Colgate University Seven Oaks Golf Club
The Colgate University Seven Oaks Golf Club is located on campus and is home to the Colgate Raiders golf team. It was named for the village in the English County of Kent, where the Colgate family lived before emigrating to the United States in the late 18th century.
The Colgate University Seven Oaks Golf Club was designed by Robert Trent Jones. He graduated from Cornell University in 1930 and immediately set about his love and subsequent life's work designing golf courses. Jones designed the course in 1934, but because of the great depression and other factors the plans sat idle until the 1950s. Ground was broken for the first nine holes in May 1956. The course was completed and open for play July 4, 1958. The second nine was completed and open for play Sept. 4, 1965. The course is characteristic of all Jones' courses, which include strategic deployment of water along with extensive tee areas and large, expansive greens.
The Colgate University Seven Oaks Golf Club is extremely popular among students, faculty, staff, alumni and visitors with its perennial alumni and charity tournaments, clubhouse hospitality and pro shop. It was selected the 23rd best in Golf Week’s “Best Campus Courses: 2012,” and hosted the NCAA Division I Golf Championship in 1977.
The most recent significant addition is the Perkin-Sumption Practice Area, dedicated on June 10, 2005. It was dedicated to John T. Perkin, father of Thorne Perkin ’97, and James D. Sumption ’61, as a gift of the Perkin Fund.
More information is available at sevenoaksgolf.com.
Seven Oaks Golf Club Address
2 East Lake Rd.
Hamilton, NY 13346
