Course: Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex (Ackerman Hills Course)
Architect: Jeff Kissel
Released: TBA

Purdue University's Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex has two courses: Ackerman Hills and Kampen.

Ackerman Hills is a tight, hilly layout that winds through the hills north of the Purdue campus.
I can walk right out the front door of the Phi Kappa Theta house, where I live, and see the 8th
hole.  I have played it dozens of times and like it better than BBGC's "main attraction", the
new Kampen course.  I think it will make a very enjoyable JNSE course once completed, which 
unfortunately won't be until school starts because I may need to do some "research" out on the 
course.  My goal, however, is to finish the course by our Homecoming football weekend, when I 
will host the 1st Annual JNSE Purdue Open here at Ackerman Hills.  If I don't finish by then, 
I'll do the tournament during our bowl game.  I intend this tournament to be a yearly 
event and will rotate it to the Kampen course when I finish that, hopefully before Homecoming 
in 2001.

Ackerman Hills has many beautiful and tricky holes, but my favorites are: #1, a short par 4 
along the road which can be very tricky; #6, a mid-length par 3 with a GREAT view of campus
(this may be the hard part to duplicate; I'll see what I can do with the background); #8, a
very tight short par 5; #13, a beautiful short par 3 over a ravine; and #18, a tricky par 5
along the same road as on #1.

I intend to put my full effort into this course once school starts.  I really want this course
to be my best JNSE design ever, because it's one of my favorite courses to play in real life, 
anywhere.