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.
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Indianapolis
Dean Refram
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Cincinnati
Tom Fazio
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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Indianapolis
Father/son team of Pete & P.B. Dye.
Private club
Cincinnati
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Indianapolis
Original 18-hole design by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1964); Rees Jones (Robert's son) designed the third nine (1995).
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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
FedEx Cup playoffs: the PGA Tour’s season finale starts in Memphis (TPC Southwind; Aug 11-14) and culminates in Atlanta (East Lake; Aug 25-28) … for the winner, the biggest prize in world golf … $18 million.
British Women’s Open: the year’s final women’s major championship heads for mighty Muirfield in East Lothian, Scotland, with Anna Nordqvist defending (Aug 4-7).
Anna Nordqvist: major championships aside, Solheim Cup stalwart Nordqvist notched up her first official Ladies European Tour win at the 2022 Ladies Dutch Open (aka Big Green Egg Open).
Cameron Smith: the Aussie PGA Tour player shot a blistering final round 64 to record his first major championship win at the home of golf in the 150th Open Championship.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Golf Son Gual is home to a course frequently rated the No.1 layout on the holiday island of Mallorca. Opening for play in 2007, this Thomas Himmel design combines the openness of a links-style layout with the stylish bunkering and not infrequent water hazards more typically associated with parkland courses.
Son Gual is located just a few kilometres from Palma (Mallorca). Palma's Old City shows clear influences from the city's Arab past.
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