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Harbert Collegiate Golf Center

Ushering in a new era of support and success for the Mules and Jennies golf teams, the University of Central Missouri celebrated the opening of the new Randall and Kelly Harbert Collegiate Golf Center at the Mules National Golf Club on April 20, 2024.

The university's Board of Governors in June 2023 approved naming the golf center in honor of UCM alumni and lead donors Randall, '85 and Kelly Harbert, '86. Board members authorized a contract with Reasbeck Construction, Warrensburg, to provide all labor, materials and provisions to build the one-story structure, made possible via substantial donor support and university funds. Groundbreaking for the new building, which today picturesquely overlooks the 18th green at Keth Memorial Golf Course, took place on Sept. 22, 2023.

Accommodating Mules and Jennies golf team members, the new 2,100-square-foot, single-story building is expected to be at the top of all such facilities in Division II collegiate golf programs. The facility includes amenities such as lounge space for both the men's and women's golf teams, offices, restrooms, a recruit lounge/meeting room, laundry room, and a large outdoor deck.

UCM alumni Randall Harbert, '85, and Kelly Harbert, '86, are longtime supporters of the institution, and have made previous gifts to the golf program, including a van for transporting players, in addition to supporting a marketing professorship endowment in the Harmon College of Business and Professional Studies.