Payne Stewart SMU Golf Training Center at Trinity Forest Golf Club

Opened: 2017
Location: Dallas, Texas | Google maps
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The Payne Stewart SMU Golf Training Center at Trinity Forest Golf Club is among the finest in college golf. The center is named in honor of Payne Stewart '79, 1989 PGA Champion, two-time U.S. Open Champion and member of five U.S. Ryder Cup teams.

The 6,700-square foot facility features team locker rooms, coaches' offices, a conference room, a workout center and kitchen. The center also houses a hitting bay featuring premier equipment, including the Swing Catalyst, which tracks weight shift throughout the swing as well as four video motion-capture cameras and monitors to show swings. A TrackMan system uses dual radar technology to track both club movement and the ball at the moment of impact. This equipment provides the perfect foundation for analysis, enabling the Mustang golfers to use real-time data to improve their games. The Payne Stewart SMU Golf Training Center also includes 70,000 square feet of teeing ground, a 45,000 square-foot putting and chipping green and a challenging nine-hole short course.

Designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, the championship course at Trinity Forest Golf Club adheres to their design philosophy that traditional, strategic golf is the most rewarding. Built in the Great Trinity Forest and surrounded on its edges by thousands of majestic hardwood trees, the classic links-style course artistically meanders through an open meadow of rolling, rumpled sand, recalling the windswept land of Great Britain or the Northeastern United States. The club is located less than 10 minutes from downtown Dallas on Great Trinity Forest Way.

"Facilities like the Payne Stewart SMU Golf Training Center, the Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center, the new SMU Tennis Center, the renovated Moody Coliseum and the planned Indoor Performance Center are examples of the University's commitment to compete at the highest level of intercollegiate athletics," said SMU President R. Gerald Turner.

"Our commitment to competing for championships and enhancing the student experience requires continued investment in our infrastructure," said SMU Director of Athletics Rick Hart. "This great facility is just another sign of that commitment by our donors and our university. SMU, its donors and fans have made significant investments in athletics in recent years, and we thank them for their support."

Designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, the championship course at Trinity Forest Golf Club adheres to their design philosophy that traditional, strategic golf is the most rewarding. Built in the Great Trinity Forest and surrounded on its edges by thousands of majestic hardwood trees, the classic links-style course artistically meanders through an open meadow of rolling, rumpled sand, recalling the windswept land of Great Britain or the Northeastern United States. The club is located less than 10 minutes from downtown Dallas on Great Trinity Forest Way, and the facilities include an 18-hole championship golf course, a world-class practice academy, and a short course, all designed by Coore and Crenshaw.