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Get in shape
The 2013 season is calling
Meet our champions
Scott Pieri and Amber Sieber
Welcome
Web.com tourney
Sycamore Hills hosts tour finals
Course directory
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CONTENTS
City Champions 6
Scott Pieri and Amber Sieber
Golf’s colorful edge 10
Cutting-edge technology is all dressed
up in style this year.
Fitness tips 14
Start your season strong with a focus
on fitness.
Course Directory 16
Updated and improved listing of city
and area courses to guide your game all year
Tourney news 18
Web.com comes to Sycamore Hills.
Special values 27
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experiences with these coupons.
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on the green
Golf is not, on the whole, a game
for realists. By its exactitudes of
measurements, it invites the attention
of perfectionists.
— Heywood Hale Broun
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EDITOR’S welcome
Lively on the links
How can fun be so good for us?
By Connie Haas Zuber
Golf is fun. Golf is good for us. It really
does not matter that it is also challenging
physically and mentally. It really does not
matter that we could have done better on so
many holes and shots.
Golf takes us by the hand and leads
us through the great outdoors with fellow
players and friends as we engage in that most
satisfying of endeavors: Mastering a skill.
In 2013, golf promises to be more fun
than ever, especially in Fort Wayne with the
new Web.com PGA Tour event at Sycamore
Hills Aug. 26-Sept. 1. Learn about all the
details (including how to buy your tickets!)
on page 17.
We welcome as a Contributing Writer
Vartan Kupelian, the outgoing president
of the national golf writers association.
Kupelian’s story traces golf’s development
from the introduction of titanium, which was
indeed big news 20 years ago, to the fashion,
color and edginess of today. Yep! Fashion.
Read all about it beginning on page 10.
This 2013 Fort Wayne Monthly Golf
Guide is our most content-rich ever, and we
hope you enjoy it. This year promises to be
one of the best for golf here. Golf charity
events will be listed every month in the Fort
Wayne Monthly events calendar, and you
can keep track of local tourneys at fwga.com,
fwwga.net and ewgafortwayne.com.
Be sure to take advantage of our 2013
coupons (page 27).
See you on the links! ■
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CITY CHAMPION
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Scott Pieri
A champ for the record books
By Bruce Lehman
Scott Pieri, the 2012 Fort Wayne Golf
Association men’s champion, has a long list of
people he gives credit to for his success on the
links. The only persons missing would be the
folks holding a garage sale some 38 years ago.
“I was 7 and I saw a set of rusty clubs
for ten dollars, and I wanted to buy them and
start playing. My dad let me get them, and
by 9 I was participating in the Junior Golf
Program at Shoaff Park,” he said.
“Dad” is Nazareth “Naz” Pieri, and
with his encouragement and the guidance of
Ralph Vetter at Shoaff, the then 9-year-old
Pieri was soon improving and ready for more
challenges.
Of course, no one was considering
that by the time he was 45 he’d have a cart
full of trophies and honors, not the least of
which are five Fort Wayne Golf Association
championships, including 2010, ’11 and ’12.
Pieri, who has been involved locally
in the automobile business for a number
of years, played for Northrop High School
in Fort Wayne and was a sophomore
on the 1983-1984 IHSAA Boy’s State
Championship Team. His college career was
at Ball State, where as a senior, he was First-
Team Academic All-American.
After college, Pieri’s love of the game
continued, and he eventually became a club
professional at Riverbend, Colonial Oaks and
Chestnut Hills courses, all in Fort Wayne. He
became a member of the PGA in 1999, gave
up the membership a few years later but was
reinstated as an USGA amateur in 2006.
As an Indiana PGA professional, Pieri
played in tour events that included the 1997
Western Open, Buick Open and Greater
Milwaukee Open. He also played the Hooters
Tour in 1998 where he garnered two top 10
finishes.
Pieri’s supporting cast includes family,
friends and mentors who have been helped
him on and off the course.
“My wife Holly and 4-year-old daughter
Liza are at the top of my list. In fact, when I
won last year Liza was very astute in noting
she and I had been on TV three times. In
addition, my entire family has always been
behind me,” said the Westchester, Penn.-born
Pieri.
Of his golf successes and abilities, Pieri
talked about key individuals who have had
what he calls “tremendous impact” on his
game.
“When I was 9, Ralph Vetter at Shoaff
took an interest in me and helped me get
established in the Junior Golf Program. By
the time I got to Northrop, coach Bruce
Olive took over and he remains very special
yet today,” Pieri said.
One constant since his Northrop days
is friend-turned-instructor, Rick Hemsoth.
Reached on vacation via phone, Hemsoth
explained he had worked with Pieri from high
school and into college.
After a break in their coach-player
relationship the pair got back together in
2005.
“Scott is very talented and willing to
change. This time around we made extreme
changes — not little or subtle — but truly big
changes, and Scott went with it,” Hemsoth
said.
He referred to Pieri as a “stack-andtilt
hybrid player, but better.” A quick Web
search returned a description that is different
than the golf fundamentals most golfers learn.
Instead of even weight distribution at address,
55 percent of the weight at address is on the
leading leg.
The hoped-for result is avoidance of
nasty things, like slices and other bad shots.
With those changes and time spent working
with Eric Touchet in his fitting lab last year
and years of work with chiropractor Rick
Harkenrider, Pieri has much to show for the
effort.
He now has five city championships to
his credit, including the last three in a row.
Plus, Pieri saw some added benefits last year
thanks to his quality of play.
“Last March (2012) I got a call from
Cleveland Golf. They wanted to know if I’d
be interested in playing their equipment. I
said, ‘Sure’. I also play their Srixon ball,” he
said.
Pieri’s home course is Brookwood in
Fort Wayne. Last year’s championship was at
Pine Valley Country Club on Fort Wayne’s
north side.
In the 2012 tournament, he cruised
along over the three days with a 67 and 70,
70 to finish at 207, three strokes better than
Johnny Strawser.
With that victory Pieri could claim 15
Fort Wayne Golf Association major stroke
play championships since his amateur
reinstatement in 2006.
According to the FWGA website,
Pieri “…accomplished what has only been
done three other times in FWGA history,
winning the City Championship at least three
consecutive years.” He joins Bill Basset, 1928-
1931, Dave Schumaker, 1967-1969 and Tom
Kelley, 1977-1979 and is now third on the
all-time victories list.
He plans to defend his title in 2013. ■
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CITY CHAMPION
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Amber Sieber
Hobby farmer, golf champion
By Bruce Lehman
According to Amber (Amstutz) Sieber’s
dad, an errant golf ball is the reason she
would eventually have success in her golfing
endeavors.
Jump back 30 years and the then 4-yearold
Amber was at a softball game her dad Rex
was playing in. “I was sitting out in a field
watching, away from the game, and some
fellow shagging golf balls hit me on the head
and knocked me out. I remember waking up
in the emergency room and my dad was there
looking at me.
“All I heard later on was that it must have
knocked some golf sense into me,” said the
34-year-old, who was crowned Fort Wayne
Women’s City Golf Champion last year at
Brookwood Golf Course in Fort Wayne.
It was her first city championship, and
during an interview she shared how she went
from a 4-year-old with a bump on her head to
holding the championship trophy.
