French Lick Springs Hotel is a grand historic resort in the wooded hills of southern Indiana, offering two championship courses including the Pete Dye Course at French Lick — ranked among the top 100 public courses in America. The resort's storied past includes hosting eight U.S. presidents and legendary athletes.
443 rooms · 2 courses · North America · Preferred Golf
A 657-yard par-5 finishing hole where church-pew waste bunkers line the right side and the approach demands a forced carry over a grass-filled valley to a well-protected green. One of the longest holes in American resort golf, played on a course rated 80.0 from the tips — the site of multiple Senior PGA Championships.
French Lick Springs Hotel is a 1845-era National Register property on 3,200 Indiana acres, best known for hosting the 1924 PGA Championship on the Donald Ross course and pairing it with the Pete Dye course ranked among the 20 best public layouts in the United States.
French Lick is the only resort in the world to offer a Donald Ross original and a Pete Dye design on the same property. The 1917 Ross course — restored in 2006, par 70, 7,030 yards — hosted the 1924 PGA Championship won by Walter Hagen and features 80 deep-faced bunkers with radically contoured…
At 27,000 square feet with 28 treatment rooms, the spa's signature Pluto Bath draws on the same sulfurous mineral spring waters that made French Lick nationally famous in the 1800s, when Pluto Water was bottled and marketed across the country until 1971. Three historic springs — Bowles, Proserpine…
Indiana's only fully non-smoking casino offers more than 600 slot and video poker machines, 25-plus live-dealer tables covering blackjack, craps, roulette, three-card poker, and mini-baccarat, plus a dedicated sportsbook with self-serve kiosks. A high-limit room and the French Lick Rewards loyalty…
1875: The Steakhouse · Hagen's Club House Grill · Power Plant Bar
Spa · Casino · Indoor/Outdoor Pools · Bowling · Tennis · Horse Riding
May - October
Southern Indiana's warm season brings the rolling Hoosier hills to full color and keeps both courses in peak playing condition.
Play the Donald Ross Course first — the 1917 layout with its original bunkering and 1924 PGA Championship history gives context for how dramatically Pete Dye raised the stakes with his nearby design. Book the Ross in the morning when the ridge light is soft and the Dye in the afternoon when the elevation views are clearest.
French Lick Airport (KFRH) accepts private and charter aircraft. Airport direct line: +1 812-653-5561. Free trolleys run every 15 minutes between French Lick Springs Hotel and West Baden Springs Hotel.
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