The 18-hole "Blackthorn" course at the Blackthorn Golf Club facility in South Bend, Indiana features 7,105 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 75.2 and it has a slope rating of 135 on Bent grass. Designed by Dr. Michael Hurdzan, ASGCA, the Blackthorn golf course opened in 1994.