E xisting golf rounds alone would
be keeping Fr e nc h Lic k R es ort
buzzing with activity. 2 0 2 4 was
another record-breaking year in
French Lick, with golfers co ming fro m
all parts of the country making the
trek to southern Indiana to tackle the
Pete Dye and Donald Ross courses.
BRAND-NE W
9- HOLE
S HO RT CO U RSE
But then there's the brand-ne w, 9-hole
short course that French Lick Resort
plans to unveil in spring of 2 0 2 5.
There's the collaboration with G o o d
G o o d G olf , which brought a whole
ne w audience of golfers pouring
through (even sprinting into) Pete Dye's
hilltop gates this past su m mer. And
there's the biggest event on the Korn
Ferry Tour calendar planting its flag
in — you guessed it, French Lick.
While the Dye and Ross celebrate
a 1 4th consecutive year of being
Indiana's # 1 and # 2 ranked public
courses in Golf week's "Best You Can
Play" ratings, no one around here is
content resting on the status quo.
" We've made it a priority to look
for ne w ways to enhance the golf
experience here. You can see by
the gro wth trend we've had that
we've done things along the way
to help move that along," said
D a v e H ar n er , French Lick Resort's
Director of Golf. " We've changed,
we've evolved and added things,
strea mlined in places and advanced in
others, and the goal is to keep doing
that. You never stop innovating."
The next big step? A true short course.
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