The best public golf courses ring Indianapolis like a halo.
This isn’t the reason people call Indy the Circle City. It’s merely a coincidence. If you think about it logically, though, it makes perfect sense why golf courses popped up along its perimeter. As the suburban landscape expanded over the past 50 years, developers transformed the flatlands, farms and cornfields surrounding Indiana’s largest city into golf course developments, often involving homes.
The top public golf courses surrounding Indianapolis can be found in popular communities like Noblesville (Purgatory), the city’s north side (Brickyard Crossing and The Fort), Carmel (Prairie View) and Lebanon (The Trophy Club). These tracks are well-established as the five best public golf courses Indy offers…