“My dad was a teacher so we moved
some and one time we moved to Albion and
he taught at Central Noble. There was a pond
where we lived so dad and Grandpa Max
(Amstutz) would go out there and hit balls
into it.
“I want to do that, too,” she remembers
declaring one day. The two men obliged and
after watching her take a whack at it, Sieber,
now a registered sub nurse for East Allen
County Schools, heard both men exclaim,
‘Wow, good swing,” and that was all it took.
With her dad as coach, the fatherdaughter
twosome began playing regularly at
Augusta Hills Golf Course in Albion. “Dad
is a naturally good coach,” Sieber said, “and
I loved that I could do something with him.”
Sieber was playing golf and loving every
minute and by the time she was 13, she broke
80, recording a 77 at Cedar Creek near Leo,
now her home course.
She played competitively in junior
events, and her mom became director of
transportation and housing. “We camped and
cooked at the campsite,” Sieber said, smiling.
While the other families stayed in hotels and
such, mother and daughter enjoyed the great
outdoors.
Sieber, who won the 2012 women’s
championship in a playoff with four-time
champ Michelle Smith, still holds records at
Leo High School for lowest girls 9- and 18-
hole rounds.
She wanted to go to college and decided
on The Ohio State University and freshman
golf.
After a highly successful year in which
she was named Big Ten Rookie for the 1996-
1997 season, Sieber received a full ride from
Ohio State for the remainder of her three
years. She also found someone other than dad
Rex in whom she trusted and learned from.
“Coach Therese Hession brought so
many other improvements in my game. She
helped me understand course management,
how to work out of the sand, the aspects of
chipping and pitching around the green,”
Sieber said. Hession, a lifetime LPGA member
and former touring professional, still coaches
the Buckeyes.
Ohio State not only provided elevation in
Sieber’s golfing ability and status — she was
on three Big Ten Championship teams and
Academic All-American three years in a row
— she also met her future husband, Kevin,
while serving at a local bar.
They married after her graduation in
2000 and now have two daughters, 11-yearold
Addie and sister Violet, 7. Being an active
mom and quite the home gardener on three
acres near Leo, Sieber said she sometimes has
struggled when weighing her love of golf and
family.
While family always comes out on top,
she was determined to have a go at last year’s
women’s championship and Kevin and the
girls stood behind her.
Remembering the tournament and how
she felt, Sieber said her putting was at its best.
“I’ve always been a pretty good putter,” she
said. This was proven true when Sieber needed
only 84 putts in 54 holes to win city last year.
She described her putting as nothing short of
amazing.
“I’ve had this happened before,” Sieber
said. “In last year’s tournament I would look at
the line and it appeared to be a laser line right
to the hole. The hole looked huge. I couldn’t
help but smile because I was truly seeing this
and I ended up draining so many putts.
“Of course, I was also keyed up on
adrenalin,” Sieber said.
And dad and grandpa Max, who gave
a great big and encouraging “Wow!” to her
many years before? While her dad now lives
in Iowa, grandpa Max was on the bag all three
days.
She plans to defend the title this year, but
it will also be right in the middle of tending to
her garden.
“It’s a quarter-acre garden and I always
start it from seed,” she said. “In addition, we
have laying hens, goats, of course, cats and
dogs. I call it a hobby farm since I really enjoy
some of the older ways of doing things, like
harvesting and canning. I want my kids to
experience it, too.” ■
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Beyond
titanium:
equipment
gets
colorful
edgy
,
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By Vartan Kupelian
Since the introduction of titanium
changed the game more than two decades
ago, the emphasis has been on space-age
technology to improve the performance
and enjoyment level of golfers. In 2013,
golf’s OEMs — that’s original equipment
manufacturers — will continue the
evolution that is seeing technology joined
by a renaissance that incorporates a sense of
fashion, color and edginess.
Admit it. That’s not something you’ve
ever seen a lot of in the golf industry. But
it’s true. No longer can golf be described as
humdrum and uninspiring. Today, the hard
goods that drive the industry for recreational
golfers are all about color and, yes, even
elegance. It’s about new, intriguing shapes
and names. It’s about fashion. And the best
part is — it’s about style that doesn’t sacrifice
substance.
The not-so-subtle changes are the result
of several things. With the shortened cycles
in the production and introduction of clubs,
marketing has been ratcheted up out of
necessity. And manufacturers have discovered
that to distance themselves from competitors,
a key component is visual — something the
consumer can see and instantly recognize.
TaylorMade Golf’s white drivers and putters
are a classic example. They immediately
scream the brand. There is no mistaking it’s
TaylorMade, and there is no mistaking how
successful the brand has become.
At the same time, the changes are aimed
at appealing to new and younger golfers
while reenergizing longtime golfers. Golf,
at all levels, needs a sense of joie de vivre to
stem recent downturns in participation. The
fashion movement is about instilling more fun
into the game, too, something else it needs in
larger doses.
For 2013, the buzz is palpable. But that’s
not all there is, and this is the best part for
golfers. The glitzy look and feel is matched by
performance.
Listen to John Rang, owner of Bobick’s
Golf: “The consumer wants to know: How
is this going to make me a better golfer? The
edginess can get them in the door, but we still
have to prove to the golfer that it not only
looks better but it also performs better. And
it does. The new products definitely perform
better. Our testing proves it.”
Rang identified adjustability and customfitting
as continuing to be key elements in
equipment innovations for 2013.
Every single component of a golf club
today offers fashion choices. Until a few
years ago, the choice in the color of grips was
between black and black. Now grips come
in every conceivable color and combination.
Today’s graphite shafts are available in a
kaleidoscope of shades and tints. For a
once demure game, that’s the equivalent of
Madison Avenue designer stuff.
Rickie Fowler, resplendent in shades of
brilliant orange and blue, is the young star
who is poster boy for the Cobra line. Golfers
will have a choice of four colors — Barbados
Red, Vibrant Orange, Directoire Blue and
silver — in the new 2013 Cobra AMP Cell
and AMP CELL Pro Drivers. Both drivers
feature the company’s MyFly technology that
allows golfers to select from six different loft/
trajectory settings to maximize performance
and distance.
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Clockwise from bottom right:
Adams Golf Super S irons are
part of a coordinated set of
clubs. Cobra’s AMP CELL Pro
drivers pop out of a golf bag
with color. Taylor Made’s iron
sports the brand’s now-iconic
style. Ecco golf shoes are not
only colorful, but they’re also
stylish enough for wear off
the golf course. Loudmouth is
having fun with pants and golf
bags in electric-bright colors
and patterns.
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The AMP CELL and AMP CELL
Pro also offer SmartPad technology, which
delivers a square face at address regardless of
loft setting and still allows for workability
to slightly open or close the face as desired.
The Cobra drivers have E9 Face Technology
to improve distance and accuracy on mishits
from heel-to-toe and above and below the
centerline. The elliptical E9 Face is 12 percent
larger for a faster ball speed and high moment
of inertia.
Nike Golf has introduced a highspeed
cavity back driver that conforms to
regulations set forth by the United States Golf
Association and the Royal & Ancient Golf
Club of St. Andrews. And it is red. Nike calls
the VR_S Covert driver “visually stunning …
and stands out as the most innovative club
Nike Golf has ever produced.” It incorporates
three proprietary technology platforms —
high speed cavity back, FlexLoft adjustability
and NexCOR Face.
