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Visit Indiana Visit Indiana GUIDE 2019 EDITION GOLF GUIDE GOLF2019 EDITION ALONG THE Along the PETE DYE PETE DYE GOLF TRAIL Golf Trail FEATURING Featuring 275 275 COURSES COURSES You Can Play! YOU CAN PLAY! Indiana is INDIANA IS TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT READY READY VisitIndianaGolf.com VisitIndianaGolf.com GOLF IN A GORGEOUS SETTING ONE OF THE MIDWEST’S FINEST Pair that with a stay-and-play COURSES AWAITS ON ONE OF package at the Morris Inn, a THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL AAA Four Diamond hotel. COLLEGE CAMPUSES. Rates start at $189 per person Warren Golf Course at the University for a traditional room and of Notre Dame in South Bend offers round of golf, based a truly unique golf experience. You on double occupancy. can tee it up where the pros play — Warren is host of the 2019 U.S. Senior Open — and do so within sight of the Golden Dome. vsbm-indiana-golfAd_2018.indd All Pages 12/14/2018 11:30:16 AM GOLF IN A GORGEOUS SETTING ONE OF THE MIDWEST’S FINEST Pair that with a stay-and-play COURSES AWAITS ON ONE OF package at the Morris Inn, a THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL AAA Four Diamond hotel. COLLEGE CAMPUSES. Rates start at $189 per person Warren Golf Course at the University for a traditional room and of Notre Dame in South Bend offers round of golf, based a truly unique golf experience. You on double occupancy. can tee it up where the pros play — Warren is host of the 2019 U.S. Senior Open — and do so within sight of the Golden Dome. vsbm-indiana-golfAd_2018.indd All Pages 12/14/2018 11:30:16 AM Editorial & Advertising Office Premier Travel Media 621 Plainfield Road, Suite 406 Willowbrook, IL 60527 P 630.794.0696 • F 630.794.0652 [email protected] Publisher – Jeffrey Gayduk [email protected] Managing Editor – Jason Paha [email protected] Director, Design & Production – Indiana Martha Gazella-Taylor Business Development Manager – is home Tom Tobiason, [email protected] to more than 300 diverse golf courses throughout the state and is hosting multiple Contributing Writers professional tournaments this year. Whether Randy Mink [email protected] you are wanting to play a round or watch Miles Dobis [email protected] some of the best golf talents in the world, David Bodle [email protected] there is no shortage of top-quality golf for you to be a part of in Indiana during 2019. Published in Partnership with From South Bend to Newburgh, you can The Indiana Office of Tourism Development catch a professional on the links this season. One North Capitol, Suite 600 To play, Indiana’s courses showcase our Indianapolis, IN 46204 diverse topography with river views, exquisite P 317.234.8860 greens, picturesque bluffs and rolling hills. [email protected] Indiana is proud to be home to the Pete Dye Golf Trail, which is a one-of-a-kind collec- The publisher accepts unsolicited editorial matter, as well as tion of golf courses you will only find in the advertising, but assumes no responsibility for statements made Hoosier State. The unique courses highlight all by advertisers or contributors. Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information published, but the publisher the different aspects Pete and Alice Dye have makes no warranty that listings are free of error. The publisher put into their iconic designs. is not responsible for the return of unsolicited photos, slides or manuscripts. No matter if you are looking for a week- end golf getaway or a week-long stay and play Visit Indiana Golf Guide is published by Premier experience, you can start planning with the Travel Media, 621 Plainfield Road, Suite 406, Visit Indiana Golf Guide and VisitIndianaGolf. Willowbrook, IL 60527. The magazine is distributed com. free of charge to qualified tour operators, travel agents, group leaders, bank travel clubs and other travel organizations. Send Address Change to: Premier Travel Media 621 Plainfield Road, Suite 406 Willowbrook, IL 60527 Suzanne Crouch LT. GOVERNOR A publication INDIANA All rights reserved. Materials may not be reproduced in any form without written permission of the publisher . 4 VISIT INDIANA GOLF GUIDE 2019 # in Indiana for 1Joint Replacement For 2018, CareChex®, an information service of Quantros, Inc., ranked Franciscan Health Mooresville as the #1 hospital in Indiana for Medical Excellence in Joint Replacement. Home to the Center for Hip & Knee Surgery, we are also named one of the top 10% hospitals nationally. (800) 237-7678 CenterForHipAndKneeSurgery.org Visit Indiana GUIDE GOLF2019 EDITION CONTENTS What to do in Indiana 22 Northern Indiana Features Indiana’s northern region contains 92 golf courses and is less than two hours from Chicago, Indianapolis, Toledo and Grand Rapids. 8 Pete Dye Golf Trail The Pete Dye Golf Trail was created to show- case the state’s collection of courses available 30 Central Indiana for public play. Here are the seven courses Less than two hours from Indianapolis are 122 that make up the renowned trail. golf courses in central Indiana, an area filled with lovely destinations to explore. 