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The Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech, home of the Virginia Tech golf team, has been selected as one of the nation's top collegiate courses. Golfweek has released its 2010 list of Best Campus Courses and "The River" debuts at No. 18.  The top 30 courses in America were named with The Course at Yale in the top spot.  A total of five Atlantic Coast Conference courses made the list.  The Duke University Golf Club, which has hosted two NCAA Championships, is No. 10; the new Lonnie Poole Golf Course at NC State is No. 22; UNC’s Finley Golf Course is No. 24; and the University of Virginia’s Birdwood Golf Course is No. 30.

A total of four Pete Dye designs are included in the list. No. 16 Radick Farms at the University of Michigan; No. 17 Kampen Golf Course at Purdue, site of 2008 NCAA Championship; No. 18  Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech; No. 29 Karsten Golf Course at Arizona State.  The Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech will host the 2011 NCAA East Regional Golf Championship.

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