Black Friday Announcement

The wait is over — it’s time for Lucas Oil Golf Course’s Black Friday Sale!
From November 28 to December 1, enjoy exclusive offers on golf and gear you won’t want to miss:

⛳ Digital Pass Specials

Get ready to play and save big!
  • 2 Round Pass – $50
  • 4 Round Pass – $90
  • 8 Round Pass – $175
  • 10 Round Pass – $200
All digital rounds require a cart fee purchase of $15 per round.

🛍 Pro Shop Specials

Stock up and save on your favorite golf gear!
  • 10% Off All Pro Shop Merchandise
  • Buy 1, Get 1 50% Off on Srixon Golf Balls
  • (BOGO not included in the 10% off offer)
  • Cleveland Wedges $30 off the listed price

🎁 Gift Card

Give the gift of golf!
Lucas Oil Golf Course gift cards make the perfect holiday gift for the golfer in your life — and they can be used toward green fees, merchandise, and more!
Don’t miss your chance to snag these incredible deals — available for a limited time only!
👉 Visit Our Online Store or Stop by the Pro Shop to Save Big This Black Friday!
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Black Friday 2-Man Tournament

We’re heating things up this Black Friday with an epic 2-Man tournament at Lucas Oil Golf Course. This isn’t your average day-after-Thanksgiving outing. We’re talking Pinehurst Alternate Shot + Scramble, big prize money, and yes, hot dogs, chili, and fountain drinks included.
Black Friday 2-Man Tournament
Friday, November 28th
11:00 AM Shotgun Start
$180 per team | Includes food, prizes, and more
Format:
Front 9: Pinehurst Alternate Shot
Back 9: 2-Man Scramble
Prize Money, Skin Pot, Big Skin – all paid by flight
Limited to the first 60 teams. First come, first served. To sign up use the following information:
Call: 812-338-3748
Text: 812-767-6170
Email: rschitter@lucasoil.com or dpinter@lucasoil.com
Entry Fee Includes:
  • 18 Holes of Competitive Fun
  • Sleeve of Srixon Balls + Srixon Glove
  • Prize Money (by flight)
  • Skins Pot and Big Skin
  • Hot dogs, chili, and fountain drinks served during play
Black Friday is also your chance to knock out holiday shopping early. Gift cards, gloves, balls, and golf gear will be available in the Pro Shop while you’re here. Come early, shop while you wait, and get ahead of the holiday rush.
Sign up now before it’s too late! We can’t wait to see you on Black Friday at Lucas Oil.
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Aerification Notice!

Aerification Notice!

Weather permitting we will be aerating the greens on Monday,

October 23rd & Tuesday October 24th, 2023.

 

Nine holes will be open to play each day.

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Join us for our Black Friday 2 Man Scramble

Join us for our Black Friday 2 Man Scramble

 

Date | November 24th, 2023

Location | Lucas Oil Golf Course

Format | Holes 1-9 Pinehurst Alternate Shot &

10-18 Two man Scramble

Shotgun | 11:00am

(Limited to the first 60-2-man teams)

 

Entry Fee:

$140 per team

$70 per golfer

 

Includes:

Golf Fees

Prize Money (Stays with Flight)

Skin Pot (Stays with Flight)

BIG SKIN

Lunch included, Chili Hotdog & Fountain Drink

 

Register Today

 

Questions? Please Call 812-338-3748, text 812-767-6170 or email rschitter@lucasoil.com

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Fathers Day Sale

Our Father’s Day 2023 Sale is NOW LIVE!
June 9th – June 18th, 2023

Looking for the perfect gift for dad? Give the gift of golf this year.  Lucas Oil is offering an awesome discount on golf that dad will love.  What better way to celebrate dad than by gifting him a perfect day at the course?

Don’t Wait.

Offer is limited
Weekday – 4 Round Players Card (Sale Price $150.00)
Weekend- 4 Round Players Card (Sale Price $180.00)

Click here for the perfect gift for dad!
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Get ready for our Father’s Day 2023 Sale!

Get ready for our Father’s Day 2023 Sale!

Father’s Day is right around the corner! June 18th, 2023

 

Been thinking of good gifts to give dad!

There is no better gift than golf!

 

Stay tuned for Lucas Oils Golf Course Father’s Day Sale!

Sale will be June 9th – June 18th.

 

More information coming soon!

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Escape Any Bunker: How To Get Over A High Lip

