Purgatory Golf Club is The Gateway to Golfing Heaven Purgatory, in Noblesville, is where souls must overcome obstacles to pay for their earthly mistakes to gain entry into heaven and attain eternal happiness. Golfers need to avoid Purgatory’s numerous bunkers and tall thick grass to attain the heavenly achievement and eternal happiness of birdies and pars. The course is a sight to behold and a course worth playing, time and time again. As it claims on their website, ‘It’s Your Gateway to Golfing Heaven.’ The course features more than 130 bunkers and every hole has a name. Some of the more intriguing monikers are Stains of the Inferno, Eunoe, River of Flames, The Valley of the Kings, Sweet Misery and The Gryphon. The most pronounced bunkering occurs on the 17th hole, ‘Hell’s Half Acre,’ Purgatory’s ‘signature hole. The par three 17th features an island green completely surrounded by two acres of sand. Birdies here are memorable and pars are celebrated. This inland links-style course, which uses prairie-like grass for rough, has earned strong words of praise. It has been rated the top golf course in Indiana, appears on a list of the top 50 golf courses in the U.S. for women, and has been By Mike May Indiana Golf Journal
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