The Pete Dye Course at French Lick

The Pete Dye Course at French Lick

Follow this link for a great review and photographs of the Dye Course at The French Lick Resort.

The Fort Golf Course, Golf Now and The Golf Channel - Total Agreement

In the heart of the Midwest, among the farm fields and near the home of the Indy 500 sit some of the more underrated and fantastic golf courses in the U.S.

Indiana – and Indianapolis in particular – is not only a playground for some of America’s most-devout basketball fans, but also an exciting locale for enthusiastic golfers.

Enjoy golf in the Hoosier State no matter what your price range with these three great Indianapolis-based GolfNow courses.

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French Lick Resort featured on Cybergolf Website.

Dual Courses Make the Trip to French Lick Seem Easy

I am used to "remote." Born, raised and a resident of Texas, I've traveled all over the back roads and through the tiny towns of the largest state in the Contiguous 48. I know all about getting away and have been to my fair share of crossroads in burgs with single blinking lights as the only traffic control.

Vistas are Amazing at the Dye Course

But I've never felt as isolated as when I drove from Indianapolis to French Lick in the far southern part of the Hoosier State. A map will show that French Lick is just a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Indy and an hour less than that from Louisville, Ky., to the east. But the journey - though a series of increasingly smaller roads and through rolling fields and dales - is almost a step back in time as well as a trek to remoteness. 

It's at the fabulous French Lick Resort where the well-heeled have come in droves since the mid-1850s to escape the city, to enjoy the healing waters of the area's mineral springs, to revel in the opulence of the West Baden Springs Hotel and to play golf at, initially anyway, a course designed by the legendary Donald Ross that opened in 1917. 

In 2009, with the approval of casino gambling in French Lick attracting visitors and their money not seen since before the Great Depression, a second course was built - this one by Indiana's own Pete Dye, arguably the most important golf architect of the 20th century's last 25 years. 

The two courses, both notable in their own right for their individual challenge and beauty, have combined to make a trip to French Lick a must for golfers. The fact that the other amenities in the tiny town are also top-drawer just adds to the appeal.Read more at..... http://www.cybergolf.com/golf_news/dual_courses_make_the_trip_to_french_lick_seem_easy