The Donald Ross Course at French Lick Springs and Casino reopened after a restoration on September 8. The project was quite successful. Architect Lee Schmidt working with the 1917 plans did a masterful job of returning this course (formerly the Hill Course) to its original parameters and feel.
The greens were returned to their original size, all the bunkers were reshaped and returned to their positions and the tees were all rebuilt. The cart path system was removed and replaced with concrete paths that are much less intrusive than the old macadam paths.
The weather was about as bad as possible for doing this work, alternating between 90+ degrees and torrential rain. The shapers (MacCurrich out of Florida) did a great job.
I would recommend that you put the Donald Ross Course on your itinerary for summer next year. It is quite a treat.
Pete Dye is building a 7,600 yard course on one of the best sites I have ever seen and that course should be open in 2008.
The combination of Ross and Dye should prove to be a pretty good one/two punch.