The Club at Chatham Hills in Westfield will be the final stop of the LIV Golf 2025 season.
Liv Golf Indianapolis takes place at the championship course Aug. 15-17. The three-day tournament will serve as the regular season finale as players vie for the 2025 LIV Golf League Individual Champion title. LIV Golf Indianapolis will feature many of the best players in the sport competing across three days of intense individual and team competition.
Henke Development Group, LLC owner Steve Henke, the developer at The Club at Chatham Hills, said LIV expressed interest in Westfield in spring 2024.
“There were a lot of factors that went into this,” Henke said. “There were other cities that were also competing for this, but they came to us. The demographics showed that Indianapolis was a strong location to have events such as this. They looked at the course (and) they loved the course. They looked at the staff and they loved the staff. They also looked at the clubhouse and they rated the clubhouse an 11 on a scale of 1 to 10.”
Although the tournament is major news for the golf community, the economic impact for the City of Westfield is anticipated to be substantial, particularly in combination with 2025 Colts Camp, which should wrap up just days before LIV Golf Indianapolis comes to town.
Mayor Scott Willis said the tournament is expected to bring an economic impact to Westfield of $21 million to $29 million. In addition to players such as Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Jon Rahm, Cameron Smith, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Joaquin Niemann and Tyrell Hatton, the tournament will feature fan engagement activities, entertainment and opportunities for local businesses to participate.
Over the next nine months, city leaders will plan how to support the expected 25,000 to 30,000 visitors LIV Golf Indiana will bring.
“The big thing right now is coming up with a public safety strategy,” Willis said. “We’ll be looking at parking. We need to be partnering with either the school district or local businesses to find places where people can come in and we can shuttle them in. Certainly, Chatham Hills is not going to be able to park 30,000 people here at the club, so we’ve got some work to do logistically around that. That’s probably the biggest challenge we’ve got.”
Visit Hamilton County Vice President/Chief Strategy Officer Karen Radcliff said the answer to why LIV Golf chose Hamilton County to house one of its tournaments is simply — why not?
“Back in the ‘90s, Hamilton County actually went all-in on golf course development,” she said. “So, when there was a boom in golf course development all across the United States, Hamilton County decided to do it here. And because of that, we have benefited from a lot of really nice golf course development and championship-level golf. That has drawn the eye of a number of groups that like to host tournaments here, whether it’s NCAA, PGA, LPA and now LIV Golf. So, really, it’s the quality of golf that is here in Hamilton County that brings people here.”
In addition to economic impact, the tournament offers Westfield the kind of publicity that money can’t buy.
“I think it puts Westfield on a whole different level in terms of notoriety,” Willis said. “It’s a chance for us to be on the international stage and show them the best of Hoosier Hospitality and Westfield Hospitality. It’s going to open doors for other types of companies and amenities and events to come to our community. This is just the starting point of many things to come.”
Deposits are now being accepted to secure hospitality tickets before they go on sale.
Fans can also sign up to receive exclusive updates and access to tickets, including pre-sale information on hospitality and grounds passes at livgolf.com.
TRADITION AND LEGACY
LIV Indianapolis 2025 opted for Westfield for its tournament due to the high-quality facilities and greens.
The championship course at The Club at Chatham Hills was designed and built by legendary golf course architect Pete Dye. Dye, who passed away in 2020, designed more than 200 golf courses, including Atlanta National Golf Club, Ogeechee Golf Club at the Ford Plantation in Richmond Hills, Ga., Brickyard Crossing Golf Course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles, previously known as Ocean Trails Golf Club.
“With those elite golfers coming, one of the special things about this is that it is one of Pete Dye’s last courses that he designed and built,” Henke Development Group owner Steve Henke said. “I had the honor to work with Pete Dye for 400 or 500 hours over the years. What an honor it was to work with Pete. He was so involved in everything out here (that) he was probably out here at least 40 times.”
Henke said course enhancements will be made to accommodate the tournament, including additional length, the construction of 13 new bunkers and expansion of the range for additional capacity. The renovation will adjust the range fairway from 3 acres and 220 yards deep to 6 acres and 275 yards deep.
The Club at Chatham Hills has hosted several professional and collegiate-level events, including the American Conference Division I Men’s Golf Conference Championship in 2024; the NCAA Division I Women’s Regional in 2023; the 2022 Indiana State Open; the 2020 Indiana PGA Professionals Championship; and the 2019 Indianapolis Open.
Learn more at chathamhills.com.
