The Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort

Third on Golf Digest's 2025-'26 ranking of the best golf courses in Indiana, scored 4.5 by 25 panelists and labelled "Public" - the highest-ranked publicly accessible course on that list. Designed by Pete Dye, whom the resort quotes as calling it his favorite inland design, and the winner of Golf Digest's Best New Public award for 2009. The operator gives it as a par-72 course of 8,102 yards from the Gold tees, rating 80.0, slope 148, with "40-mile panoramic views of the Indiana countryside," three man-made lakes and volcano bunkers. A forecaddie is required with each group; target pace is 4.5 hours; hours are daily 6am to 7pm. Tee times are by telephone on (844) 489-0529, with a fourteen-day booking window for anyone without a room reservation at the resort.