>>GERRY: DID YOU KNOW INDIANA IS ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP 10 STATES FOR GOLF? AMONG INDIANA'S UNIQUE GOLF
ASSETS...THE PETE DYE GOLF TRAIL'S SEVEN COURSES. DYE IS CONSIDERED IN MANY CIRCLES TO BE THE MOST
INFLUENTIAL GOLF COURSE ARCHITECT OF THE LAST FIVE DECADES. DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT, SPORT TOURISM AND OUTDOOR RECREATION FOR THE IOTD NOELLE SZYDLYK IS HERE TO EXPLAIN THE RELAUNCH OF THE
STATEWIDE PETE DYE TRAIL. AND WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. >>: THANK YOU. >>: I MENTION TOP TEN FOR GOLF.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED AT THAT. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT PETE DIED TRAIL BUT INDIANA HAS A LOT
OF GREAT COURSES. >>: WE HAVE PLACES TO PLAY ALL OVER THE STATE YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN INDIANAPOLIS THERE'S GOOD
COURSES HERE IN CENTRAL INDIANA, BUT AREAS AROUND FORT WAYNE AND DOWN AND FRENCH LICK. AND EVANSVILLE, NEWBURGH.
YOU COULD GO STATE WIDE AND FIND REALLY HIGH QUALITY COURSES THAT HOST NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE REALLY
THINK TOP OF THE LINE AND PLACES YOU CAN PLAY. >>: INDIANA HOME TO ONE OF THE GREAT GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTS
PETE DYE HIS WIFE IS A GREAT DESIGNER AS WELL THAT RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. BUT THE PETE DYE GOLF TRAIL WAS
LAUNCHED IN 2011 EMBRY LAUNCHED LAST YEAR. TALK ABOUT THAT AS SUCH, SEVEN COURSES AND THE POTENTIAL UC.
>>: THE STATE TOURISM OFFICE LOOKED AT WAYS THAT WE COULD FIND EXCESS IN THE STATE AND IMPROVE UPON AND THIS WAS
ALREADY THERE. IT JUST DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY BEHIND IT. THE COURSES ARE STILL DOING A
GREAT JOB AND THEY WERE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB MAINTAINING AND PROMOTING THEMSELVES THAT IT HELPED TO HAVE SOMEBODY AS A
CENTRAL POINT TO KICK THAT BACK OFF AGAIN AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. WE WERE ABLE TO DEDICATE
SPECIFIC FUNDING TO PROMOTE GOLF AND TO RELAUNCH THE TRAIL AND THAT WAS DONE THROUGH A WEBSITE REDEVELOPMENT.
WE TOOK ON THIS YEAR THE INDIANA GOLF GUIDE AND PRODUCING EVENT INTERNALLY WHICH WE HAD BEEN DOING AND REALLY PUTTING A FOCUS
ON HOW WE CAN TAKE THIS ASSET THAT WE HAVE. PEOPLE ARE INTRIGUED BY PETE DYE COURSES.
SOME PEOPLE LOVE THEM AND SOME HATE THEM. AND THE CHALLENGES THEY BRING AND WAYS THAT WE COULD GET THAT
OUT THERE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY COULD COME TO INDIANA. IT'S THAT MUCH CLOSER. >>: GREAT COURSES FROM
BRICKYARD, PURDUE HAS A COURSE. SO MANY AROUND THE STATE AND SO MANY OF THEM AROUND THE STATE. AS YOU LOOK AT A
70 BILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY AND GOLF COURSE TRAVEL WITH THE BUSINESS INDIANA POSITION TO TAKE A BIGGER CHUNK OF THAT?
>>: ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE VISITOR BUREAUS AROUND THE STATE ACTIVELY PROMOTING CALL FOR TRAVEL NOT ONLY THROUGH
GROUP TRAVELED LIKE SMALL AND LARGE GROUPS COMING IN AND COMING TO GOLF BUT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CONVENTION
BUSINESS WE HAVE ALREADY EXISTING IN PLACES LIKE INDIANAPOLIS, FORT WAYNE AND EVANSVILLE THAT WE ARE
CAPITALIZING ON THAT AND LET PEOPLE COME AND PLAY ARE AWESOME COURSES AS WELL. >>: LOTS OF GOLF COURSES.
SEVEN ON THE GOLF TRAIL WHICH YOU WILL HEAR A LOT ABOUT IN THE