WAY BETTER THAN PAR

The Fort Golf Course merges nature with legendary design
By Nick Werner, OI Staff 
Photography by Frank Oliver, OI Staff

Conditions were tough on an already tough course.

“The course is difficult, and today is more difficult,” Roper said. “But we’re not here for our scores. We’re here to relax and get away for a bit.”

Golf, nature and history meld as deer roam The Fort during a summer sunset. The course is on property that was once Fort Benjamin Harrison army base, which closed in 1991.

Golfers looking for an escape in Indiana will find it tough to do better than The Fort. That’s surprising, perhaps, given its location. The course is in Marion County, just a couple of miles from the hustle of Interstate 465 and 15 minutes from downtown Indy.

Since opening in 1997, The Fort has been considered one of the state’s finest public courses and is ranked annually by golf publications as a Top 10 among Indiana courses. The Fort has two main selling points. The first is natural beauty. Tucked in the wooded Fall Creek valley, the 238-acre course offers an uncommon amount of elevation change in otherwise flat central Indiana.READ MORE

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New look for Ackerman Hills at Purdue.

Pete Dye sees a bright future for Ackerman Hills

By Rob HughesPublished: June 6, 2014, 10:31 pmUpdated: June 6, 2014, 10:54 pm

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – Ackerman Hills, formerly known as the Purdue South Course, was built in 1934.  Since that time the course has undergone two separate renovations.

About ten years ago Director of Golf Operations Devin Brouse and alumnus Jim Ackerman decided that the course was due for another upgrade.

Who better to head up the job than the most famous of all modern golf architects and the designer behind Purdue’s Kampen course, Pete Dye?

“Everybody and anybody in golf knows Pete Dye, and knows what his impact has been on the game, and golf course design,” Brouse said.

Dye’s connection with the Purdue courses began in 1994, when a walk along the North course, now Kampen, turned from a minor reconstruction project into a complete renovation. Now 88 years old, Dye isn’t slowing down. Ackerman Hills is his newest project, and according to Dye the land and the location are what make the renovation the most appealing. Read More!