French Lick Springs Hotel
French Lick, IN, United StatesA grand historic resort in southern Indiana's rolling hills
French Lick Springs Hotel
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.
- Two historically significant courses on one property: a 1917 Donald Ross design that hosted the 1924 PGA Championship and a Pete Dye track rated among the toughest resort courses in America
- The Pete Dye Course plays 8,100 yards from the tips with panoramic 40-mile views from Indiana's highest elevations
- The Donald Ross Course retains over 35 original bunkers from its 1917 construction, restored in a 2006 preservation effort
- The French Lick Springs Hotel itself is a 1915 Beaux-Arts landmark with a casino, spa, and indoor-outdoor pools integrated into the resort
- Horse riding, bowling, and tennis round out a property that reads more like a Gilded Age institution than a modern golf resort
The Courses
- Pete Dye Course at French Lick — 18 holes, par 72, designed by Pete Dye
- Donald Ross Course — 18 holes, par 70, designed by Donald Ross
Pete Dye Course at French Lick · 18th (Par 5)
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.
Restaurants & Bars
- 1875: The Steakhouse
- Hagen's Club House Grill
- Power Plant Bar
On Property
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 Springs Hotel
Features &
Amenities
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.
Donald Ross and Pete Dye Courses
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 greens. The 2009 Pete Dye course stretches to 8,102 yards from the Gold tees with a slope of 148, incorporating three man-made lakes and 40-mile panoramic views; Golfweek has ranked it the No. 1 public course in Indiana for 16 consecutive years.
The Spa at French Lick
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, and Pluto — remain on the property. The Greens and Springs Collection offers golf-specific body treatments ranging from 25 to 75 minutes.
French Lick Casino
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 program complete the gaming facilities. The casino operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Signature
Events
French Lick hosts professional golf on both its championship layouts as part of multi-year tour agreements.
Korn Ferry Tour Championship
The Pete Dye Course at French Lick hosts a Korn Ferry Tour event as part of a multi-year agreement extending through 2028. The tournament draws professional golfers competing for PGA Tour cards, with the dramatic elevation changes and lake-fronted holes of the Dye layout presenting a distinctive challenge at this stage of the season.
Senior LPGA Championship
French Lick has hosted the Senior LPGA Championship across multiple editions on the Donald Ross Course, leveraging the historic layout's championship pedigree. The same course hosted LPGA Championships from 1958 to 1960, with victories by Louise Suggs, Betsy Rawls, and Mickey Wright.
One Membership.
Dozens of Destinations.
Your visit to French Lick Springs Hotel is coordinated by the LXV concierge — preferred tee times, dining reservations, room upgrades, and personalized welcome amenities, arranged before you arrive. One of more than 55 properties in the LXV network.
Getting
Here
French Lick Springs Hotel8670 IN-56, French Lick, IN 47432
Tel: +1 888-936-9360
Louisville International (SDF)
Approximately 84 miles from French Lick; roughly 1 hour 15 minutes by car, making it the closest major commercial airport.
Evansville Regional (EVV)
Approximately 88 miles to the southwest; roughly 2 hours by car, with regional commercial service.
Indianapolis International (IND)
Approximately 100 miles to the north; roughly 2.5 hours by car, with the widest range of commercial connections of the three options.
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.