“With the VR_S Covert we have created
a game-changing piece of technology that has
already begun a growing industry buzz,” said
Rob Arluna, Nike Golf’s Global Golf Club
Business Director. “It is visually exciting,
it feels and sounds amazing and, most
importantly, it creates powerful results with a
high degree of control. Golfers and our Nike
Golf Tour athletes are going to have a lot of
fun with this driver.”
But as Rang said, it’s not enough just
to be pretty. It has to work, and the OEMs
spare no efforts in that regard, constantly
improving and innovating.
Adams Golf, an industry leader in slot
technology, has a new lineup of SUPER S
products — driver, fairway woods, hybrids
and irons. It is the first time Adams Golf has
launched an entire family of products under
one name. The SUPER S lineup is designed
to be easy to hit to give golfers of all levels
the performance they desire. The driver
incorporates a slot in the sole for consistently
longer drives. The woods feature a matte
white crown and contrasting PVD face for
easier alignment and greater confidence at
address.
Titleist’s new 913 fairway metals and
hybrids are built for more distance and
control with a precision fit geared for the
individual golfer. The low spin fairway metals
offer the company’s most comprehensive
designs and precision fitting by the patented
SureFit Tour adjustable hosel technology.
The new XCG6 from Tour Edge is
the most advanced Exotics driver in the
company’s history. It offers an adjustable
hosel to optimize ball flight control. Shot
Control Technology allows adjustments to
four face angle/loft settings. Maximum heel/
toe weighting is created by four hexahedron
weight pads for a higher moment of inertia,
greater stability and more distance.
Callaway’s new Razr Fit Xtreme driver
takes personalization to another level. The
company’s 2013 model attempts to match
the club to a player profile, with lower lofts
accompanied by a smaller clubhead and the
higher lofts (11.5- and 13.5-degrees) with
more forgiving 460cc heads.
In the iron segment, virtually every
manufacturer has added at least a touch of
color to the steel iron club. It might be yellow
(TaylorMade) or orange (Cobra) or red
(Callaway) or blue (Mizuno). But it’s there.
The colors complement new
terminology designed to create movement
and excitement in the mind’s eye. Take,
for instance, TaylorMade’s new line of
RocketBladez irons. The name is meant
to reflect the space-age instincts of the
club in a stimulating manner. Mark King,
president and CEO of TaylorMade, promises
RocketBladez changes how you will play
thanks to the Speed Pocket, which has been
transferred from the stunningly successful
2012 line of RocketBallz drivers and
metalwoods. TaylorMade used the uniqueness
of the RocketBalz name to launch an entire
advertising campaign. As for the technology
in RocketBladez, King calls the Speed Pocket
“a once-in-a-lifetime innovation in the iron
category.”
The rainbow theme carries right through
to golf balls, gloves, shoes and packaging.
Pinnacle, a leading distance ball, has
introduced the aptly named Bling model in
four High Optix colors — orange, yellow,
pink and violet. The brighter, bolder style
was designed by the Pinnacle research team
to provide ultra-high visibility against hues of
blue and green, the dominant colors golfers
encounter on the course. The Bling golf balls
have a high-energy core and soft cover for
long distance with a consistent flight.
Color is making a comeback in
gloves, which were almost entirely white
for a generation. Golf’s major shoe
manufacturers — adidas, Ecco, FootJoy,
Nike and the others — design technology to
help improve and support the golf swing for
the wearer and come in a variety of colors,
styles and stripes. Today’s golf shoe isn’t just
for the course. It is designed for wear in the
workplace and casual settings.
“Golfers have become much more
expressive on the course in the past several
years, and the use of color as a form of
expression on apparel, golf shafts, golf
bags, golf clubs, hats, grips, gloves and
more has become very popular,” said Jay
Hubbard, vice-president of marketing at
Tour Edge. “Golfers love it because they are
able to express themselves and add variety
to what is normally a very conservative
game. Manufacturers love because it allows
them additional product and marketing
opportunities. It is a win-win.” ■
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Get In
Shape
photography by Jeff Minard
By Bonnie Blackburn
It may have been a long winter, but
dreams of greens dance in many golfers’
heads this time of year. Taking the time to
get into shape before picking up a putter is a
great way to spend the next couple of weeks
before the season kicks off.
Ideally, you’ll have already been participating
in a regular fitness program that includes
cardiovascular training, says Dr. Greg
Sassmannshausen of Fort Wayne Orthothopedics
and Jason Russell, D.O., of Optimum
Performance. Both men treat golfers who’ve
injured themselves and also advise athletes on
getting the best performance through physical
conditioning.
Russell, a chiropractor, is also a member
of the Titleist Performance Institute, where
he learned to screen golfers on 50 different
movement tests to see how to improve their
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performance. Here are Russell and Sassmannshausen’s
tips to help golfers get ready
for the season.
• Get into good cardiovascular shape.
Getting the body moving regularly keeps
oxygen flowing to the muscles, making them
stronger and more flexible. Russell suggests
that golfers who’ve slacked off begin with
treadmill intervals of alternating a minute
of brisk walking with 30 seconds of slower
walking, increasing in intensity.
• Work on mobility and flexibility. Sassmannshausen
said because the body works
as a coil in golf swings, the back and hips
need to be flexible. Still, you don’t want to
do traditional static stretching, Russell said,
because golf is a sport that needs full range of
motion. He advised working with a professional
who can build a series of specific body
weight exercises that will take you through a
full range of motions with the low back, hips

and shoulders. The Titleist website, www.
myTPI.com, has suggested exercises.
• Develop strength training routines.
Simple strength-training exercises should
work the glutes (the butt muscles), core and
shoulder girdle muscles. Sassmannshausen
said strengthening those “power generators”
will increase the power of your swings and
build endurance needed for golfing 18 holes.
• Use your mirrors. Take a good look
in the mirror and make sure your grip and
stance are in the proper positions. Sassmannshausen
said training your muscles to
match the correct postures and grips during
the off-season will build muscle memory you
can draw on while on the links.
Once you get into shape, prepare yourself
prior to each time you get ready to golf.
A simple warm-up before hitting the links
will reduce injuries, Russell said.
“Improper or lack of a warm-up before
golfing is a big reason people get hurt,”
Russell said. “You should spend three to five
minutes warming up the body before you
hit any golf balls. It makes the body more
pliable.”
A quick series of squats and high knee
lifts, plus arms circles (front to back and back
to front) will prepare the body for your golf
game. Russell warned golfers never to “static
stretch,” that is, don’t just bend over and
touch your toes or put the club behind your
back and stretch — doing so can cause severe
back injuries.
And when you begin the game, start
with your wedge or low irons first, to get
your muscles prepared for the heavier irons.
As Sassmannshausen noted, it’s important
to prepare for the golfing season, just as
you would prepare for running a marathon.
Keeping in good shape year-round will make
you a better golfer — and athlete. ■
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COURSE DIRECTORY
Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly
complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates
the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding
and maddening — and it is without a doubt the
greatest game mankind has ever invented.