14 Tips To Better Prepare for Your Golf Vacation 42 Southern Indiana The goal for any group planning an Indiana Starting less than an hour south of Indianapolis golf trip is to have fun. Here are a few not-so- and on down to the Ohio River Valley, vacation- obvious factors that need attention to make ers will find a land of fields and forests and 59 your outing a fabulous one. golf courses. Course Listings 18 Indiana is Tournament Ready 27 Northern Indiana In 2019, Indiana will host four major tourna- ments: The United Leasing & Finance Cham- Course Listings pionship, United States Senior Open, LPGA Indy Women in Tech Championship and the 38 Central Indiana Senior LPGA Championship. Here is informa- tion about those tournaments. Course Listings 48 Southern Indiana Course Listings 6 VISIT INDIANA GOLF GUIDE 2019 VISIT INDIANA GOLF GUIDE 2019 7 Indiana Facts Population: Statewide: 6.7 million Indianapolis: 860,902 (also the state capital) Fort Wayne: 267,852 Evansville: 118,930 South Bend: 101,735 Carmel: 92,198 Hammond: 76,618 Getting Here by Air Indianapolis International Airport (IND): Served by Air Canada, Alaska, Allegiant, American, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, United, Vacation Express South Bend Regional Airport (SBN): Served by Allegiant, American, Delta, United Evansville Regional Airport (EVV): Served by Allegiant, American, Delta, United Fort Wayne International Airport: (FWA): Served by Allegiant, American, Delta, United Getting Here by Rail Amtrak stations in Connersville (COI), Crawfordsville (CRF), Dyer (DYE), Elkhart (EKH), Evansville- Bus Station (EVN), Hammond-Whiting (HMI), Indianapolis (IND), Lafayette (LAF), Michigan City (MCI), Rensselaer (REN), South Bend (SOB), Waterloo (WTI) Average Temperatures by Season: North – Spring 71, Summer 81, Fall 63, Winter 31 Central – Spring 73, Summer 84, Fall 65, Winter 36 South – Spring 77, Summer 88, Fall 70, Winter 41 Schwabenblitz/Bigstock.com 6 VISIT INDIANA GOLF GUIDE 2019 VISIT INDIANA GOLF GUIDE 2019 7 Pete Dye Golf Trail 8 VISIT INDIANA GOLF GUIDE 2019 VisitIndianaGolf.com VISIT INDIANA GOLF GUIDE 2019 9 VER A CAREER that has spanned 56 years and 180 courses, Pete Dye is O one of the legendary architects in golf. Casual fans know him for his marquee designs, like TPC Sawgrass, Teeth of the Dog, Whistling Straits and Kiawah Island. Hardcore fanatics relish how Dye takes the driver out of your hands with a variety of pin placements and balance of shots. His stunning visual techniques can make a hole look challenging from the tee box, but have it play easy and vice versa. In the world of golf architects, there’s no one else like Pete Dye. He’s one of only four golf course architects to be elected into the World Golf Hall of Fame. A resident of the Hoosier State for nearly 70 years, golfers will find more Pete Dye- designed courses here than anywhere else in the world. The Pete Dye Golf Trail was created to showcase the state’s collection of courses available for public play, all conceived by the legendary architect and his wife Alice. The trail unifies destinations from north to south, giving traveling golfers a one-of-a-kind vaca- tion option. Here are the seven courses that make up the renowned trail. For more information on the Pete Dye Golf Trail and the architects behind the de- signs, visit www.petedyegolftrail.com. Pete Dye underwent a $500 Course million restoration and expansion and features at French multiple golf courses, a full-service spa, multiple Lick restaurants and a ca- sino. The championship LOCATION: French Lick course offers 40-mile Resort panoramic views of Hoo- NOTABLE EVENTS: 2015 sier National Forest, fea- Senior PGA Champion- turing narrow, immacu- ship, 2017-2019 Senior late fairways and rugged, LPGA Championship intense terrain. Senior SYNOPSIS: Open in 2009, PGA champion Colin this 8,102-yard course is Montgomerie called part of the grand French it “one of the iconic Lick Resort and sits atop courses” in America. one of the highest points CONTACT: 8670 West in Indiana. The luxury State Road 56, French resort, which dates back Lick, 888-936-9360 to the 1800s, recently 8 VISIT INDIANA GOLF GUIDE 2019 VisitIndianaGolf.com VISIT INDIANA GOLF GUIDE 2019 9 Ackerman-Allen Kampen Course Golf Course LOCATION: West Lafayette, 68 miles northwest of LOCATION: West Lafayette, the home course of Indianapolis Purdue University NOTABLE EVENTS: 2017 Indiana State Open NOTABLE EVENTS: 2003 Women’s NCAA Champi- SYNOPSIS: A parkland style course with rolling onship, 2008 Men’s NCAA Championship, 2017 terrain, this 18-hole championship course on Indiana State Open, 2004 Indiana State Open the grounds of Purdue University was originally SYNOPSIS: The Kampen Course at the Birck Boil- built in 1934 by architect Bill Diddle, one of Dye’s ermaker Golf Complex at Purdue University is an early mentors.