Hillcrest Golf & Country Club

Batesville sits in the rolling hill country of southeastern Indiana, where the landscape folds and tumbles in ways that feel more Appalachian than Midwestern — genuinely good terrain for golf. Hillcrest Golf & Country Club takes advantage of that topography, and a par 70 layout here signals a course that likely leans on shorter, trickier holes rather than brute length to make its case.

As a private club in a small Indiana city of around 7,000 people, Hillcrest functions the way these clubs do best — as a genuine community anchor. Batesville has a quietly prosperous identity, anchored by industries like casket manufacturing (Batesville Casket Company is one of the largest in the world), and the club reflects the close-knit character of a place where members have likely known each other for generations.

Southeastern Indiana doesn't draw destination golfers the way French Lick does to the west, but that's rather the point. Hillcrest is a member's course, shaped by local loyalty and the particular pleasure of playing familiar ground across four very real seasons.