The Directory · Northwest Indiana
Northwest Indiana —
just across the state line.
Lake, Porter and La Porte counties across the Indiana line: The Course at Aberdeen, Sandy Pines, Lost Marsh and Legacy Hills for public play, and private clubs including Sand Creek, Briar Ridge and Pottawattomie.
9 courses · sorted by access & tier
The Region
Northwest Indiana golf courses, end to end.
Across the state line in Lake, Porter, Jasper and La Porte counties, there is more public golf than private. Michael Hurdzan's The Course at Aberdeen in Valparaiso, Sandy Pines among white pines in DeMotte, Lost Marsh on reclaimed industrial ground beside Lake George in Hammond, and La Porte's Beechwood, a city-owned William Diddel course, and Legacy Hills are all open to the public, and Dick Nugent's White Hawk in Crown Point takes public play. The private clubs are Sand Creek in Chesterton, a Ken Killian and Dick Nugent course, Larry Packard's 27 holes at Briar Ridge in Schererville, and Pottawattomie in Michigan City, where Tom Bendelow's original nine dates to 1909. Northwest Indiana runs on Central Time, the same as Chicago.
The Directory
The best golf courses in Northwest Indiana.
William Diddel · La Porte
Beechwood Golf Course
La Porte's city-owned William Diddel course from the early 1930s, open to the public.
Larry Packard · Schererville
Briar Ridge Country Club
Twenty-seven private holes by Larry Packard in Schererville, about 30 miles southeast of Chicago.
La Porte
Legacy Hills Golf Club
A public par-72 course in La Porte, Indiana, playing 6,537 yards from the Blue tees.
Charles Howard · Hammond
Lost Marsh Golf Course
A public course built over a capped slag dump on Lake George in Hammond, Indiana.
Tom Bendelow and Bob Simmons · Michigan City
Pottawattomie Country Club
Tom Bendelow's original nine and Bob Simmons's 1965 holes, at a private Michigan City club.
Ken Killian and Dick Nugent · Chesterton
Sand Creek Country Club
Chesterton, Indiana's private 27-hole club and the home of the Northern Amateur.
William J. Spear; overhauled by Tim Nugent · DeMotte
Sandy Pines Golf Club
A Northwest Indiana public course among mature white pines on sandy ground in DeMotte.
Michael Hurdzan · Valparaiso
The Course at Aberdeen
Michael Hurdzan's 1997 public course in Valparaiso, Indiana, about an hour from downtown Chicago.
Dick Nugent · Crown Point
White Hawk Country Club
Dick Nugent's 1998 course at a 36-hole Crown Point club, open to public play.