BENT TREE GOLF CLUB

The rolling farmland northwest of Indianapolis provides an ideal canvas for this Pete Dye design, where strategic bunkering and subtle elevation changes reward thoughtful course management over brute force. Water comes into play on half the holes, but it's the cleverly angled greens and forced carries that separate the wheat from the chaff here. The par-3 16th over a pond to a peninsula green epitomizes Dye's genius for creating memorable risk-reward scenarios that stick with you long after you've tallied the scorecard.