The Club at Chatham Hills, Westfield, Indiana

Fast Facts

• The Club at Chatham Hills is locked in to host the LIV Golf Individual Championship finale August 15-17, and it's a fitting place to settle the season's big solo prize.
• Sculpted by the great Pete Dye, the guy who designed Sawgrass, the course features lots of tricky signatures, notably the beastly 18th.
• If you want to buy tickets to see LIV Golf in Indianapolis, click here.

At a Glance

• Legendary golf architect Pete Dye, a lifelong Indiana resident who lived just 10 minutes away from the property, designed and built the course, the final one of his World Golf Hall of Fame career
• Dye made more than 40 site visits during the construction process
• Dye and his wife Alice celebrated the course’s opening in 2014 with inaugural tee shots on the 10th hole; both split the fairway
• This will be the first visit that LIV Golf has made to a Pete Dye course
• The course blends challenging golf with the beauty of the surrounding landscape, including rolling hills, wooded areas, and water features
• Chatham Hills is the only private club in Indiana to have hosted two back-to-back Division I collegiate golf events, the NCAA DI Women's Regional in 2023 and the Mid-American Conference (MAC) DI Men's Golf Conference Championship in 2024
• Golf Digest has ranked the course in its top 15 in the state of Indiana since 2021
• New tees have been built on seven different holes, including the stretch between 16-17-18

The Full Story

Whisper the name ‘Pete Dye’ and you’re likely to strike fear into the hearts of golfers everywhere. After all, this is the guy who created Whistling Straits and Sawgrass. The guy who redefined the terrifying par 3. 

Chatham Hills, north of Indianapolis, is Dye’s last great course. The one he considered his masterpiece. Each subtle slope has been sculpted into a sneaky trap, and there are watery jaws all over the property, just waiting to devour a wayward drive.

It’s a fitting place to crown the new LIV Golf Individual Champion. and we're likely to see some superb golf as the players battle for those all-important final spots, which will determine who stays in the league, who goes, and who gets a new contract with their team.

Now, let’s take a closer look at the host venue, and the architect who made it all possible.

What happened before we got here?

The land used to build Chatham Hills was previously owned by the same family for eight generations. In fact, it was first purchased as part of the Northwest Territory. So there’s a fair bit of history beneath our feet here.

Dye lived just 10 minutes away, and had his eye on the property for years. Eventually he got his hands on it in 2014, and set to work molding it into a maze of sloping greens, disappearing fairs and hidden bunkers.

You can see Dye's fingerprints everywhere. On the 460-yard 4th, where water runs all the way down the right flank. On the 448-yard 18th, a beastly uphill sweeper to finish. And on the par-3 third, where around 22% of tournament players have shot over par thus far.

Speaking of tournaments, Chatham Hills has already hosted a series of events including the PGA Indiana Open and the NCAA Women’s Regional. This time, it's got the global league of golf.

How does it play?

“Golf is not a fair game, so why build a fair golf course?” That was Pete Dye’s favorite maxim, and Chatham Hills lives up to it. 

As Chatham Hills’ head professional Kyle Cramer has said, Dye plays with your eyes. An apparently simple line can suddenly become very tricky once you’ve played your shot, and drag you violently off-course. Good judgement is key here.

Who will it favor?

We’d expect Jon Rahm to shine here, simply because he’s so good at managing risk: that’s why he hits birdies time after time after time. 

Scrambling - where a player recovers to make par or better after messing up their approach to the green - could also have a crucial role in Indianapolis. This could play into the hands of Sergio García, Patrick Reed and Bryson DeChambeau, who've probably been the three best scramblers in the LIV Golf League since we started.

But because the course is so new, we'll have to find this out as we go along. The Cardinal is making history as it goes, and that's a fascinating prospect for us fans.

How can I be there?

For tickets to see the LIV Golf Individual Championship finale in Indianapolis this August, click here.