt program. The star alums include PGA Tour pros Brandt Snedeker and Luke List, as well as LPGA pros Marina Alex and Auston Kim.
In fact Snedeker, a nine-time PGA Tour winner, was among a small group who donated the funds to make the renovations happen.
Check out Vanderbilt’s teaser video of the new facility below.
While the roster of Vanderbilt golf alums is impressive, the school’s current star could one day become its greatest alumni: Gordon Sargent. Sargent was the NCAA individual champion in 2022, his freshman year. He won the Mark. H McCormack Medal in 2023 as the top-ranked amateur golfer in the world, a title he still holds.
He’s played in two U.S. Opens, one Open Championship and one Masters after receiving a special invitation in 2023.
In 2024, Sargent became the first player ever to earn his PGA Tour card through PGA Tour university, a new system adopted in 2020 to create pathways for college golfers to Korn Ferry and PGA Tours.
But in April Sargent announced that he would defer his Tour card in favor of staying a Vanderbilt for the 2024-25 season. It’s unclear how much the epic renovated Vanderbilt Golf House influenced his decision.
