By Mike May
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines, er your golf carts! That is an appropriate message for all golfers that play the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course in Indianapolis – especially in May, when the annual Indianapolis 500 is contested. This 18-hole championship golf course is named in honor of its more famous sporting neighbor, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which also hosts NASCAR’s Verizon 200 at the Brickyard on July 31.
This golf course — a Pete Dye re-design – is a true blend of golf and motor sports as it sits in the shadows of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing.
The Brickyard Crossing Golf Course has 14 holes on the outskirts of the Speedway and four holes located within the infield of the Racing Capital of the World. Those four golf holes are a hop, skip, and a jump away from Gasoline Alley. To reach those four holes, you must drive your golf cart through a tunnel under the actual race track. 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 eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh. 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.
“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 1-7 and 12-18, the Speedway’s grandstands are always lurking in the background, but they never impact play.
Two of the most memorable holes are the 7th and 18th. 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!
