Indiana Golf News

HILTON HEAD - This spring bands of brothers from every corner of the country will once again set aside sibling rivalries and team up for a chance to claim the 2010 Brother-Brother National Championship at Bluffton’s Old South Golf Links. The 36-hole Better Ball tournament is open to any and all two-man blood brother teams, and features two divisions of play: team low net and loss gross. The event is scheduled for May 13-15.

Part golf tournament and part social gathering, the Brother-Brother event has become a yearly ritual for some brothers since its inception in 1993. For other pairs, it’s served as the common ground to repair estranged relationships.

Teaching Life Lessons through the Game of Golf

The Indiana Golf Foundation was formed in 1994 with the goal of investing in the future of the game of golf through a new generation of players, while at the same time celebrating the past history and accomplishments of the many who have come before.

Pepsi Junior Program
Since 1987 the Pepsi Indiana Junior Golf Program has been providing competitive events for junior golfers in Indiana. What began with just 10 events and 200 junior golfers has evolved into one of the premier programs in the country. Today, the program includes 75 events and encompasses over 1,500 junior golfers. The program accommodates players age 8-18, and the Masters Tour gives top juniors the ability to play at a higher level of competition on courses set up similarly to what they will see at the collegiate level.

Learn to Score Better

It is the Catch-22 of golf. If we only scored a little bit better, we’d be excited about practicing more, which would lead to even better scoring. What we probably need is obvious; some time with a teaching professional who is passionate about helping us improve our score so we can conquer that Catch-22. But we’re afraid to break the cycle. “Golf School” sounds more like prison than an opportunity for a golf epiphany.

The United States Golf Academy at the Indiana National Golf Club at Swan Lake Golf Resort in Plymouth, Indiana wants to change the way you think of “golf schools” and put you on the road to enjoying the game more than ever.

French Lick Resort, one of the premier golf resort destinations in the country, has signed a sponsorship agreement with PGA Tour player Craig Bowden. Bowden will be the official touring pro representative for the resort during the 2010 season.

Bowden was a natural fit to represent French Lick Resort, as he was born and raised in near by Bedford, Indiana. Bowden attended college at the University of Indianapolis where he played college golf and turned professional in 1989.

The owners of Prairie View Golf Club, an 18-hole championship golf course in Carmel, Ind., recently announced that KemperSports has been selected to manage all golf course, golf academy and clubhouse operations.

The Robert Trent Jones Jr. design, which is located just 20 miles northeast of Indianapolis, is KemperSports' first property in the state. The Northbrook, Ill.-based premier golf course management company now oversees more than 90 golf courses in 29 states and Puerto Rico.

The sprawling, visually stunning Pete Dye course at the French Lick Resort, which opened in the spring of 2009, has garnered its greatest accomplishment to date. The layout has been selected "Best New Public Course" in the country by Golf Digest and will be featured in the publication's annual review of America's Best New Courses scheduled to appear in the January 2010 issue.

The list covers the best new courses in the public, private, Canadian and remodeled categories. A panel of 950 male and female golfers conducts the annual best new survey by rating the courses based on shot values, design variety, resistance to scoring, memorability and aesthetics.

The award-winning French Lick Resort has once again earned national recognition from one of the country's leading golf publications.

The latest accolade comes from Golfweek magazine, which included both of the resort's courses among its prestigious annual ranking of Best Resort Courses. The new Pete Dye course, which opened this year, is ranked No. 27, and the 92-year-old Donald Ross course checks in at No.71, according to the magazine's course raters.

FRENCH LICK - With the opening of the Pete Dye Course earlier this spring, French Lick Resort has quickly become one of America's most talked about golf destinations. The latest accolade comes from Golf Digest magazine, which ranked the historic resort No. 29 on its list of Top 75 Resorts.

This historic and elite golf destination is making its debut on the magazine's premier resort list in 2009. French Lick Resort now joins other historic resorts on the list such as Pinehurst, Sea Island, The Greenbrier, The Broadmoor, The Homestead, Pine Needles and Mid Pines and Pebble Beach.

The newest and most reliable online marketplace for purchasing discounted rounds of golf provides golfers the opportunity to play more and pay less.

TeeTimeSavings.com, formerly GolfUS.com, has officially launched its easy-to-use and informative Web site that features a comprehensive catalog of premier courses in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio where golfers in those areas can buy rounds of golf at special prices. More than 200 courses are currently featured on the site, which will expand quickly to add new courses and resorts in even more areas throughout the country.

CARMEL – The 2009 U.S. Senior Open and the United States Golf Association Grants and Fellowship Department, will honor the contingent of military in Indiana and around the country by hosting Military Family Days during Championship Week Practice Rounds Monday, July 27 – Wednesday, July 29 at Crooked Stick Golf Club. 

All military personnel, both active and retired and with proper identification, will receive free admission during Practice Rounds along with a 20 percent discount coupon valid in the merchandise tent for themselves and their families.