Golfer's Guide Indiana Golf Courses Stories

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (May 15, 2012) — Watching Jim Ousley navigate Harbour Trees Golf Club today was watching golf the way it was meant to played. Relaxed and obviously having fun, Ousley pulled away from the field posting a second round 4-under 67 on his way to a three shot victory at the Raymond James Indianapolis Open.

Ousley, PGA Golf Professional at Tippecanoe Country Club in Monticello, Ind., shot an opening round 69 but admits it wasn’t easy. “I had no control over where the ball was going yesterday,” said Ousley. “I just scrambled really well. Today I had great control over the ball and hit lots of greens.”

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. - With ideal weather and a golf course in near perfect condition, three players are tied atop the Raymond James Indianapolis Open leader board after posting rounds of 68 at Harbour Trees Golf Club.

Amateurs Connor O’Neal (Carmel) and Brooks Snyder (West Lafayette) will share the final tee time with PGA Member Ryan Ford, Director of Golf at Pleasant Run/Sarah Shank Golf Courses in Indianapolis. All three golfers started their first rounds on hole 10 with Ford and O’Neal in the same pairing and Snyder just behind them.

As the only Robert Trent Jones, Jr.-designed golf course in the state of Indiana, Carmel’s Prairie View Golf Club is already in elite company. But in addition to its 18-hole championship golf course—set upon 206 acres of rolling prairies and serene wetlands, undisturbed by residential development—Prairie View’s commitment to “constructing” players sound in all aspects of the game solidifies the facility’s standing as one of the most complete and dynamic in the Midwest.

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