cart through a tunnel under the actual racetrack. To add to the authenticity of the experience, each flag on every pin is a black-and-white checkered flag with the logo of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway sewn across the flag. When you play Brickyard Crossing, you get 18 checkered-flag experiences. Everybody is a winner at Brickyard Crossing! The four holes inside the infield are the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth holes. As you would expect, since you make the turn inside the Speedway, the snack shop near the 10th tee is called “The Pit Stop.” “As a race fan and a golfer, I still get goose bumps when I pull into the parking lot,” said Curt Schmidt of Indianapolis. The 7th, the first hole inside the Speedway’s infield, is a par three, played from a perched tee to a raised green, which provides a 360-degree view of the Speedway. On the 18th hole, a historic barn, a tribute to Indiana’s strong agricultural roots, sits in the distance and becomes your target off the tee. Brickyard Crossing is one of the few golf courses to host tournaments on the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and a Champions Tour. Make plans to play the Brickyard and enjoy 18 checkered flag experiences but avoid the temptation of visiting Gasoline Alley. No golf carts are allowed! “It’s a great golf course, from beginning to end,” says Kurt Wieneke of Indianapolis. “Those four holes in the infield are well-designed. They will excite and energize any golfer. If you like golf and racing, it’s a pilgrimage that you must make.” As you play holes 1-6 and 1118, the Speedway’s grandstands are always lurking in the background, but they never impact play. Two of the most m e m o r a b l e holes are the 7th and 18th. Indiana Golf Journal
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