— Arnold Palmer
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Adams County
Cross Creek Golf Club
1724 Nuttman Ave., Decatur, (260) 724-4316,
www.golfatcrosscreek.com, Par 72, Course length:
5,033-6,444 yards, Slope: 122 off blue tees, Rating:
70.5, Slope: 119 off white tees, Rating: 69.2
A course record of 63 stands at public Cross Creek Golf
Club, opened under current management in 1989 but
originating in a Robert Bruce Harris design. The George
Young-renovated course that opened in 1947 on mostly
flat acreage has blue rye fairways lined by mature trees.
Several holes have water hazards, too, and the 17th
requires a skillful shot over a dry ravine and finishes on a
narrow, elevated bent grass green.
Golf Club of the Limberlost
207 North Drive, Geneva, on Rainbow Lake, (260)
368-7388, www.limberlostgolf.com, Par 71, Course
length: 5,018-6,500 yards, Slope: 123, Rating: 70.3
Since 1964, the golfing public has enjoyed this Ron Kerndesigned
course, carved out of the old Limberlost Swamp.
Updated in 2009, new bent grass tees and fairways greet
golfers, and they can take advantage of a 14-acre practice
facility. Course record stands at 65. Carts are available and
might help golfers save enough energy to conquer No.
8, a 521-yard par 5 where the ability to shoot between
trees and over water comes in very handy. Rod Ashman is
director of golf.
Allen County
Arlington Park Golf Club
4630 Arlington Park Blvd., (260) 486-1967,
www.arlingtonpark.net, Par 31, Course length:
1,709-2,095 yards
The record stands at 26 for the nine holes of bent grass
greens and bluegrass/rye fairways on this executive course,
which opened in 1981. Carts are available at this open-tothe-public
neighborhood course.
Autumn Ridge Golf Club
11420 Old Auburn Road, (260)
637-8727, autumnridgegc.com,
Par 72, Course length: 7,103
yards, Slope: 136, Rating: 74.9
Autumn Ridge has earned a
challenging four-star rating from Golf Digest, and it touts
a respectable course record of 69. The course, designed by
Ernie Schrock, opened in 1993 with a different challenge
facing players at each hole. Pro Kyle Pearson runs the
public course of bent grass greens and fairways. Water
comes into play on 15 of the holes. Autumn Ridge also
features a driving range and chipping practice area. GPS
carts are required.
Brookwood Golf Club
10304 Bluffton Road, (260) 747-3136,
www.brookwoodgc.com, Par 72, Course length:
6,362 yards, Slope: 122, Rating: 70.3
Venerable Brookwood opened in 1928 as a wide-open
public course beloved by golfers who know how to use
their drivers. A creek complicates play on six of the all
bent grass holes on the gently undulating terrain. Pro
Mike Harris has tended the course for 33 years. The
course record is 62. Golf carts and a driving range are
available.
Canterbury Green Golf Course
2727 Canterbury Blvd., (260) 486-7888,
www.canterburygreengolf.com, Par 59, Course
length: 3,625 yards, Slope: 58.4/men, 57.3/women,
Rating: 90/men, 88/women
A course record of 50 is the score to beat on the short
18 holes of public Canterbury Green, opened in 1970.
Canterbury has carts available but no driving range. A
creek gives the executive course its water hazards, and the
bent grass greens and bluegrass fairways are fast.
Cedar Creek Golf Club
10000 Garman Road, Leo, (260) 627-5623,
www.cedarcreekgc.com, Par 71, Course length:
6,430 yards, Slope: 122, Rating: 69.8
Designed and built by Bob Beard in 1965, Cedar Creek
Golf Club continues under the ownership of Dave
Gilbert. A course record of 64 tantalizes the golfing
public who come to enjoy the course’s combination of
open holes, water holes and tree-lined fairways in the Leo
area’s rolling terrain. A driving range and GPS carts are
available.
Cherry Hill Golf Club
6615 Wheelock Road, (260) 485-8727,
www.cherryhillgc.com, Par 72, Course length: 6,800
yards, Slope: 133, Rating: 73.4
Cherry Hill’s 1996 design by Max Robertson and Mark
Slater and its operation by General Manager Ryan
Delagrange have earned it a four-and-a-half-star rating
from Golf Digest. Its signature hole, No. 6 with the state’s
only true island green, has provided some notoriety, and
overall the public course has earned the respect of players,
who face the course record of 64. GPS carts are required,
and a driving range is available.
Chestnut Hills Golf Club
11502 Illinois Road, (260) 625-4146,
www.chestnuthillsgolf.com, Par 72, Course length:
6,996 yards, Slope: 132, Rating: 72.9
Trees line the fairways on hilly Chestnut Hills, designed
by Indiana native Fuzzy Zoeller and built in 1995. A
course record of 64 challenges the golfing public who take
on the Zoeller Signature Course’s fast greens and many
streams crossing its 18 holes. New senior tees were added
in 2012. Golf carts and a driving range are available. Gary
Gant serves as golf pro.
Colonial Oaks Golf Club
8218 Huguenard Road, (260) 489-5121,
www.colonialoaksgc.com, Par 71, Course length:
6,582 yards, Slope: 127, Rating: 71.9
Designed by Pat Riley, Colonial Oaks is one of the Fort
Wayne area’s more open and flat courses with a creek
crossing the course 10 times. This public course challenges
players with its many mature oak trees and tight holes like
No. 12 with its tricky out-of-bounds stakes on the right
side. The course record is 63. Golf carts are available, but
there is no driving range.
Coyote Creek Golf Club
4935 Hillegas Road, (260) 483-3148,
www.coyotecreekonline.com, Par 72, Course length:
5,140-6,958 yards, Slope: 125, Rating: 71.3
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Sycamore Hills hosts Web.com Tour Finals
PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem has announced Fort Wayne’s
Sycamore Hills Golf Club will host 2013’s first Web.com Tour Finals match Aug. 26-
Sept. 1. Tickets are now on sale at www.hotelfitnesschampionship.com.
The four daily ticket options, each of which includes access to tournament
grounds, are: Daily Practice Round Ticket ($10): Good any one day of your choice,
Aug. 26-28, Upgraded Practice Round ticket ($20): Good any one day of your choice,
Aug. 26-28. Includes access to a hospitality venue on the golf course with upgraded
food and beverage options and private seating areas, Daily Championship Round
Ticket ($25): Good any one day of your choice, Aug. 29-Sept. 1 and Upgraded Daily
Championship Round Ticket ($50): Good any one day of your choice, Aug. 29-Sept.
1. Includes access to a hospitality venue on the golf course with upgraded food and
beverage options and private seating areas.
Patrons also have two options for purchasing weekly tickets that include grounds
access: Weekly Ticket ($65): Includes one ticket each day (Aug. 26-Sept. 1) and
Upgraded Weekly Ticket ($115): Includes one ticket each day (Aug. 26-Sept. 1) and
access to a hospitality venue on the golf course with upgraded food and beverage
options and private seating areas.
Finchem has announced sites of three of the events in 2013 that will comprise
the newly created Web.com Tour Finals, which will finalize the 50 players who earn
PGA TOUR playing privileges for the 2013-14 season and their eligibility positions
under the TOUR’s enhanced qualifying system.
