Indiana has 400 excellent golf courses spread across the state, each with a unique terrain that includes river vistas, superb greens, gorgeous cliffs, and rolling hills. A golf trip to Indianapolis is like a vacation to numerous locations since the city has a golf heritage that dates back more than a century, and each location has a unique tale to tell. The following are the Top 10 Golf Courses in Indiana.

10. Sagamore Golf Club

The Sagamore Club is Jack Nicklaus's one and only signature design in the Indianapolis area, and it is immaculate and intimidating in appearance. The layout isn't particularly strategic, but it is stunningly beautiful, with water hazards on most Par-3s and Par-5s and thus plenty of opportunities to lose golf balls. While the fairways are as soft as carpet, the rough can be difficult to play in. Unlike most Nicklaus courses, the greens at this one are relatively tame due to their Fabulous condition (they hold well and aren't too undulating). 

9. South Bend Country Club

Beautiful scenery and a challenging course await golfers of all abilities at South Bend Country Club. The staff at South Bend Country Club is knowledgeable and can give you advice on how to have the best possible round on the course's well-maintained fairways and greens. Even though it's only 478 yards long, the final par 5 presents an excellent strategy challenge even for average golfers. The par-5 no. 5 that wraps around south chain lake is sure to be a highlight for those taking it easy on the course.

8. Brickyard Crossing Golf Course

To play golf at Brickyard Crossing is to experience nothing less than the pinnacle of excellence. For over 60 years, golfers could enjoy the same layout—18 holes outside the track and nine holes inside—that debuted at the speedway in 1929. After undergoing extensive reconstruction in 1993, the new course took on the name brickyard crossing. Pete Dye expanded the original design into a championship course with 18 holes by moving four holes (holes seven through ten) inside the track. Located close to an infield lake, this par-72 course is nearly 7,200 yards long when played from the tips.

7. French Lick Resort (Donald Ross Course)

The French Lick Resort in French Lick, Indiana, is one of the oldest and most prestigious clubs in the world of golf, and its stunning 18-hole course was designed by the legendary course architect Donald Ross. It has recently undergone restoration, and is now a beloved classic course with all 35 of Ross' original trademark bunkers. The par-70 course is 7,000 yards long.

6. Kampen at Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex

After the opening in 1996 of the 36-hole Purdue University Buick Boilermaker Golf Complex, the campground course changed its name to the north course. This course has a beautiful layout and is in excellent condition. It is rather open, so wind can be a challenge. The fairways are wide and the greens are generous in size and gentle in difficulty. This Pete Dye-designed course requires patience but rewards aggressive play on a select few holes. Bill Diddell created the second course at the property, which was totally redesigned by pete dye in 2016. When the new course reopened, it was called Ackerman Allen.

5. Pfau Golf Course

The Pfau course has been regarded by some as the finest in the Bloomington area, if not the state. Greens are kept in excellent condition; they are smooth, firm, and lightning quick. Other than some drainage issues that will need to be explored, the zoysia fairways are excellent. When Steve Smyers redesigned the course in 2020, he paid close attention to the existing topography and incorporated it into the layout. The fairway on No. 2 is extremely steep, and the hole itself is extremely lengthy. Hard to reach the pin.

4. Sycamore Hills Golf Club

Sycamore Hills Golf Club, located not far from Macomb, provides players of all ability levels with beautiful scenery and a fair but tough round of golf. despite the fact that the course is used for non-professional competitions. The designer Jack Nicklaus  thinks there's no reason to make it harder for regular members to participate. After all, the par-4 third hole's long freeform bunker left of the fairway, the par-5 fifth hole's fourteen bunkers dispersed across the hole, and the par-5 fifteenth hole's serpentine creek crossing the fairway four times tee-green, have always been a significant challenge.

3. French Lick Resort (Pete Dye Course)

The Pete Dye Course at French Lick is carved among the rolling hills of the Hoosier National Forest. Pete Dye's mountainside design, which earned golf digest's best new public award in 2009, revealed that the architect, even at the age of 80, still had new ideas. The design featured rumpled chipping swales country, lane cart lanes, and volcano bunkers, among other innovative features. The Gold tees have an extreme length of 8,100 yards and a rating of 80.0. The typical golfer may have some difficulty with certain portions on this course because it is not like others they have played before.

2. Crooked Stick Golf Club

Pete dye became Pete dye on the crooked stick course. It was his idea to create the track from scratch. He tracked down the location, gathered the necessary funds, and established a course. In place of the standard fairways and greens, the course will have novel features like sand dunes and bulkheads made of upright telephone poles. He also inaugurated the back nine, with mckenzie-style boomerang greens, in 1965 with the help of his wife, Alice, and their two young sons, Perry and P.B. The front nine followed in 1967. It's also the first time a major championship has been played on a Pete Dye course.

1. Victoria National Golf Club

The panelists were taken aback by Tom Fazio's most bizarre, unrefined, and unpretentious course design, the eerily beautiful Victoria National, which was selected best new private course of 1999. The course may seem daunting at first, but you may overcome this feeling by making smart choices. Without a doubt, the 16th is the most memorable and recognizable hole. The fifth hole, however, is one of the most exposed greens on the course and plays over water. No. 7 looks like it could be in Ireland because it is surrounded by dunes and has a tall mound on the left that likes to eat golf balls.