Upcoming open house to feature new Otter Creek designs

Otter Creek Golf Course will be holding an open house later this month to show off the updated plans for the iconic Bartholomew County course.

That is coming up on October 30th. Bob Haddad Jr. explains

The management of the formerly city-owned course announced plans last week to build two new short courses aimed at getting children, families and seniors to be able to play together at Otter Creek. They will be called the Pup and Romp courses, after the names for baby otters and a family of otters. The classic Robert Trent Jones designed championship course will be known as the Otter.

There also will be changes to several of the holes on the classic course as well as dealing with failing infrastructure such as sprinkler and drainage systems. The work on the classic course will start after the end of the LPGA tournament in June.

The course was originally gifted to the city of Columbus in 1964 by Cummins executive J. Irwin Miller and Cummins. But by 2022, the course and club house needed substantial improvements and city officials made the decision to sell the facility. Haddad bought it in 2022 and last year announced that renowned golf course designer Tom Kite would be leading the renovation of the aging course.

You will be able to find out more at the Golf & Ghouls open house from 5 to 9 on October 30th. In addition to layouts of the new course, you can review new season pass options, check out the golf studio, and there will be raffle items, glow golf and prizes for best costumes.

The course is off of County Road 50N, east of Columbus.

Photo: Bob Haddad Jr. unveils the new designs for Otter Creek golf courses last week. WRB photo