By Stacy Lewis
This might go against your instinct when you’re in a bunker with a high lip, but the last thing you want to do is try to help the ball over the lip. When you try to force it up and over, it almost always comes out lower and slams into the face. Instead, do what I do.
First, try this drill. The biggest difference between hitting out of a normal bunker and one with a high lip is the amount of sand you need to take. To get the ball up quickly, your club should strike a lot more sand, and this drill will help teach you how much. Draw a circle in the bunker about four inches in diameter around your ball. Now get in your address position, playing the ball off your front foot. Before swinging, pick the ball up so all that’s left is the circle. We’ll get back to that, but first, two more things about address: Dig your feet in so you have a solid base, and open the face of your wedge before gripping the club. I know opening the face can freak out some amateurs, but don’t be scared. In a bunker, your wedge is designed to work when it’s open like this. In fact, you should keep the face open throughout the shot.
“DON’T BE SHY: TAKE PLENTY OF SAND TO GET OVER A HIGH LIP.”
Now here’s a key thought: When you swing, think about putting your hands into your left pocket as you come through. You can see me swinging toward my left pocket here. This forces the club to exit low, left and open, and cutting across the ball like this helps get it up quickly.
Back to the goal of the drill. I want you to make the circle disappear. To do that, you’re going to have to hit the sand a few inches behind where the ball would be, and swing through it with some effort. That’s the feeling you want moving through the sand in a high-lip situation. Practice the circle drill with my swing thought of getting into that left pocket, and you’ll make this shot a lot easier than it looks. — with Keely Levins
Stacy Lewis is a 12-time winner on the LPGA Tour, including two majors.
Source: Golf Digest
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Your favorite club isn’t always the right club around the green

By Keely Levins
When you’re practicing your short game, are you just dropping a bunch of balls and hitting the same chip, with the same club, over and over? Be honest—a lot of people do it. But what it leads to on-course is you just grabbing that trusty club and trying to make it work for whatever shot you may have. Golf Digest’s Chief Digital Instructor Michael Breed says it’s not the right tactic. “Limiting yourself to one technique around the greens won’t lead you to success,” says Breed.
Instead, put your focus on evaluating the situation at hand. Ask yourself a few basic questions: How far do I want the ball to fly? How far do I want the ball to run out? How fast is the green?
If you have a ways to hit it and a lot of green to work with, Breed says to grab a mid-iron, like your 7-iron. Use a smaller swing and let the ball come out low and run. This type of shot will lead to a lot more success than grabbing that 56-degree wedge you love so much, taking a half-swing at it and trying to get it to fly and stop near the hole.
If there isn’t much between you and the green, you’re going to need to hit a shot that goes higher than the bump-and-run, and that lands softly. Breed has a few moves that make this scary shot easy: First, open the clubface — it’ll get you more loft and launch the ball with more trajectory. Next, stand farther away from the ball than you usually would. This will help you get it up in the air. And finally, as you come into impact, the handle swings through staying close to your lead thigh as the clubhead whizzes by and hits the ball.
These tips are just a small part of a larger video series hosted by Breed called Michael Breed’s Playbook which you can access here. There are three lessons in the series, covering how you should practice your driving, your short game, and putting so that when you’re on the course, you’re ready to find the fairway, knock it close and make the putt.
Source: Golf Digest
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New study shows that golfers have been aiming wrong this whole time

Most golfers see where they want their ball to end and aim straight for it. Pretty straightforward. Others incorporate an intermediary target — a spot two feet in front of the ball in line with their distant target — and focus on both before they swing.

Which is better? Neither.

GOLF Top 100 Teacher Eric Alpenfels and Dr. Bob Christina, Emeritus Professor of Kinesiology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, conducted a recent study where they took 29 golfers of varying skill levels and instructed them to hit six shots each aiming three different ways:

  1. Looking only at a distant target.
  2. Looking only at an intermediary target.
  3. Then the traditional method of looking at both the distant and intermediary target.

They measured the results, and some rather interesting results amongst the golfers when they forgot about their distant target, and looked only at the intermediary target.

That’s right. Alpenfels and Christina found that, on average, golfers actually hit the ball straighter and just as far when they don’t look at where they want to hit it, and only focus on a spot about two feet in front of their ball. Their overall accuracy increased, as did their Smash Factor — a metric that can be used to measure the overall quality of strike.

Why? Because when a golfer looks at where they want to hit their ball, they don’t just see the green. They see the water, the bunkers, the trees — all the places they don’t want to hit their ball. That subconscious fear forces your mind into making last-minute overcompensations, the study found, which hurts golfers’ distance and accuracy. So, the next time you’re struggling to hit a fairway, pick a spot just in front of your ball and focus only on that. It could give your swing the freedom it needs.

Source: Golf.com

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Rules Guy: Can I adjust poorly placed tee markers before a tournament begins?

The Rules of Golf are tricky! Thankfully, we’ve got the guru. Our Rules Guy knows the book front to back. Got a question? He’s got all the answers.

On a short par 3 over water, the tee box was placed with an overhanging tree on the line to the pin. I moved the left tee marker a few feet so that the tee shot could be hit without obstruction. This was done before everyone teed off — in fact, my opponent played first and I hit second. What is the correct penalty? This has sparked a huge debate in my men’s league. —JASON WRIGHT, VIA E-MAIL

If you notice that tee markers are poorly placed, are you allowed to adjust their position before play begins? Our expert has the answer.

Jason, the fact that you ask what the penalty is — rather than if there’s a penalty — suggests you know you’ve done wrong … and you have. (Admitting that you have a problem, however, is the first step toward recovery of your honor.)

Tee markers are fixed — yes, even poorly positioned ones. Under Rule 8.1a, if you move one to gain a potential advantage by improving the conditions affecting the stroke, you must take the general penalty, which is two strokes in stroke play or loss of hole in match play. (Other players could likewise be subject to penalty if they knowingly took advantage of your maneuver.)

Source: Golf.com

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