Tournaments in Charlotte, N.C., Columbus, Ohio, and the new one in Fort
Wayne will host the debut of the “Web.com Tour Finals” next September. The three
host tournaments, in order of schedule, will be the Hotel Fitness Championship
(Fort Wayne), Chiquita Classic (Charlotte) and Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Championship (Columbus). Three-year agreements are in place for all three.
“With the introduction of this new qualifying process and four Finals events
in 2013, the Web.com Tour is about to embark on the most exciting era in its 23-
year history,” Commissioner Finchem said. “The Finals will be the culmination of a
season-long quest to secure a PGA TOUR card and will end the year in a new and
exciting fashion. Beginning in 2013, the Web.com Tour will clearly be the pathway to
the PGA TOUR.
“We are very appreciative of the support of Web.com, the three sponsors named
— Hotel Fitness, Chiquita and Nationwide Insurance — their host cities, venues and
tournament organizations,” Finchem added.
“Web.com is coming on board at a very exciting time in the Tour’s history, not
only for the Web.com Tour and the PGA TOUR, but golf in general. We are proud to
be a part of such a significant development in the evolution of the Tour,” said David
Brown, chairman and chief executive officer of Web.com.
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Mixing open and tree-lined fairways with challenging
changes in elevation, private Coyote Creek requires
precision of its member players and their guests. A
course record of 61 is the standing challenge. Carts and a
driving range are available. Pro Bill Blumenhurst is in his
third year at the course.
Deer Track Golf Course
19030 Tonkel Road, Auburn, (260) 627-2121,
www.deertrackgolf.com, Par 71, Course length:
6,589 yards, Slope: 125, Rating: 71.6
Water hazards and sand bunkers challenge golfers of
all skill levels at this scenic public course designed by
Dwayne Daymeyer and opened in 1990. All 18 holes
are bent grass and welcoming to players of all skill
levels. Course record is 64. Carts and a driving range are
available. Head pro is part-owner D. Douglass Booth,
who has 23 years at the course.
Donald Ross Golf Club
7102 S. Calhoun St., (260) 745-7093,
www.donaldrossgolfclub.com, Par 72, Course
length: 6,621 yards, Slope: 126, Rating: 72.5
Donald Ross Golf Club’s front nine holes were designed
by renowned Scottish golf course architect Donald J.
Ross. White sand bunkers and winter rye fairways lead
to bent grass greens, some of them elevated, with water
hazards on six holes. Half of the public course is mostly
flat and half is gently hilly, with a course record of 62.
Golf carts are available. Quinn Griffing is the golf pro.
Fort Wayne Country Club
5221 Covington Road, (260) 432-4573,
www.ftwaynecc.org, Par 71, Course length: 4,918-
6,635 yards, Slope: 126, Rating: 72.5
Bent grass fairways and greens lead member golfers over
the rolling hills at this private course first opened in
1908. Carts or caddies are required, and players may use
the 60-tee driving range, as well. Todd Firestone begins
his seventh year as head pro at the course, where the
current record stands at 61.
Foster Park Golf Course
3900 Old Mill Road , (260)
427-6735, fostergolfcourse.com,
Par 71, Course length: 6,434 yards,
Slope: 111/men, 114/women,
Rating: 69.6/men, 72.7/women
Bent grass greens at Foster Park range from very large
to very small, and the low-mow bluegrass fairways are
mostly open, though the course features some towering
mature trees. The lack of water hazards is balanced by
the many sand hazards throughout the course, which has
a record of 63. A three-year renovation plan started in
fall 2011, updating sand bunkers and replacing rye and
bluegrass on tees and greens. Rick Hemsoth is the golf
pro and manager. Carts are available, though walking is
easy, and a shag range is available for practice.
Lakeside Golf Club
746 N. Coliseum Blvd., (260) 422-8714, Par 71,
Course length: 6,320 yards, Slope: 104-116,
Rating: 65.4-69.6
Twenty-seven holes await golfers at this public course,
as an 18-hole regulation course with a sister nine-hole
par three course for practice. Designed by Bob Beard
and opened in 1957, Lakeside’s course record is 61,
featuring 18 holes of bluegrass fairways and some bent
grass greens. A creek presents a hazard on seven holes.
Carts and a driving range are available. James Baker is
the manager.
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McMillen Park Golf Course
3900 Hessen Cassell Road, (260)
427-6710, mcmillengolfcourse.com,
Par 65, Course length: 4,653 yards,
Slope: 93/men, 95/women, Rating:
62.1/men, 63.3/women
McMillen Park’s respected 18-hole executive course has
been joined by Mad Anthony III’s Short Course with nine
holes, all par three. Reserved for Lifetime Sports Academy
Certified Players from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays when
the Academy is in session, the short course is designed for
beginners. The 18-hole course, designed by Hal Purdy,
has a record of 57 over its flat, low-mow bluegrass fairways
and elevated, bent grass greens. Electric and push carts are
available, as well as a driving range. Pro Rick Hemsoth is
also the manager.
Orchard Ridge Country Club
4531 Lower Huntington Road, (260) 747-0115,
www.orchardridgecc.com, Par 71, Course length:
6,550 yards, Slope: 133, Rating: 71.8
Founded in 1924, Orchard Ridge members and guests
enjoy the picturesque, rolling terrain on this all-bent
grass course designed by Charles Maddox. Tree-lined
fairways, fast greens and newly added tee boxes and
bunkers make the course challenging for the more
experienced golfer. Director of golf is Eric Noble, and
Travis Guisinger is the golf professional.
Pine Valley Country Club
10900 Pine Mills Road, (260) 637-6414,
www.pinevalleycc.com, Par 71, Course length:
5,117-6,843 yards, Slope: 132/men, 120/women,
Rating: 73.2/men, 69.8/women
Designed by Robert M. Lohmann, ASGCA, private Pine
Valley Golf Course opened in 1968. It is a mostly open
course with more bunkers and roughs providing hazards
than water. Carts and a driving range are available.
Course record is 62. Mike Ahlers is head golf pro.
Pond-a-River Golf Club
26025 River Road, Woodburn, (260) 632-5481,
Par 69, Course length: 4,872 yards, Slope: 110,
Rating: 65
Arnold Radke designed Pond-a-River Golf Club’s front
nine, and the back was designed by Richard Chilcote.
New owner David Gerig took ownership in 2012. One
of the area’s most heavily wooded courses, it plays best
for golfers who can control their drives down narrow
bluegrass fairways toward the bent grass greens. Carts are
available in addition to a chipping practice facility for
shots from 48 to 110 yards.
Riverbend Golf Club
7207 St. Joe Road, (260) 485-2732,
www.riverbend-golf-course.com, Par 72, Course
length: 6,702 yards, Slope: 136, Rating: 73
A tight horseshoe bend of the St. Joseph River encloses
the tight and water-hazarded front nine at Riverbend,
designed by Ernie Schrock and opened in 1972. The
front nine is short and tight, including rare back-to-back
par 3’s, while the back nine is more open and friendly to
the long ball hitter. Course record is 65, and fairways and
greens are bent grass. Carts are available but no driving
range.
