Heartland Crossing Golf Links

Heartland Crossing Golf Links sits in Camby, a small community southwest of Indianapolis, and represents a collaboration between architect Steve Smyers and professional golfer Nick Price. The course opened in the early 2000s on relatively flat central Indiana farmland, where Smyers employed his characteristic earthmoving to create rolling terrain, strategic bunkering, and links-style playing corridors. The design reflects Smyers' interest in golden-age principles and his tendency toward bold, sculptural features that give courses visual drama even on modest sites. The routing incorporates wide fairways with rumpled contours, substantial green complexes with pronounced undulation, and an emphasis on ground-game options that recall British seaside golf despite the landlocked setting. Native grasses frame the playing areas, and the openness of the property allows wind to factor into club selection and strategy. Price's involvement brought a player's perspective to hole variety and shot values, particularly around the greens where short-game creativity is rewarded. Heartland Crossing serves as a public facility, making Smyers' design work accessible to a broad range of golfers in the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The course has hosted regional amateur events and remains a notable example of how thoughtful architecture can transform modest Midwestern terrain into engaging, strategic golf. Its conditioning and playability appeal to both serious players seeking challenge and recreational golfers drawn to the links aesthetic uncommon in Indiana.