Best golf courses near Indianapolis, IN

As an unapologetic Pete Dye fan, I know the most economical way to understand and appreciate Dye's genius is to simply play Brickyard Crossing, the course associated with the Indianapolis Speedway. There are four holes on the infield of the race track that provide a complete portfolio of his evolving design style. The par-3 seventh plays to a massive Seth Raynor-styled green perched some 10 feet high. The par-4 eighth is a boomerang par 4 along a lake that brings to mind the eighth at Crooked Stick, with a long rippled green a salute to Alister MacKenzie. The par-4 ninth is peppered with 10 pot bunkers in the right rough, eight more in the left. The short par-4 tenth, a dogleg wrapped around a long flat waste bunker down the left side, is a hole is full of Dye illusions. None of the four holes look or play anything like the other three, which makes it not only challenging but fun as you analyze and conquer. Plus, it's in the middle of the Indianapolis Speedway racetrack. --Ron Whitten

Eagle Creek Golf Club is a 36-hole facility with two Pete Dye-designed courses. The Sycamore course is a scenic layout with a variety of holes, some tree-lined and others more open with water in play. The original course at Eagle Creek, made up of 17 holes from the Sycamore course and one hole from the Pines course, hosted the 1982 U.S. Amateur Public Links.

Coffin Golf Club originally opened in the early 1930s and has hosted three U.S. Amateur Public Links championships, including in 1935, when Frank Strafaci, the grandfather of 2020 U.S. Amateur champion Tyler Strafaci, won the title. The course underwent a significant redesign in 1995, but it still plays along the same rolling terrain that it did when it hosted the three USGA championships.