Shoaff Park Golf Club
6401 St. Joe Road, (260) 427-6745,
www.shoaffgolfcourse.com, Par 54,
Course length: 2,886 yards
Shoaff Park, designed by Hal C. Purdy,
opened in 1958 as a nine-hole municipal course. It has
matured into an 18-hole par three course with a course
record of 50 for its bent grass greens and bluegrass
fairways. Push and electric carts are available, in addition
to a driving range. Golf pro Rick Hemsoth is also the
manager.
Sycamore Hills Golf Club
11836 Covington Road, (260) 625-4397,
www.sycamorehillsgolfclub.com, Par 72, Course
length: 7,275 yards, Slope: 146, Rating: 76
Course designer Jack Nicklaus has called Sycamore Hills,
which opened in 1989, “a very, very fine site.” He praises
the private golf club for its “great movement” and the
way the natural trees, lakes and stream interact with the
golf play. With a course record of 64, it’s a challenge for
the members and guests. Carts are required. A driving
range and golf academy are available. Golf pro Tim
Frazier has 20 years at the course.
Whispering Creek Golf Club
216 N. Rufus St., New Haven, (260) 749-5025,
www.whisperingcreekgc.com, Par 72, Course length:
5,250-6,796 yards, Slope: 117, Rating: 71.4
Public Whispering Creek Golf Club has recently
undergone a complete metamorphosis. Extensive dike
work to reduce flooding problems has been completed.
Tree planting and turf upgrades have greatly enhanced
the challenge and playability of this classic, old-style golf
course along the banks of the Maumee River. Whispering
Creek provides a wonderful test for players of all abilities.
Tony Louden is the PGA professional.
Willow Ridge Golf Club
17000 Willow Ridge Trail, (260) 637-3243, Par
71, Course length: 5,247-5,612 yards, Slope: 108,
Rating: 67.7
Rolling terrain covered by bent grass on greens and
fairways challenges Willow Ridge golfers, along with
water hazards on three holes. A course record of 63
speaks to the challenge designed into the course by L.
Smith when it opened in 1968. The public course has
carts available but no driving range.
DeKalb County
Bridgewater East Golf Club
1818 Morningstar Road, Auburn, (260) 925-8184,
www.bridgewatergolf.com, Par 72, Course length:
5,107-7,272 yards, Slope: 136, Rating: 75.3
Bridgewater East, an 18-hole championship golf course,
is open to the public. Designed by Ernie Schrock and
opened in 1999, it graciously accommodates players of all
skill levels. Each hole has five sets of tee boxes so golfers
can choose which course to play. Based on the choice of
tees, the course varies from 5,300 to more than 7,200
yards. Carts are available, plus a driving range. Pro Ivan
Foster has been with Bridgewater East for seven years.
Bridgewater West Golf Club
1740 N. Main St., Auburn, (260) 925-1134,
www.bridgewatergolf.com, Par 72, Course length:
5,187-6,305 yards, Slope: 131, Rating: 71.1
This short, narrow course welcomes walkers over its
mostly flat terrain, but it challenges players by
demanding accuracy on the fairways and finishing most
holes on small greens that can be difficult to hit. Opened
in 1922, the former Greenhurst Country Club has a
course record of 64. Carts are available but no driving
range. Pro Ivan Foster has been with Bridgewater West
for seven years.
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Garrett Country Club
401 N. Walsh St., Garrett, (260) 357-5165,
www.garrettcc.com, Par 72, Course length: 4,840-
6,548 yards, Slope: 118, Rating: 69
With a front nine designed in 1918 by Tom Bendelow
and a new back nine designed by Ernie Schrock in 1996,
the golfing public enjoys fairly open bent grass fairways
over rolling terrain providing uneven lies. Water hazards
come into play on eight holes. Several of the average-sized
bent grass greens are undulating, and five holes feature
dogleg fairways. The course record stands at 63. Carts are
available but no driving range. Owner and Director of
Golf Dave Demske has 10 years at the course.
Huntington County
Clear Creek Golf Course
10930 N. 300W, Huntington, (260) 344-1665,
www.clearcreekgc.com, Par 71, Course length:
5,330-6,560 yards, Slope: 120, Rating: 70.7
Loren and Virginia Helvie established the original nine
holes in 1971, and their son Jerry and his wife Sharon
added the second nine in 2000. The front nine offers
wide-open play and the opportunity to score well. The
back nine is longer and tighter and more challenging
with water and trees as hazards on different holes. With a
course record of 63, Clear Creek has carts and a driving
range available. Jerry Helvie has 11 years running the
public course.
Dogwood Glen Golf Course
753 E. 900 S., Warren, IN 46792, (260) 375-4750
www.dogwoodglengc.com, Par: 36, Course Length:
2,424-3,369 yards
Dogwood Glen opened in June 2006. This nine-hole,
regulation Par 36 public course, with bent grass greens
and fairways, challenging water hazards and five sets
of tees, tests the skills of all golfers. Dogwood Glen
also offers two practice greens, one with bunkers;
and a clubhouse with a pro shop, snack bar and
banquet facility. Carts are available for rental. Yearly
membership rates and weekly golf specials are
available.
Etna Acres Golf Club
9803 W. 600S, Andrews, (260) 468-2906,
www.etnaacres.com, Par 72, Course length:
5,142-6,096 yards, Slope: 112, Rating: 69.6
Etna Acres was designed in 1960 and is still owned
by Gene Kaufman, who serves as golf professional.
Etna Acres Golf Club offers a course record of 66 to
challenge the golfing public. Etna Acres is a uniquely
designed 18-hole golf course. The front nine feature
elevated greens and tees that hide behind various creeks
and ponds. The back nine has a links-style design, with
hills and heather making any errant tee shots tough to
play. A driving range and carts are available.
Frazanda Golf Course
945 W. Division Road, Huntington, (260)
468-2579, Par 36 (9 holes), Course length:
3,081-3,201 yards
The bent grass green, nine-hole Frazanda is a joy to
walk. Its fairways are open with some hilly spots, and
the greens are large and elevated. Two ponds and a
creek challenge golfers on five holes. Built in 1969,
the course has a record of 28 and offers carts and a
driving range.
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LaFontaine Golf Club
6129 N. Goshen Road, Huntington, (260) 356-5820,
www.lafontainegc.com, Par 72, Course length:
4,734-6,324 yards, Slope: 119, Rating: 70.6
LaFontaine was designed by Harry B. Smead and opened
in 1929. A record of 62 at the public course challenges
golfers with the rolling terrain, sand bunkers throughout
and ponds on the front nine holes. Greens are bent grass,
and fairways are winter rye. Carts and a driving range are
available. Pro is Patrick Davis.
Norwood Golf Club
5961 W. Maple Grove Road, Huntington, (260)
356-5929, www.norwoodgc.com, Par 72, Course
length: 5,565-6,597 yards, Slope: 131, Rating: 72.2
Competitive golfers love Norwood for its uneven lies
on the front nine’s bent grass fairways, hemmed by
trees and water on some holes. Opened in 1969, it has
a course record of 64 to taunt the golfing public. Carts
are available, along with a driving range. Owner and golf
professional is Lance Feighner.
Kosciusko County
Little Bighorn Golf Club
5179 E. Old U.S. 30, Pierceton, (574) 267-5431,
www.littlebighorngc.com, Par 72, Course length:
5,814 yards, Slope: 120, Rating: 68.4
The course’s bluegrass fairways vary from open to treelined,
and the bent grass greens are medium-sized and
moderate in speed with some undulation. Water is a
hazard on 14 holes. Course record is 64. Carts, disc golf
course and a driving range are available.
