A perfect tract of land and one family’s passion led to the construction of Rock Hollow Golf Club. Family patriarch and President of Rock Industries, Inc. (an aggregate manufacturing company) Terry W. Smith pondered the fate of land that his company had mined out nearly 40 years earlier. Smith’s idea to construct a golf course out of the abandoned terrain not only rose out of his affection for the game of golf but also due to the fact that two of his sons had chosen to pursue a career in the game. In December of 1991, the Rock Industries Inc. Board of Directors agreed with T.W. Smith’s golf course idea, and Rock Hollow Golf Club became a reality. No time was wasted and immediately Tim Liddy, understudy to world-renowned golf course architect Pete Dye, was retained to develop the course layout. In late March of 1992, ground was broken and little more than two years later on June 13, 1994, Rock Hollow Golf Club’s first nine holes were open for play. The official opening of the 18-hole Championship Golf Course occurred on June 12, 1995. From its first round of golf in 1995 to the excitement of celebrating its ten year anniversary in 2005, Rock Hollow Golf Club has remained a permanent fixture in the league of top tracks not only in the Midwest but also throughout the nation. Last year, Rock Hollow Golf Club made Golf Digest's "201 Places to Play", one of only three Indiana golf courses to be named to this list. In 2004, Golf Magazine named Rock Hollow the “Eighth Best Course in the United States and Canada for under $50”. Rock Hollow remains among the list of best public courses in the United States. With an unmatched reputation for customer service, 2006 promises to be Rock Hollow’s best year yet. 1995 Best New Public Courses in America (Golf Digest) 1997-1998 5th Best Course in the United States & Canada for under $50 (Golf Digest) 1997-1998 4-1/2 Star Award Winner (Golf Digest) 1996-1997 4 Star Award Winner (Golf Digest) 1996-1997 America's Best Golf Courses Everyone Can Play (Golf Digest) 1997 6th Best Course in Indiana (Golf Digest) Site of the 1996 & 1997 Indiana Open 1997 Miami County Industry of the Year 2003-2004 Top 100 Public Golf Courses, a list that includes Pebble Beach and Pinehurst (Golf Digest) 2004 Eighth Best Course in America to Play for Under $50 (Golf Magazine) 2005 listed in "201 Best Places to Play" (Golf Digest) Course Information Opening Date: Front Nine 1994, Back nine 1995 Architect: Tim Liddy Grass: Bent Grass (Fairways and Greens) Course Record: 63 - Chris Smith(1997) from the black tees.