Indianwood Golf & Country Club (New)

Overview: Indianwood Golf & Country Club's New Course is a private 18-hole Robert E. Cupp and Jerry Pate design in Lake Orion, Michigan. The current course record lists par 72 and 6,916 yards. It was conceived as a contrasting companion to Indianwood's historic Old Course, using open fairways, heathland-style ground, shaped greens and a more contemporary relationship with the surrounding landscape. The routing can look spacious from the tee, but the strategic interest lies in how the holes cross, turn and present several possible angles into their targets. It is a course that rewards imagination and line selection as much as it rewards a strong drive.

History: The New Course opened in 1988, when Bob Cupp and Jerry Pate created a design that stood apart from the older Wilfrid Reid course across the Indianwood property. Cupp later described the New Course as an exercise in heathland golf, with links-like shapes and unusual strategic variety. That background explains why the course feels different from a conventional American parkland layout even though it sits within a historic country-club setting. The current directory identity is specifically Indianwood New, so its facts are kept separate from the Old Course's much earlier history and championship record.

Did You Know? Indianwood's New Course contains a rare “hole-o-cross,” where the centerlines of two holes cross one another. The feature is a small but memorable example of Bob Cupp's willingness to use unconventional geometry to create alternative lines of play.