Alumnus Stan Anderson 鈥�62 has donated the funds for putting and chipping greens with
artificial turf and a small meeting/storage facility for the new men鈥檚 and women鈥檚
golf teams. 蜜桃传媒 has submitted plans for the Stan Anderson Golf Complex to the
Santa Barbara County Planning Department. The practice area will lie west of Deane
Field. 
鈥淲e鈥檙e hoping to transform this underutilized area into an attractive addition to the beautiful campus,鈥� says Randy Jones, campus planner.
Plans include a decomposed granite path leading from the road southeast of Reynolds Hall, a 500-square-foot patio and two, 10-foot-wide, covered hitting bays. The artificial putting green, turf trap and pitching areas will be about 8,000 square feet and will allow rainwater to drain to a naturally planted garden.
鈥淭his area will give the new golf teams a place to meet and work on their short game鈥攁nd it will be available to the entire 蜜桃传媒 community,鈥� says Tom Knecht, head golf coach and professor of political science.
Men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 golf, an NAIA spring sport, begins with the 2019-2020 academic year. Knecht hopes to recruit at least seven men and women for the first teams.