Logan Country Club offers student discount
Utah State University students can golf with a 60% discount on daily golf prices at the Logan Country Club.
A lease agreement between USU and the country club, signed in April 1981, allows for the student discount and other perks for the university.
A regular 18-hole guest pass at the country club is $65. The agreement allows USU students to golf 18 holes for $26 and nine holes for $13 any weekday before 11 a.m.
The Logan Country Club is an 18-hole golf course and event center located less than a mile from the university.
Dean Johansen, the general manager at the country club, said any student is welcome to play before 11 a.m. as long as the golf course is available, but if there is a tournament or special event, they won’t be able to get students in.
Students wanting to schedule a tee time need to call the pro shop because the website only offers a tee time option for members, and students aren’t considered members.
The country club’s website contains no information regarding Utah State, students or anyone having access to reduced golf prices.
When asked how students discover they can golf at the club, Sara Fujimoto, a USU student and employee at the club, said her best guess was through word of mouth.
Johansen said it is best for students to call and schedule their appointments because some days are extremely packed. He said Wednesdays and Fridays are the club’s two busiest days.
“Let’s say you called me and said, ‘Hey Dean, I’d like to get out on Friday morning at 10.’ I would most likely have to tell you that it’s booked, but I would say ‘Hey, come up and I’ll put you out back for nine holes, would that work?’”
Johansen said most students are grateful for the chance to go play golf for a good deal. He said the club sees about three to four students a week.
The course does, however, regularly see members from the community, USU alumni and the USU men’s golf team.
The lease agreement between USU and the country club also mentions a designated list of university employees who are granted club membership.
During the time of the interview, Johansen said there were 12 people on the list, but declined to give names. USU staff and faculty not on the designated list are not offered any discounts through the lease.
Johansen said he assumes USU President Noelle Cockett has the decision over who is on the list, but he wasn’t sure.
Johansen said some USU faculty are social members, which means they only have access to the club restaurant, and others are equity members, which means they have unlimited use of the golf course and access to other facilities.
Johansen said the restaurant is a nice place for staff to go for lunch because it’s a quiet place close to campus where they will probably not run into many students.
The lease agreement also allows Utah State’s men’s golf team to practice and play on their course.
Johansen, who has also been the head coach of the men’s golf team for the past 22 years, said the club is considered USU’s home course.
“The members are really good to our kids. They love having the university team up here,” Johansen said. “I think the marriage between the university and the country club is a win-win, especially when it comes to Utah State’s golf teams.”
But how would club members feel if more university students golfed there more regularly?
“I feel like I wouldn’t really have a problem with it or anything — like I think it would be fun for (the students). I know a lot of the members are kind of worried about time that they can play and maybe the students taking up that time,” said Lucy Lyons, a USU student and country club employee.
Johansen said the club has had good experiences with students from Utah State golfing at their course.
“The students are very respectful of the club — they’re respectful of the membership, they’re respectful of the property,” he said. “In my 22 years here, we’ve had zero problems with any students coming up to play.”
-Kate.Stewart@usu.edu
Featured photo by Bailey Rigby