Maxwelton Golf Club
5721 E. Elkhart County Line Road, Syracuse, (574)
457-3504, www.maxweltongolf.com, Par 72, Course
length: 5,728-6,490 yards, Slope: 125, Rating: 69.9
A Scottish immigrant commissioned William B.
Langford, ASGCA, to design the Maxwelton course,
which opened in 1930. The public course has a record
of 62. The rolling fairways, changes in elevation and the
small undulating greens are very reminiscent of Scottish
golf architecture. Carts are available but no driving range.
Head pro Bob Carlson has 38 years at the course.
Raccoon Run Golf Course
3085 E. Pierceton Road, Warsaw, (574)
269-2902, www.raccoonrungolf.com, Par 70, Course
length: 3,864-5,050 yards, Slope: 106/97, Rating:
63.4/64.2
Owner and golf pro Denny Hepler designed Raccoon
Run and opened it in 1973 as a public, executive course.
Three new tees were added in 2011. Its record stands at
65. Carts and a driving range are available.
Rozella Ford Golf Club
1700 Rozella Road, Warsaw, (574) 269-9582,
www.rozellaford.com, Par 70, Course length: 5,039-
6,305 yards, Slope: 124, Rating: 70.1
Designed by Bill Diddell in 1960, Rozella Ford plays much
longer than its posted yardage. It is a championship 18-
hole facility known for its fast undulating greens. Course
record stands at 60. Carts and a driving range are available.
South Shore Golf Club
10601 N. Ind. 13, Syracuse, (574) 457-2832,
www.golftheshore.com, Par 72, Course length:
5,305-6,328 yards, Slope: 119, Rating: 70.1
With roots back to its first development in 1932, the South
Shore Golf Club takes full advantage of its scenic location
on Lake Wawasee, giving the golfing public the challenge
of many water hazards, sand bunkers, trees and terrain
changes throughout on bent grass greens and bluegrass
fairways. New senior tees were added in 2012. The course
record is 62. Carts and a driving range are available. General
manager Jim Brooks has 10 years at the course.
Stonehenge Golf and Country Club
2850 E. Pierceton Road, Winona Lake, (574)
269-6111, www.stonehengegolfclub.com, Par 71,
Course length: 5,250-6,829 yards, Slope: 133,
Rating: 72.7
Stonehenge Golf Club members enjoy access to the 18
holes designed by Ron Garl. The course record is 62.
Carts and a driving range are available.
Tippecanoe Lake Country Club
7245 N. Kalorama Road, Leesburg, (574)
453-4441, www.tippylakecc.com, Par 70, Course
length: 5,205-5,850 yards, Slope: 123, Rating: 69.3
The bent grass greens and fairways of Tippecanoe Lake
Country Club offer its member golfers a panoramic
view of the entire course from No. 18, along with the
challenges of lakeside terrain — water, sand, trees and
uneven lies. Opening in 1926, the course has a record of
62. Carts and a driving range are available. Head golf pro
is Matt Funkhouser.
Wawasee Golf Club
12388 N. Bishop Road, Syracuse, (574) 457-0224,
www.wawaseegolfclub.com, Par 35, Course length:
2,489-2,989 yards
Originally a 1910 design by Tom Bendelow, Wawasee
Golf Club was redesigned and reopened in 2001, featuring
beautiful white sand bunkers, gently rolling hills and trees
on the bent grass greens and irrigated fairways. Some of the
nine holes have grass bunkers. Carts are available.
LaGrange County
Cedar Lake Golf Course
3355 E. 700N, Howe, (260) 562-3923,
www.cedarlakegolfcourse.com, Par 71, Course
length: 4,940-6,463 yards, Slope: 126, Rating: 69.9
The golfing public is welcome to take on the challenges
of 18 winter rye fairways and bent grass greens varied by
Cedar Lake’s water hazards, mature trees and well-defined
bunkers. Opened in 1948, it has a course record of 63.
Carts are available but no driving range. Tom Mortola is
owner and golf professional.
Heron Creek Golf Club
615 W. 50N, LaGrange, (260) 463-2906
www.heroncreekgolfclub.com, Par 71, Course length:
5,270-6,353 yards, Slope: 126, Rating: 70.7
Championship play is the goal of the golfing public at
Heron Creek Golf Club, opened in 1961 with a Tim
Dykstra design. The course record stands at 59, testament
to the open winter rye fairways and wide, smooth bent
grass greens. Ponds and sand bunkers provide plenty of
hazards. Carts and a driving range are available. Golf pro
and president is Chris Keil, with 11 years at the course.
Marshall County
United States Golf Academy at Swan Lake Golf Resort
5203 Plymouth-Laporte Trail, Plymouth, (574)
935-5680, www.usgolfacademy.com, Two courses
both Par 72, Course length: 6,950 yards, Slope:
126-129, Rating: 72-74.2
Swan Lake Golf Resort is the home of the United States
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Golf Academy, which offers golf training year-round, and
the Indiana National Golf Club, which hosts the NAIA
Men’s National Championship on its championship Silver
Course. Designed by Al Humphrey, this resort course is a
challenge for all levels and offers great views of the resort.
GPS carts are available.
Noble County
Cobblestone Golf Course
2702 Cobblestone Lane,
Kendallville, (260) 349-
1550, cobblestonegc.com, Par 72, Course length:
4,700-6,863 yards, Slope: 131, Rating: 72.9
Cobblestone Golf Course was designed by Stephen Burns,
ASGCA, and opened as a public course in 1998. All bent
grass greens are challenging, and the fairways are wide
but some are tree-lined. The rolling terrain and prevailing
winds provide plenty of friendly challenge, as shown by
the standing course record of 61. Carts and a driving
range are available. Head golf pro is Ryan Fahler.
Kendallville Golf Club
120 Weston Ave., Kendallville, (260) 347-0760 or
(260) 347-3440 (Pro Shop), Par 36 (9 holes), Course
length: 2,741-3,134 yards
Golfers are welcome to challenge this course, with its hilly
terrain, tree-lined bluegrass fairways and sloped bent grass
greens that are very fast. Water comes into play on six of
the nine holes. Course record is 30. Carts are available.
Limberlost Golf Club
3204 E. 900N, Rome City, (260) 854-4878, Par 70,
Course length: 6,298 yards, Slope: 113, Rating: 67.7
Based in its original 1930s design, Limberlost Golf
Club opened in its current public format in 1987 and is
distinguished by its course record of 70, which is par. It
is considered semi-hilly and has more trees on the front
nine than the back. Sand bunkers are numerous on the
Bermuda grass fairways and do not threaten the bent grass
greens. Carts are available but no driving range.
Noble Hawk Golf Links
3005 Noble Hawk Drive, Kendallville, (260)
349-0900, 888-GOLF-321, www.noblehawk.com,
Par 71, Course length: 5,008-6,817 yards, Slope:
132, Rating: 73.3
Beautiful Noble Hawk, opened in 1997 with a design by
its golf professional Tim Dykstra, has an exciting variety
of holes. Some are pure up-north with dramatic contours
and trees on all sides. Others appear to be transplanted
from Florida with sand and water everywhere. Course
record is 58. Carts and a driving range are available.
