French Lick: A Golfing Resort Like No Other

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Published: December 24, 2012

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Golf Writer Andy Reistetter and Merri Daniel, golf's foremost woman advocate, accepted an invitation to play the Pete Dye Course at the French Lick Resort in French Lick, Indiana, stopping by on the way to the Ryder Cup at Medinah in Chicago. Two resorts which are now one—the West Baden Springs Hotel and the French Lick Resort initially confused them but actually made the visit all the more exciting and fun. With so much golf to be played and history to be experienced they, came back for three more nights after the Ryder Cup. Join Reistetter as he shares their historic discoveries and golfing experiences in the beautiful hills of Southern Indiana and enjoy Merri's Magnificent Moments.An invitation to visit and stay at a historical landmark, what was known as the "Eighth Wonder of the World" when it opened in 1902, immediately intrigued me. Throw in an opportunity to play, not only a Pete Dye designed golf course, but the Pete Dye Course, his latest and greatest creation debuted in 2009 and my calendar is opened trying to comprehend the dates and geography. Work out it did as a sojourn in French Lick would fit in nicely on the way during my northern odyssey to Medinah for the Ryder Cup.

Can you imagine an open area beneath a dome that is round and stretches across what seems to be as wide as a football field is long? So vast, it makes a fireplace that can accommodate 14-foot logs look like some small miniature version in a doll house?

There you are standing in the domed atrium of the West Baden Springs Hotel. Standing there in awe you wonder at first about nothing in particular. It seems magical, make-believe, and almost fairy tale-like. This is history and now you are a living part of it. Truly amazing.

Originally there were two nine-hole courses adjacent to the hotel—"The Lower" one in a meadow with a flattish terrain, the other "The Upper" on top of the hill with mountainous contours. Neither course exists today though ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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