Crooked Stick Golf Club

Pete Dye's challenging design at this private club sends golfers from one length-and-wind scenario into another rather quickly. And technically, Dye is still designing Crooked Stick; he lives in Carmel and his tweaks to the course (most recently just before the 2009 U.S. Senior Open) keep superintendent Kirk Richmond rather busy.

David Feherty (CBS Sports) summarized Crooked Stick thus: "The course is so long, I had to take the curvature of the Earth into consideration."

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Pete Dye's challenging design at this private club sends golfers from one length-and-wind scenario into another rather quickly. And technically, Dye is still designing Crooked Stick; he lives in Carmel and his tweaks to the course (most recently just before the 2009 U.S. Senior Open) keep superintendent Kirk Richmond rather busy.

David Feherty (CBS Sports) summarized Crooked Stick thus: "The course is so long, I had to take the curvature of the Earth into consideration."

Crooked Stick has hosted an impressive array of championships:
2009 U.S. Senior Open (Fred Funk)
2007 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship (Maria José Uribe)
2005 Solheim Cup (USA)
1993 U.S. Women's Open (Lauri Merten)
1991 PGA Championship (John Daly)
1989 U.S. Mid–Amateur Championship (James Taylor)
1983 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship (Bill Hyndman)
1982 U.S. Junior Championship (Rick Marik)

  zielinsm - 4/6/08