Braeburn Golf Course
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History:
Golf clubs have been swinging on Fairmount Hill for more than a century . The University's current 18 hole course began as the Crestview Country Club in the 1920's. In the 1960's, Crestview decided to move to east Wichita and construct a new facility with more holes and adjacent housing. The Municipal University of Wichita recognized that the land should be preserved for future growth as neighborhoods had enclosed its other three sides. Glen Gardner, then Director of Finance, worked with the city to establish a Public Building Commission which could issue revenue bonds for the University to purchase the land or construct buildings and then retire the bonds with funds from the future tax levy which the city had pledged to establish to support the new Wichita State University. Consequently, in 1968, WSU found itself operating a golf course. The club house was opened as a private club, known first as "The Shocker Club" and then as "The University Club". An addition containing offices and meeting rooms for WSU's continuing education program was erected in 1974. The club was closed in recent years and the outreach programs moved to the new Metropolitan Complex.
In 1994, the management of the WSU course adopted the name "Braeburn" in recognition of the long tradition of golf on Fairmount Hill.