SWAN LAKE RESORT - INDIANA NATIONAL WEST COURSE (574-936-9798)
Indiana Golf Course Review 5/01/05
General Information
Swan Lake Resort is Northern Indiana's most complete golf destination, featuring 36 holes of championship golf, a nine-hole par three, and the United States Golf Academy. This academy, located across the street from the clubhouse, features one of the most complete practice facilities in the state. A large grass range is facilitated by both indoor and outdoor hitting stations - with the indoor areas heated during the off season. Club fitting and testing is available, and practice areas for chipping, pitching and bunker practice are on property. Lessons and schools of various lengths and intensity are offered. The resort features modern accommodations with upscale amenities. There is an outdoor pool, an large indoor pool area with two hot tubs, a work out area with the latest in equipment, plus men's and women's locker rooms with saunas. A full service spa is planned. The meeting facilities at Swan Lake are extensive, with 33,000 square feet of flexible space offering the latest in technology and service. Dining is available in the clubhouse, and also in the main building in Sam Snead's Restaurant and Tavern. For more info on the resort, visit our page for Swan Lake by clicking here.
The two golf courses feature ample landing areas off the tee, and plenty of water hazards - making for wonderful resort golf experiences. Pro link GPS is standard on all carts, and on course yardage markers are located at 100, 150 and 200 yards, with sprinkler heads also measured to the center of the green. There is a putting green adjacent to the beautiful Indiana National clubhouse, which includes a spacious pro shop and restaurant/lounge - with a wonderful outdoor patio providing great golf course views.
West Course Review
The West Course, though featuring water in play on 10 holes, is the more player friendly of the two layouts, with wide landing areas on most fairways. There are some interesting doglegs, most of which invite a right to left shot shape. The putting surfaces are small to medium in size and present lots of level space greenside, for easy up and downs and recoveries from slightly offline approaches. Bump and runs can be utilized extensively.
Four sets of tees play to distance and slopes 6942 yards/129 slope, 6507 yards/125 slope, 5530 yards/116 slope, with an alternate set for juniors and beginners playing to 4576 yards. The West course, like its sister course, presents challenge enough from the blue tees, and is very playable from the two forward sets. Mid handicappers will find the length to be formidable from the whites, though only 2 par fours measure more than 400 yards.
The West Course is also rated 4 out of 5 stars by Golf Digest Places to Play. Together, the East and West courses at Indiana National provide golfers with some excellent resort golf experiences - that can be enjoyed by all levels of players. For more info, visit our page for the Indiana National West course, with direct link to their website by clicking here
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