French Lick, IN
A real multi-round destination: Pete Dye brings the spectacle, Donald Ross brings history, and Valley Links plus Sand Creek give mixed-skill groups shorter options without inventing extra identities.
GOLF
The Pete Dye Course is French Lick's spectacular and punishing championship anchor, stretching to 8,102 yards with resort-priority access and a mandatory forecaddie cost.
Resort guest priority / non-guest by availability · 18 HOLESView course →The Donald Ross Course is French Lick's traditional architecture counterpoint, a distinct par-70 resort course around 7,000 yards with guest-priority access.
Resort guest priority / non-guest by availability · 18 HOLESView course →Valley Links is a distinct current nine-hole, par-36 course that can be played as 18 and adds a shorter traditional round to French Lick's resort inventory.
Resort guest priority / non-guest by availability · 9 HOLESView course →Sand Creek is French Lick's distinct current nine-hole short course, with holes from 40 to 90 yards and a quick, family-friendly format that opened in 2025.
Public / resort · 9 HOLESView course →Current published context lists Pete Dye at $450 Sunday–Thursday or $500 Friday–Saturday plus a mandatory $50 forecaddie fee per person and gratuity; Donald Ross at $175 through Oct. 25; Valley Links at $50/9 or $75/18 through Oct. 31; and Sand Creek up to 18 holes at $50 adult or $30 youth.
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Pete Dye spectacle, Donald Ross history and unusually deep resort infrastructure drive the trip.
Pete Dye's total cost and difficulty plus Valley Links renovation timing are the main planning cautions.
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
Valley Links rates remain time-limited around later-2026 renovation work. Pete Dye's forecaddie cost is mandatory. Sultan's Run is an independent partner, not French Lick-owned inventory.
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