Brickyard Crossing Has Unique Setting & Much to Like

From our friend Steve Habel


This weekend, as upwards of 290 million households around the world watch the television coverage of the Indianapolis 500 - the biggest sporting event on the planet - most of the focus will be on the race cars whipping around the 2.5-mile track at speeds exceeding 230 miles per hour.

Brickyard Crossing GC on Indy 500 Race Day

Expect golfers to pay a little more attention to the overhead shots of the action, especially those who have played the unique and ultra-challenging Brickyard Crossing Golf Course that borders- and even enters - the Indianapolis Motor Speedway along the massive edifice's backstretch.

Because four of Brickyard Crossing's 18 holes are set within the infield of the huge oval, the course is surely distinctive for its setting. But, thanks to the handiwork of native Indianan and famed designer Pete Dye, there's a whole lot more to like about Brickyard Crossing than its location. This is one of the testiest golf courses in America, one that demands your best, especially on its home stretch. Read More.

The Golf Channel features Mr. and Mrs. Dye.

The Golf Channel will air a segment on Pete and Alice Dye at approximately 3 p.m. ET on May 9 and 10 as part of its coverage of the Players Championship.
The 2013 Players Championship will be contested from May 9-12 at TPC Sawgrass, designed by the Dye duo and recognized as one of the most difficult courses in the world. The course is known for its signature hole, the par-three, 132-yard 17th, simply known as the "Island Green."
Pete Dye received the 2003 Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf COurse Superintendents Associate of America, their highest honor. In 2005, he became the sixth recipient of the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award, and he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2008. He has been awarded a Doctor of Landscape Architecture degree from Purdue.
An accomplished amateur golfer in addition to her prowess as a designer, Alice Dye is known as the "First Lady of Golf Architecture" in the United States. The Indianapolis native was a 1970 U.S. Curtis Cup Team member and won the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur in both 1978 and 1979. She has been a member of the USGA Women's Committee, the LPGA Advisory Council and a member of the Board of Directors of the Women's Western Amateur, which has honored her with its Woman of Distinction Award. In 2004, she was honored with the PGA's First Lady of Golf Award.
The state of Indiana proudly lays claim to having more Pete Dye-designed courses than any other place in the world. The Kampen Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex is part of the Pete Dye Golf Trail, a collection of his courses in the state of Indiana intended as both a showcase for the golf traveler and a tribute to the golf visionary.