Golfer's Guide Indiana Golf Courses Stories

As the only Robert Trent Jones, Jr.-designed golf course in the state of Indiana, Prairie View Golf Club is in elite company when compared to other public golf facilities in the region. In addition to its 18-hole championship golf course set upon 206 acres of rolling prairies and serene wetlands, the property boasts land that is undisturbed by residential development. Prairie View offers a complete and unique experience for everyone from the naturalist to the aspiring professional.

Considered one of the state’s premier daily-fee layouts, Prairie View Golf Course is a 7,073-yard classic design characterized by abundant natural beauty. Golfers are treated to views of towering sycamores and oaks, sounds of clear running streams and billowing native grasses that transform an afternoon on the course into an almost surreal experience.

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Golfers can become rather irascible when confronting the creations of legendary golf course architect Pete Dye, cursing their luck upon finding a ball buried in one of his pot bunkers or flipping a club after watching a shot splash land in the moat surrounding No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass.

But for all the fury and frustration Dye draws out of both hackers and professionals, we can’t help but love the man who’s provided us with so many wonderful places to play golf.

And there is no other spot on the planet where that love affair is more evident than the city of Indianapolis. Indy is to home remnants of Dye’s first design, the nine-hole El Dorado located just south of the city.