Crooked Stick Golf Club Explained

Golf Facility Name:Crooked Stick Golf Club
Location:1964 Burning Tree Lane
Carmel, Indiana
United States
Coordinates:39.9479°N -86.1941°W
Establishment:1964
Type:Private
Holes:18
Tournaments:
Website:crookedstick.org
Designer1:Pete and Alice Dye
Par1:72
Rating1:77.7
Slope1:148[1]

Crooked Stick Golf Club is a golf club located in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb north of Indianapolis. The 18-hole Pete and Alice Dye designed golf course was built in 1964. It has been noted as one of the top 100 courses in the United States by Golfweek and Golf Magazine, two of golf's most popular magazines.

Crooked Stick was host to the PGA Championship in 1991 won by John Daly and the U.S. Women’s Open in 1993, won by Lauri Merten. It also hosted the Solheim Cup matches in 2005. Crooked Stick also hosted the PGA Tour's BMW Championship in 2012 and 2016, when Dustin Johnson won with a record breaking -23.

Major tournaments hosted

YearTournamentWinner
John Daly
Lauri Merten
Team USA
2009 Fred Funk
2012 Rory McIlroy
2016 Dustin Johnson

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Course Rating and Slope Database™: Crooked Stick Golf Club. USGA. September 5, 2012.