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Best public golf courses in Indiana for 2025: See photos from around the state
April 19, 2012: A view of the 18-hole Pete Dye Course carved into the rolling hills adjacent to the West Baden Springs Hotel. Photo Provided By French Lick Resort Indiana University's Pfau Golf Course. Stefan Krajisnik/for IndyStar Fans watch as Steve Stricker waves after winning the 2019 U.S. Senior Open at Notre Dame's Warren Golf Course. (South Bend Tribune File Photo/Robert Franklin) Harrison's Isabella Reynolds putts on hole 3 during an IHSAA golf match, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019 at Coyote Crossing Golf Course in West Lafayette. Nikos Frazier | Journal & Courier Golfers take to the putting green before an IHSAA girls golf tournament, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 at at Coyote Crossing Golf Course in West Lafayette. Nikos Frazier | Journal & Courier Former Purdue coach Gene Keady and Bart Burrell, right, look on as Leroy Keyes, left, reacts after sinking a long putt on No. 6 during Keady's Legacy golf tournament Friday at Coyote Crossing. John Terhune/Journal & Courier A bird walks across the thirteenth before the Birck Boilermaker Classic, Tuesday, July 27, 2021 in West Lafayette. Nikos Frazier / Journal & Courier Players putt around the putting green during the Birck Boilermaker Classic Pro-Am, Monday, July 26, 2021 in West Lafayette. Nikos Frazier / Journal & Courier Spectators and golfers walk along the Kampen Golf Course during the first round of the Boilermaker Invitational, Saturday, April 10, 2021 at Purdue University's Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette. Nikos Frazier / Journal & Courier Aiden Hale tees off on hole one during round three of the Men's City Golf Championship, Saturday, July 20, 2019 at Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette. Nikos Frazier | Journal & Courier A view of Kampen Course, part of the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. Purdue Athletics Communications Rock Hollow, in Peru, Ind. Tom Lang Special To The DFP An aerial view of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Indianapolis 500 race, and the Brickyard Crossing golf course. Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images Mi Jung Hur hits a drive on hole 8 during the Indy Women in Tech Pro-Am at Brickyard Crossing Golf Course on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar Around 140 players competed for the $2 million dollar pursue Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, during the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Indy Women in Tech Championship at the Brickyard Crossing golf course, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis. Grace Hollars/IndyStar Around 140 players competed for the $2 million dollar pursue Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, during the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Indy Women in Tech Championship at the Brickyard Crossing golf course, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis. Grace Hollars/IndyStar Around 140 players competed for the $2 million dollar pursue Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, during the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Indy Women in Tech Championship at the Brickyard Crossing golf course, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis. Grace Hollars/IndyStar Golfers make their way through the course during the Indiana Pacers annual golf outing at the Brickyard Crossing Golf Club on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Members of Mi Jung Hur's group tee off onto the seventh green during the Indy Women in Tech Pro-Am at Brickyard Crossing Golf Course on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar FILE FROM 2009 --- Andy Winings lines up his putt on the 8th hole during the third round of the Indiana Men's Open Thursday afternoon at Brickyard at the Crossing Golf Course. Matt Kryger / The Star
Reuters
13-02-2025
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LPGA to penalize players with fines, strokes under new pace of play policy
February 13 - The Ladies Professional Golf Association is implementing a policy to regulate the pace of play, putting it into effect this spring. The policy lowers the timing threshold for stoke penalties, among the changes. It will apply to both the LPGA and the Epson Tour. "The LPGA conducted a thorough review of the current pace of play policy to evaluate and address an issue that has been a source of frustration for players and fans alike. This new policy, which was player-led and developed through an established Pace of Play Committee, was created in what we believe is in the best interest of our brand, fans and the overall LPGA watching experience," said Vicki Goetze-Ackerman, the LPGA player president, in a statement. "Based on a data-backed approach and direct player input, this policy now acts as a stronger deterrent, ensuring players take warnings seriously before penalties become necessary. "Our overall intention is to improve the pace of play on Tour, and these updates mark a significant step toward creating a more efficient and enjoyable competitive environment, benefiting both our Members and our fans." The policy takes effect March 27 on the LPGA Tour at the Ford Championship in Chandler, Ariz., and on April 25 for the Epson Tour at the IOA Championship in Beaumont, Calif. If a player goes over the allotted time she has to hit a shot, the following penalties will apply: --1-5 seconds over time: fine --6-15 seconds over: one-stroke penalty --16 seconds or more: two-stroke penalty Under the updated policy, the LPGA will continue to allow players who tee off first on par 3 holes and "reachable" par 4s an additional 10 seconds. Eliminated is the extra time given to those who play first on par 4 and par 5 holes. The issue of slow play reached a boiling point at the end of the 2024 season, when two of the faster players on tour -- Nelly Korda and Charley Hull -- needed five hours, 38 minutes to complete the third round at The Annika last November because of a logjam ahead of them. Hull held the 54-hole lead, but Korda caught and passed her English rival on the final day, dropping her final putt as darkness descended following another five-hour round. Hull called the situation "ridiculous," and said she fell sorry for the fans who have to endure the long rounds and offered a solution sure to curb the growing issue. "I'm quite ruthless, but I said, 'Listen, if you get three bad timings, every time it's a two-shot penalty," she said. "If you have three of them you lose your tour card instantly. I'm sure that would hurry a lot of people up and they won't want to lose their tour card. That would kill the slow play, but they would never do that." Korda wasn't quite as aggressive with her reaction but didn't disagree. "It's a pretty big issue," Korda, the world's top-ranked player, said in November. "I think that it really, really needs to change. "Players just need to be penalized. Rules officials need to watch from the first group. Once they get two minutes behind, one minute behind, it just slows everything down." A committee was put together to study the issue in the offseason. At the Founders Cup last weekend in Bradenton, Fla., no one exceeded the target time of four hours, 45 minutes. "There was not one round that we sniffed 4:45," Korda said. "It was very nice."
