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The magazine is distributed weekend golf getaway or a week-long stay free of charge at visitor information centers, golf golflakejames.com and play experience, you can start planning shows, golf courses and golf events. with the Visit Indiana Golf Guide and Send Address Change to: cold-springs-resort.com VisitIndianaGolf.com. Premier Travel Media 621 Plainfield Road, Suite 406 Best wishes and safe travels, Willowbrook, IL 60527 A publication All rights reserved. Materials may not be reproduced in any Suzanne Crouch form without written permission of the publisher . LT. GOVERNOR INDIANA 4 VISIT INDIANA GOLF GUIDE 2020 VisitIndianaGolf.com Northern Indiana Lakes Country Located in the extreme northeast corner of the state, Northern Indiana Lakes Country area is home to a variety of golf courses offering a variety of play. Pokagon State Park and the Trine State Recreation Area offer additional recreational opportunities. Outlet shopping and historic downtown shops abound along with wineries and a microbrewery for the artisan travelers. Numerous hotels offer a variety of packages. Visit lakes101.org for comprehensive area activities. Golf Course “Links” trine.edu/zollner glendarinhills.com golflakejames.com cold-springs-resort.com Visit Indiana GUIDE GOLF2020 EDITION CONTENTS What to do in Indiana 24 Northern Indiana Hike in Indiana’s only national park, catch a baseball game and sample exquisite wine in Features Northern Indiana. 34 Central Indiana 8 Indiana’s Signature 18 This region is home to action-packed casinos, Indiana’s golf courses boast lively entertainment districts and fine dining immaculate waterside greens and for every taste. sloping fairways. These 18 holes showcase the best of the state’s 44 Southern Indiana diverse courses, from Scottish links to Craft beer trails, welcoming sports bars and rolling hillsides. historic resorts await visitors to this region. 18 Indiana’s Top Collegiate Courses Course Listings The state’s prestigious universities 31 Northern Indiana are also home to acclaimed golf Course Listings courses that are available to the public. Capture the experience of an NCAA 40 Central Indiana athlete at these four properties. Course Listings 48 Southern Indiana Course Listings 6 VISIT INDIANA GOLF GUIDE 2020 VisitIndianaGolf.com Indiana Facts Population: Statewide: 6.7 million Indianapolis: 867,125 (also the state capital) Fort Wayne: 269,534 Evansville: 118,930 South Bend: 102,245 Carmel: 92,798 Fishers: 91.832 Bloomington: 85,079 Hammond: 75,598 Getting Here by Air Indianapolis International Airport (IND): Served by Air Canada, Allegiant, American, Delta, Frontier, OneJet, Southwest, United 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), Hammond/Whiting (HMI), Indianapolis (IND), Lafayette (LAF), Michigan City (MCI), Rensselaer (REN), South Bend (SOB), Waterloo (WTI) Average Temperatures by Season: North – Spring 63, Summer 70, Fall 55, Winter 31 Central – Spring 65, Summer 80, Fall 65, Winter 36 South – Spring 65, Summer 82, Fall 70, Winter 33 Schwabenblitz/Bigstock.com VISIT INDIANA GOLF GUIDE 2020 7 INDIANA’S Signature 18 T HE TRADITION OF playing basketball in To give you an idea of the breadth, depth Indiana goes back for decades, though some and quality of the golf courses in Indiana, this old-timers will tell you that basketball was year we highlight the best 18 golf holes from probably played in some form or fashion in 18 different public golf courses in the Hoosier Indiana well before Dr. James Naismith offi- State. It’s a Dream 18! cially invented the game in Springfield, Mas- From a logistical perspective, most of sachusetts back in 1891. While basketball has these golf courses are located fairly close to In- been played in Indiana for more than 100 terstate 65 (I-65), which travels from southern years, Hoosiers have also been playing golf for Indiana through Indianapolis and up to Chi- more than a century. After all, once the snow cago. melts, the sun shines and the temperatures rise, Enjoy this golf journey through Indiana. it’s time to go outside to combat Old Man Par Now you have a reason to hit the road to all before Old Man Winter returns. parts of the Hoosier State. 8 VISIT INDIANA GOLF GUIDE 2020 VisitIndianaGolf.com THE 18TH HOLE AT SULTAN’S RUN GOLF CLUB JASPER VISIT INDIANA GOLF GUIDE 2020 9 Otter Creek Golf Club (North Course) 1 Columbus The opening hole on the North Course is a par-5 where the green is reachable in two shots. Your tee shot will influ- ence your decision to either go for the green in two or lay up short of the small stream, which crosses the fairway about 25 yards short of the putting surface. If your ap- proach is long and left of the green, the greenside bunker complex will grab your golf ball. The Pete Dye Course 2 French Lick The 2nd hole is a relatively short par-4 with a slight right- to-left twist to its layout. The most significant part of this hole is the series of “volcano” bunkers that dot the right side of the fairway. If your ball lands in one of the “volcano” bunkers, your rescue shot error on your approach, as Plum Creek could easily finish in another water lurks on both sides of Golf Club one if you are too ambitious. the fairway and behind the 4 Carmel green. Two bunkers adjacent Rock Hollow to the green – front left and One of the highlight holes at Golf Club back right – add to the degree Plum Creek is the 4th hole, 3 Peru of difficulty of this hole. which measures 423 yards Even if your second shot is from the championship tees The 3rd hole at the Rock a layup, you don’t want to and nearly 400 yards from the Hollow Golf Club is an excit- push or pull your third shot tournament and member tees. ing risk/reward par-5. After to the green. At the 3rd hole, The hole is special because hitting a solid tee shot to the if you lose your focus, double of its dual fairways – one is fairway, you will be tempted bogeys will be more common straight ahead and the other to go for the green in two in than birdies.