Set on a generous 218-acre site, Purgatory Golf Club can play anything from 4,400 to 7,754 yards so it can be set up as the shortest or the longest 18-hole course in the Hoosier State. Golfers electing to play from the tips need to be on their game to avoid carding a round from hell.
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Set on a generous 218-acre site, Purgatory Golf Club can play anything from 4,400 to 7,754 yards so it can be set up as the shortest or the longest 18-hole course in the Hoosier State. Golfers electing to play from the tips need to be on their game to avoid carding a round from hell.
Purgatory
At one time, Purgatory Golf Club had both the longest (7,754 yards) and the shortest the tees (4,562 meters) within Indiana. However, while Purgatory was once the "longest" mark has been surpassed by the "shortest" mark, whether a game at Purgatory will be heaven or hell depends on your choice of the proper distance to play from.
Ron Kern has not traditionally been thought of as an architect with a dark side, but Ron Kern was a great architect when owners asked for a clever design. Bunkers aren't short of supply, nor are water sources. Two holes summarise the theme of the course, which is length and Sand.
No. 13, the most long hole, is on course and also where the back tees of Purgatory have the most yardage. If those who know how to play from the second set of tees can expect this hole to be the "reasonable" five hundred yards. The tips can stretch up to a baffling seventy-three or eighty five yards (the scorecard shows both, but does not provide any information about the location of the tee box during the day).
No. 17 is more playable and realistic however, it still reveals Purgatory's sinister motives. While it is only 175 yards away from the back tees 100 yards of those are occupied with bunkers (not waste areas however, but bunkers that are individualised).
