The University of Maryland Golf Course in College Park, Maryland

College Park, Maryland

College Park is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, USA. The population was 30,413 at the 2010 census. It is best known as the home of the University of Maryland, College Park, and since 1994 the city has also been home to the "Archives II" facility of the U.S...

, is the home of the Maryland Terrapins

Maryland Terrapins

The Maryland Terrapins, commonly referred to as the Terps, consist of 27 men's and women's athletic teams that represent the University of Maryland, College Park in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition...

 men's and women's golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 teams. The semi-private championship course was designed in 1955 by George Cobb

George Cobb (golf)

George W. Cobb, ASGCA is a notable and prolific golf course designer who created the Par-3 Course at Augusta National Golf Club among more than one hundred courses and renovated many, including his own early work...

, the course has been a longtime host of state and regional tournaments and hosts over 50,000 rounds of golf annually. The course is located in the northern perimeter of the University of Maryland, College Park

University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...

's campus, and is home to a 45-station driving range and a 5000 square feet (464.5 m²) putting green.

A 35000 square feet (3,251.6 m²), plantation-style clubhouse, named Mulligan's Grill and Pub, is located on the course. Completed in 1999 for $3 million, Mulligan's houses a full-service bar, banquet facility, and pro shop

Pro shop

A pro shop is a sporting-goods shop within a public or private-membership amateur sporting activities facility of some kind, most commonly a golf course, where it will typically be located in the country club building...

. The golf course underwent a series of renovations from 2008 to 2009.

The Melwood Prince George's County Open

Melwood Prince George's County Open

The Melwood Prince George's County Open is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. In 2010, it was played on the University of Maryland Golf Course in College Park, Maryland...

, a Nationwide Tour

Nationwide Tour

The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...

event, was held at the golf course in 2010.