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4.5
554 Reviews (554)
5 Stars
373
4 Stars
131
3 Stars
30
2 Stars
13
1 Stars
7
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.3
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.3
91.2%
Recommend this course
513 out of 554 reviews
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4.3
43 Reviews (43)
5 Stars
27
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.1
Layout
4.6
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.5
86.0%
Recommend this course
37 out of 43 reviews
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4.4
54 Reviews (54)
5 Stars
35
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.6
88.9%
Recommend this course
48 out of 54 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7754 yards
Slope 142
Rating 78.1

Spread across 218 acres, the Ron Kern-designed Purgatory Golf Club is the longest par-72 course east of the Mississippi River. Nevertheless, the course is set up to be enjoyed by all, with six different sets of tees ranging from more than 7,700 yards all the way down to just under 4,600 yards. Bunkering is one of the club's defining features, with more than 130 coming into play. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the par-3 17th, where eight massive bunkers almost completely surround the putting surface.

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Course Details

Year Built 2000
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ron Kern (2000)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Caddies Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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4.5
554 Reviews (554)
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Reviews 5
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great course

I always love playing this course. First time in a long time playing without wind. Course was in great shape and the greens were in great shape even after being aerated.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Course

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Don’t Play

Don’t waste your money. Course was in horrible condition. Bunkers were like hitting up dirt and pace. The play was 5+ hours.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 111
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing

bad ranger

I would recommend the course to somebody but I will not spend by money. It took 2:40 to play the front 9 due to an extremely slow group in front of us. They went in at the turn thank goodness and we played through them. The ranger decides to chew us out and pointing out the group in front of us is on 17 in a less than professional manner. I didn't not take it very well and proceeded to be a little rude about the group in front of us on 12. Then he promptly replied I'm glad you got thru them but the group in front of you is on 27. I responded, where the frok were you on the front 9, your out here on 14 telling us to speed up, if it was our group holding the course, waiting to tell someone on hole 14 is laughable. What good will that do ? Next time, which I am sure there will, have your facts straight before chiding to rip in to people. BTW, played back 9 in 1 1/2 hrs to at least get near a 4 hour round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Awesomely difficult course

It’s great. If you haven’t played there should be enough positive reviews to convince you to. My only issue was inconsistency in bunker quality. Some bunkers that are commonly hit in are like concrete and have large stones scattered in them. While a very slim few were great. It leads to uncertainty in how to play the shot and damaged clubs. It’s little annoying considering there are 150 of them, and the round is expensive. Rough pretty dry too

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 32
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 32
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great place to play!!

I love this course, we come up from Indy to play. Always a great time

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice condition...could use some work.

Course conditions were good. Nice to see that cart paths are being replaced. Played in 4 1/2 hours and that is with waiting on about 50% of holes, so not terrible. Tee boxes and fairways were nice, greens were decent but lots of ball marks. About 40% of bunkers were good, the rest with no sand and some were basically unplayable.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Purgatory defines the Pace of Play...

Good course...if you want to play quickly...not for you.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Purgatory is awesome

Great layout, amazing clubhouse with hunters lodge type feel to it. Staff was very friendly, my favorite course in Indy so far!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Misleading

All websites and google searches will tell you this is a top course to play in Indiana. That may have been true many years ago, but today that is no longer the case. I’ve played a lot of golf in Indiana and can easily think of 10 courses that are better all around than purgatory. This course is well designed but horribly maintained at this point. It needs some serious management change if they wish to market themselves as a top course. The clubhouse was dirty and not kept very well. I will say the staff was polite (I talked to one guy). This is all not mentioning the fact that their bar/grill closes too early to get food at the turn. Playing there left me with one question, why would I pay for purgatory when I could save money and have a much better time at my local muni?

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Wet Golf

Course held up well for the rain, no roll but still a great time

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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