Victoria National has never had trouble getting attention. The Tom Fazio design in Newburgh, Indiana, built over 400 acres of reclaimed coal mining land, has been the crown jewel of the Dormie Network since the group acquired it, ranked the best course in Indiana and a regular on national top 100 lists. Now the club is getting a clubhouse to match the golf.
Dormie Network announced plans in 2026 to tear down the existing clubhouse and build a new one from the ground up. Demolition is scheduled to begin when the club closes for the season in November 2026, with the new facility expected to open in early 2028. Sinclair Hille, the architecture firm behind all of Dormie Network's capital improvements, is handling the design.
The look pulls straight from the property's history. The exterior will be anchored by locally sourced Indiana limestone, with a palette of materials meant to nod to the site's coal mining past without beating you over the head with it. Inside, the plans call for a primary dining room with panoramic course views, a full-service bar, and a private dining and meeting space. There is even a geothermal heating and cooling system under the hood, which is a nice touch for a course that already turned an old mine into one of the most dramatic pieces of golf property in America.
But here is the detail that tells you golfers were in the room when this thing was designed. The ground level will feature Cafe Vic, a self-service food and beverage stop with a full bar and a candy wall for the at-the-turn run. A candy wall. Somebody at Dormie Network understands that a grown man making the turn wants a fistful of gummy bears and a transfusion, in that order. Next door, an Owner's Lounge will give groups a private hangout with a golf simulator and entertainment for the hours after the round.
If you are wondering what happens to the club during construction, the answer is not much changes for traveling members. Staff will operate out of two on-site cottages during the build, and 44 rooms of lodging will remain open for members and their guests throughout. That matters, because Victoria National is very much a stay-and-play destination in the Dormie Network mold, where the trip is built around never leaving the property. Fly in, drop your bags, play 36, eat a great dinner, and do it again tomorrow.
The project fits a bigger pattern. Dormie Network has been pouring money into its properties since day one, from the ground-up build of GrayBull in the Nebraska Sandhills to the lodging and clubhouse construction at Dormie Club outside Pinehurst. The network's whole pitch is that one membership gets you full privileges at every club, so every dollar spent at Victoria National is a dollar spent on every member's home course. When the doors open in 2028, members will have one more reason to route the annual trip through southern Indiana.
Not that they needed one. The golf at Victoria National was already worth the flight. Now the nineteenth hole will be too.
