Welcome to the 2009 Indiana's Premier Golf Country Fantasy Golf Contest
Here is your chance to win free golf!
How do you play?
It's simple. To earn points just choose five golfers as your fantasy golf team for each round. The amount of money they win over the weekend is the amount of points you will earn in the game. If they don't make the cut - you don't earn any points.
But watch out! You have to stay under a 23 point value cap each time you select your team of golfers.
About Hamilton County
For those who might not think of Indiana as a golf destination, well, think again.
The area is filled with some of the most distinctive, attractive, best-designed and best-conditioned courses anywhere.
What courses can you win free golf at?
- Bear Slide Golf Club
Bear Slide, a par-71 that plays to 6,998 yards from the championship tees, has been designated by Great Lakes Golf Magazine as the "best course in Indiana." It has also been rated as one of the top 75 most affordable courses in the USA.
- Brickyard Crossing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Of course, no golfing trip to Hamilton County and the Indianapolis area would be complete without a visit to the Brickyard Crossing, another classic Dye-designed course. Holes route the golfer outside the Speedway before the cart path leads under a tunnel to 4 holes inside the famous 2 ½ mile oval track, surrounded by 260,000 seats and the iconic Pagoda.
- Plum Creek Golf Club
Plum Creek Golf Club is a par-72 course designed by Pete Dye. Water comes into play on 13 of 18 holes, but the stiffest tests come when you've finally reached the greens where a straight, flat putt is the exception, not the rule.
- Prairie View Golf
Situated on 206 acres, Prairie View is a feast for the eyes, featuring 90 white sand bunkers, five lakes, a meandering creek, tall fescue and natural wetlands. Single-handicappers can challenge themselves from the championship length, set at 7,073 yards, but strategy and shotmaking are required from any of the four sets of tees.
- Purgatory Golf Club
Enduring happiness is difficult to come by at Purgatory, especially for any golfer so brave to play the course from the tips, which measure at a staggering 7,700 yards and include the 741-yard par 5 on the 13th hole. Yet, despite the name, Purgatory can be eminently playable and eternally memorable.
- River Glen Country Club
Tucked away alongside central Indiana's largest waterway, the White River, River Glen's tranquil setting takes you away from the busy outside world. Featuring numerous hazards and sand bunkers, you'll be sure to test every club in your bag.
- The Fort Golf Resort
Anyone who thinks Indiana is flat and barren needs to play The Fort Golf Course. Over 238 acres, were carved out of pristine rolling and wooded land that plays to a par of 72 and 7,100 yards from the championship tees.
- Wood Wind Golf Club
Measuring 6,500 yards from the back tees, this course is a test of placement and strategy with numerous lakes and a meandering creek that dissects the fairways of five holes. Ninety bunkers and rolling hills add to the challenge. Also designed by Pete Dye protégé Gary Kern, Wood Wind is among the older courses in the county, having opened in 1972.
Finally, no mention of golf in Hamilton County is complete without a mention of Crooked Stick, Pete Dye's most famous Indiana course. Unless you know a member - such as Colts quarterback Peyton Manning - you can't play there, but you can watch championship golf there. Home to the memorable 1991 PGA Championship won by John Daly, the 1993 U.S. Women's Open captured by Laurie Mertens and the 2005 Solheim Cup won by the U.S., Crooked Stick will welcome the U.S. Senior Open in 2009 and the PGA's BMW Championship - in 2012.