On Course - The Tom Spurgeon Training Center
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The construction on the Tom Spurgeon Golf Training Center at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex is rolling down the line.
The project will be dedicated on Oct. 1. Ground was broken in May, and work began in earnest this fall.
Completion of the Spurgeon Center will be the final step in the transformation of facilities at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex, which has undergone more than $8 million worth of improvements since 1996.
The 11,400-square-foot center will include an indoor putting green, a swing-analysis video computer system and multiple heated hitting bays, as well as team locker rooms, a lounge, coaches' offices, a pro shop and a classroom. The architectural design will be similar to the clubhouse and other facilities at the complex. When not in use by Purdue golf teams, the center will be open to the public.
Under the guidance of Devon Brouse, men's and women's head golf coach, the Purdue men's and women's teams have made trips to the NCAA Championships in seven of 11 combined seasons. The Boilermakers also have had 15 All-Big Ten and two All-America selections.
In the last six seasons, the Kampen Course has played host to the 2003 NCAA Women's Golf National Championships, 2001 NCAA Women's Golf Central Regional Championships, 2000 Western Junior Regional, 2000 Men's Big Ten Championships, 1999 Men's Northern Collegiate, 1999 Women's Big Ten Championships and 1998 Women's Northern Collegiate.
In 2008, the Kampen Course will be the site of the NCAA Men's Championships.
The facility is being named in honor of Tom Spurgeon, a Purdue alumnus from Peoria, Ill., who made the lead gift of nearly $750,000 toward the center. Spurgeon graduated from Purdue in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in industrial management. An entrepreneur who has built companies throughout the United States, he most recently was president and CEO of Lincoln Office in Peoria, Ill.