Dykstra has been at the course 16 years.
Steuben County
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260 Lane 120, Hamilton Lake, Hamilton,
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Par 63, Course length: 4,320 yards
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Hilly terrain presents unusual challenges on this public
course, which opened in 1957, but Cold Springs repays
adventurous golfers with stunning views across Hamilton
Lake. The bent grass No. 13 green provides a view
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Country Meadows Golf Course
102 Ind. 120 W., Fremont, (260) 495-4525,
www.golfcountrymeadowsgolf.com, Par 71, Course
length: 6,070 yards, Slope: 124, Rating: 69.3
Narrow bluegrass fairways distinguish the Al Edmondson
design of Country Meadows, which opened as a public
course in 1981. Hilly terrain and water hazards present
additional challenges. Bent grass greens are of medium
size and speed. Carts are available but no driving range.
Superintendent Chris Rudolph and Joe Rudolph are
owners, and Justin Shippy is golf pro and director of golf.
Glendarin Hills Golf Club
3333 Glendarin Way, Angola, (260) 624-3550,
www.glendarinhills.com, Par 72, Course length:
5,200-7,050 yards, Slope: 142 (gold tees), Rating:
74.6 (gold tees)
Scenic vistas delight the golfing public at Glendarin Hills,
where a general openness combines with frequent sand
bunkers and water hazards. The course record stands at
66 since its opening in 2004. Glendarin Hills features
18 unique holes along with five sets of tee boxes, ranging
from 5,000 to 7,100 yards. Carts are required. Jeff
Huffman is the golf pro.
Hidden Valley Golf Course
5370 E. Metz Road, Angola, (260) 665-6064,
Par 71, Course length: 5,422 yards
Hidden Valley’s 18 holes combine the openness, trees, hills
and hazards of Hoosier golf and have welcomed the golfing
public since 1970. Carts are available but no driving range.
Lake James Golf Club
1445 W. 275N, Angola, (260) 833-3967,
www.golflakejames.com, Par 72, Course length:
6,300 yards, Slope: 133, Rating: 71.3
Lake James challenges the golfing public with very hilly
terrain with water and tree hazards on every hole. The
course originally opened in 1944 and has a Robert Beard
design. Fairways are blue rye blend, and greens are bent
grass. Carts are available but no driving range.
Zollner Golf Course at Trine University
1215 Park Ave., Angola, (260) 665-4269 ,
www.zollnergc.com, Par 71, Course length: 5,006-
6,384 yards, Slope: 121, Rating: 70.1
Designed by Ernie Schrock and opened in 1971, the
public course has hills, sand and trees as challenges on
many holes. Course record stands at 64. Professional golf
instruction is available with PGA Director of Golf Jenny
Lymangood. The course hosted the NCAA Division III
Women’s Championship in 2012.
Wabash County
Honeywell Golf Club
3360 W. Division Road, Wabash, (260) 563-8663,
www.honeywellgc.com, Par 71, Course length:
5,010-6,430 yards, Slope: 124, Rating: 71.2
The generally flat but long front nine at this Arthur
Hills-designed course also offers the challenges of narrow,
tree-lined bent grass back nine fairways and many water
hazards. Opened in 1980, the course has a record of 61.
The Indianapolis Star ranked it as one of the Top 10
public courses in the state. Carts and a driving range are
available. Mel Thomas is the golf pro.
The WALDO
5162 W. 900N, Roann, (260) 982-2679, Par 60,
Course length: 3,700 yards
Short but hilly, the WALDO was purchased in 2010
from the former Highland Hills. No. 14 offers a view
of the entire course and clubhouse. Water hazards are
frequent. Course record stands at 54. The golfing public
has carts available but no driving range. Bill Unger is golf
professional.
Wells County
Green Valley Golf Club
2635 E. 150 N. (Madison Avenue), Bluffton, (260)
824-4510, Par 36, Course length: 3,167 yards,
Slope: 114, Rating: 34.5
Nine holes and regulation length distinguish the golfing
public’s experience at Green Valley Golf Club. Wind is a
factor, in addition to hilly but wide fairways. Greens are
bent grass, and fairways are bluegrass. Carts are available,
and a driving range was added in 2008. James Calvisky is
the golf pro.
Timber Ridge Golf Course
2330 E. 250N, Bluffton, (260) 824-2728,
www.thetimberridge.com, Par 72, Course length:
5,143-6,700 yards
This all-bent grass course has earned a reputation for
challenging the golfing public with trees or water hazards
in play on nearly every hole, and the course added new
tees in 2010. The course has a record of 63; carts are
available and an irons-only driving range.
Whitley County
Crooked Lake Golf Course
65 E. Morsches Road, Columbia City, (260)
691-2157, Par 36 (9 holes), Course length: 3,000
yards, Slope: 123 (18 holes), Rating: 69.3 (18 holes
Since 1927, Crooked Lake has offered the golfing public
the challenge of rolling terrain; tight, poa annua grass
fairways and small, bent grass greens. Carts are available
but no driving range. Course record is 59 for 18 holes and
28 for nine. William F. Schumaker is owner and manager.
Eagle Glen Golf Club
129 South Eagle Glen Trail, Columbia City, (260)
248-4653, www.eagleglengolfonline.com, Par 72,
Course length: 5,235-6,689 yards, Slope: 130,
Rating: 73
Golfers playing Eagle Glen will enjoy 40 acres of wetlands
that has become a beautiful and challenging all-bent grass
golf course, with new tees and sand traps added in 2010-
2011. Open since 1996 with a George Young design, the
public course’s record is 65. Carts and a driving range are
available.
Eel River Golf Course
1265 N. 950E, Churubusco, (260) 693-3464,
www.eelrivergolf.com, Par 71, Course length: 5,357-
5,851 yards, Slope: 113, Rating: 67.3
Eel River rewards golfers who can make accurate shots
around mature trees and past sand bunkers given the
prevailing winds. Water is a hazard, too, on several holes.
Opened in 1965, the public course’s record is 61. Instead
of a driving range, the course has golf simulators for
practice, and carts are available. Golf pro Lenny Shaw has
22 years at the course.
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Magic Hills Golf Course
5050 N. Virginia Trail, Columbia City, (260)
691-2788, Par 35, Course length: 2,326-2,581
yards, Slope: 110, Rating: 66.2
Nine short holes offer an unusual opportunity for
Northeast Indiana golfers at Magic Hills, where
the course is lighted for night play. Open since
1990, the course has a record of 31. Carts are
available.
Sycamore Golf Club
6002 E. State Road 114, North Manchester,
(260) 982-2279, www.sycamoregc.com, Par 72,
Course length: 4,717-6,311 yards, Slope: 122
(white tee), Rating: 69.2
Rolling hills, fast, smooth greens, mature trees
and the new trees added in recent years of
improvements at Sycamore make play challenging
but scenic. Two branches of a creek and a pond also
affect the golfing public’s scores. Designed by Bill
Daniels, the public course opened in 1961 and has a
record of 64, and features new tees and widened tees
in 2012. Ladies tees will be expanded in 2013. Carts
and a driving range are available. Golf pro is Todd
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