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Golf Endowment

Golf Endowment

The NU Golf Endowment will secure the future of Northwestern Golf.

The NU Golf Endowment will provide stability and a sustaining source of revenue that will ensure the financial future of both programs. Reaching the endowment goal will allow us to provide our student-athletes the highest level of training and competition, as well as an unmatched academic and athletic experience in perpetuity.

A fully funded endowment at $10,000,000, with an approximate 5% payout, will annually provide our golf programs with $500,000 and future financial sustainability.


$10M

ENDOWMENT GOAL

+

5%

PER YEAR

=

$500K

PER YEAR

*For illustrative purposes only. The calculated payout rate for the University's endowment was 4.4% for 2021 and is subject to change.

Amount raised as of :

“College athletics faces its greatest time of uncertainty as the landscape evolves and changes. The NU Golf Endowment will create stability no matter what the future brings.

Our Northwestern Golf community has worked diligently to establish these successful programs and my goal is to build off that amazing progress and secure the future growth and excellence of Northwestern Golf.”

Goal: $10,000,000

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Pat Goss

Director of Golf and Player Development

Luke Donald '01

wins BMW Championship to become the #1 ranked golfer in the world. A spot he held for 56 weeks.


Matt Fitzpatrick

Northwestern Golfer 2013

2022 U.S. Open Winner

Women's Golf


  • 12 consecutive NCAA Championship appearances
  • 2017 NCAA Stroke Play Champions, and Match Play runners-up
  • Three Big Ten team championships
  • Four Big Ten Coach of the Year awards
  • Four Big Ten Players of the Year
  • Six Big Ten Freshmen of the Year

2015 Windy City Collegiate Champions

2016 Big Ten Champions

2017 NCAA Championship Runner-Up

Men's Golf


  • Qualified for 12 of last 13 NCAA Championships
  • Eight Big Ten team championships
  • 13 Big Ten individual medalists
  • Six Big Ten Player of the Year awards
  • Five Big Ten Freshmen of the Year
  • Seven Les Bolstad Award winners
  • Five alumni currently on the PGA Tour

David Nyfjall - 2022 Big Ten Champion

2022 Windon Memorial Classic Champions