Around Indy & Cincinnati
Indiana's largest city is home to a number of top-quality public golf courses. Among them is Purgatory, a challenging course with a number of tee selections for different skill levels, and the championship layout at Brickyard Crossing Golf Course, a Pete Dye design whose history dates back to 1929. Your Cincinnati itinerary may include the top-ranked Balterra Golf Course, a stay-and-play facility with a well-maintained championship layout. If you're visiting Louisville, the spectacular Sultan's Run Golf Course, whose landscape of verdant parkland and rolling hills has made it sought-after among avid golfers.
Visitors welcome
Indianapolis
Dean Refram
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Cincinnati
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
Indianapolis
The Kampen (formerly North) course was substantially redesigned by Pete Dye (1994). Ackerman Hills (formerly South) course was designed by William Diddel (1934), redesigned by Larry Packard (1968), further improved in 1998 and renovated by Pete Dye (2015).
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Indianapolis
Husband/wife team of Pete & Alice Dye
Private club
Cincinnati
Original design by Seth Raynor & Charles Banks (1925); later minor improvements by Tom Doak (1984, 2000).
Private club
Indianapolis
Husband & wife team of Pete & Alice Dye.
Visitors welcome
Cincinnati
Greg Norman
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Indianapolis
Pete Dye & Tim Liddy
Rsrt guests only
Louisville
Pete Dye (2009). Located 2 mi SE of the Dye course is the resort's original course (Valley Links), an 18-hole layout designed by Tom Bendelow (1907) and later revamped into a 9-hole layout (by Lee Schmidt, 2006) when ground was given up to build the casino.
Visitors welcome
Louisville
Original design by Donald Ross (1917), revamped by Lee Schmidt (2006). Located 2.2 mi NE of the Ross course is the resort's original course (Valley Links), an 18-hole layout designed by Tom Bendelow (1907) and later revamped into a 9-hole layout (by Lee Schmidt, 2006) when ground was given up to build the casino.
Visitors welcome
Indianapolis
Pete Dye in collaboration with his wife Alice. The great man's first ever 18-hole layout.
Private club
Cincinnati
Alex "Nipper" Campbell (1930); restored by Keith Foster (2015).
Visitors welcome
Indianapolis
Father/son team of Pete & P.B. Dye.
Private club
Cincinnati
Visitors welcome
Indianapolis
Original 18-hole design by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1964); Rees Jones (Robert's son) designed the third nine (1995).
Visitors welcome
Indianapolis
Pete Dye
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Indianapolis
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
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Indianapolis
Ron Kern
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Indianapolis
Tim Liddy
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Cincinnati
Arthur Hills designed the original 18-hole Shaker Run course (1979), comprising the Red (formerly Woodlands) and Green (Lakeside) nines. The White-nine (formerly Meadows) was designed by Dr Michael Hurdzan & Dana Fry (1999).
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Cincinnati
Jeff Osterfeld (designer & owner).
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Louisville
Original design by Tom Jones & Allen Sternberg; redesigned by Tim Liddy (late-2000s).
Private club
Indianapolis
Jack Nicklaus
(Closed in 2018)
Indianapolis
Steve Smyers
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Cincinnati
Gene Bates
Tournaments:
European Tour: 2021 marks the 50th and last season of the world renowned European Tour, launched in April 1972 at the Spanish Open. From 2022 the Tour will be sponsored by Dubai-based global supply chain and ports operator DP World, and will be known as the DP World Tour.
South African Open: December 2021 events in South Africa have again been impacted by the Covid pandemic. The South African Open (Dec 2-5) will no longer be played as a DP World Tour event, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Dec 9-12) has been cancelled.
Who's Who:
Bernhard Langer: at age 64, Langer collected a record sixth Charles Schwab Cup, the only player to have won the season-long points chase more than twice. He also topped the PGA Tour Champions money-list for the 11th time out of a possible 13 since 2008.
Carlota Ciganda: the five-time Solheim Cup star was delighted to record a fourth Ladies European Tour win in her home national championship, the Ladies Spanish Open.
Lee Elder: Trailblazer, Ryder Cup player, four-time PGA Tour winner and eight-time Senior PGA Tour winner, Lee Elder died on November 28, aged 87. In 1975 he became the first African American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, and in so doing provided one of the pivotal moments in the history of professional golf.
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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