Boone's Trace National Golf Club
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Formerly known as The Bull At Boone's Trace.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 6659 yards | 71.6 | 136 |
| Blue | 72 | 6345 yards | 70.1 | 133 |
| White | 72 | 6006 yards | 68.5 | 130 |
| Green | 72 | 5615 yards | 66.8 | 126 |
| Red | 72 | 4879 yards | 63.3 | 119 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4879 yards | 67.3 | 122 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 73.2/136 | 520 | 418 | 380 | 187 | 407 | 500 | 388 | 175 | 395 | 3370 | 573 | 362 | 420 | 495 | 134 | 398 | 400 | 177 | 403 | 3362 | 6732 |
| Blue M: 71.2/133 | 499 | 397 | 363 | 162 | 396 | 480 | 371 | 169 | 376 | 3213 | 522 | 347 | 391 | 479 | 121 | 352 | 379 | 161 | 380 | 3132 | 6345 |
| White M: 69.8/128 W: 75.3/133 | 483 | 375 | 345 | 148 | 386 | 447 | 351 | 150 | 353 | 3038 | 485 | 335 | 380 | 450 | 111 | 330 | 371 | 149 | 357 | 2968 | 6006 |
| Green M: 67.9/119 W: 73.1/129 | 450 | 350 | 326 | 133 | 353 | 410 | 330 | 127 | 332 | 2811 | 451 | 317 | 365 | 428 | 102 | 318 | 351 | 135 | 337 | 2804 | 5615 |
| Red M: 64.0/111 W: 68.5/118 | 411 | 292 | 288 | 118 | 318 | 376 | 265 | 101 | 299 | 2468 | 422 | 283 | 331 | 375 | 73 | 282 | 255 | 82 | 308 | 2411 | 4879 |
| Pink W: 63.1/103 | 329 | 250 | 196 | 113 | 234 | 298 | 226 | 96 | 223 | 1965 | 363 | 225 | 254 | 273 | 70 | 243 | 217 | 80 | 266 | 1991 | 3956 |
| Handicap | 13 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 4 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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Great Place!
The course keeps getting better! Conditions had been wet, but the course was in great shape. Friendly staff and nice atmosphere. Will be bringing visitors when they come this way!
Booked through golf now and arrived at the course to find 3 or 4 other walkin parties in front of me. Will not be back to the bull due to this. Pace of play is a big thing in golf now and most golfers don't have time for a 5 hour round.
A perfect day
Unlike myself, the course is in great shape. As a double bogey golfer I found it both challenging and a lot of fun. It has a good mix of sand, water, trees, etc., to make each shot exciting (or frustrating lol). We also found the clubhouse staff to be very friendly and professional. The clubhouse and course are all well maintained and make for a beautiful place to spend a day outdoors.
A good all-around course. An excellent mix of par 3's, long par 4's, and a par 5 that will make you think about how you want to play it.
Even with all the recent rain (and there has been a lot of rain ) the course was in excellent condition.
Highly recommend this course. Open fairways with plenty of challenges from some trees that make things interesting, water that is intent on collecting balls and sand that lets you occasionally take a stroll on the beach.
Good course
Nice fairways, bad tee placement. Always in a dip or uneven lie. Greens were firm and fast. Rolled very well, only a few bad spots.
Great Course!!
One of the best around! You can see improvements underway and each visit is more enjoyable than the last. Friendly staff and beautiful layout. Well kept grounds and some pretty tough holes.
I plan to bring friends when they visit as I've done before. They are always impressed and pleased to play here.
John S
Beautiful, fun and challenging course. My only complaint was the incredibly slow pace of play. I saw several singles and twosomes on the course. There needs to be a starter and/or course ranger to assist with pace of play.
Pace of Play was disastrous
Took over 5 hrs to play 18 w/cart. Multiple times had to stop at tee box and wait on two groups. No course rangers at all. Stopped at turn to get a drink but there were only one person working the counter with a line of over 10 people. This is the 3rd or 4th time playing this course and pace of play has been an issue every time. Obviously it's a reoccurring theme. Course conditions were above average.
current condition
I hope this course can make it back to what it used to be. The course was a little rough on this trip, but playable. I played a few holes with some residents/members and they said that there was either some problems with getting help on the crew, or some problems with some of the mowers.
Fairways were good, but were cut a little long, some of the fairways looked like they hadn't been cut for awhile, and had some patchy spots that were growing higher than the rest of the fairway.
Tee boxes were good, but the mow height is pretty high.
Greens were ok, running on the slower side, maybe 8's, and a couple had some spots that died over the winter, but those areas don't come into play. The greens will be punched on the 26th.
several bunkers that were never really in play have been removed, and the 3 bunkers I was in, didn't look the best, but they all had sand and played fairly consistently. That's better than some of the other courses in the area can say.
Overall it looks like this place got a late start on the season, once the greens get punched, and they get the mowing program up an running they should get in better shape in the next few weeks.
They are a little behind other local courses for this time of year, but you shouldn't have any real problems if you come play here. still managed to shoot 74
Great value
This course is more than an excellent value. The course is always fairly well manicured (although the tees and fairways tend to be a little long for my liking). The pace of play is fantastic. I have played here many times and never had to wait long on any hole. The amenities are nothing special, but are clean and definitely not poor. The course layout in general is very fun and fair with many holes offering you great risk/reward options. The bunkers are probably the weakest part of the course, not the most well maintained. The greens are always in excellent shape. They hold well, are smooth, and are generous in size. In general they are just a little slow (maybe a 9-10 on the stimpmeter). All in all, it is an excellent value and I would highly recommend you play it and judge for yourself.
Fun Challenging Course near Lexington
This was the second time I've played the Boone's Trace Golf Course and it didn't disappoint from my first experience. The course is a great layout meandering through the Boone's Trace development giving the golfer lots of options with four tee boxes. The rolling hills make hitting your tee shots to the right spots critical for having the right angle to the greens and getting your approach shots in tight. The greens were receptive and rolled very smooth for the time of year. Take out the great course layout and the beautiful scenery alone is worth the price of admission.
Great Course
Great course with great scenery. Great value for money.
Great shape!!
After torrential rains this place was still in wonderful condition!!! Can't wait to play it again!
Trending downwards
I played a lot here last year, and unfortunately the course is trending downwards quickly. There were a lot of positive changes started at the beginning of 2016 that were never finished, and as a result there are a lot of open dirt pits throughout the play (bunkers that haven't been filled in yet). The greens are rough and don't roll very well, the fairways not always maintained either. The layout is actually quite nice, but not very challenging due to the shorter length. A lot of potential, just needs some money spent on it. Their is definitely a sense of "locals" here and it's very easy to feel as an outsider if playing during the week and not part of their regular crowd. The clubhouse bar/restaurant needs some organizing and it could be a lot of better.
Nice Course, Slow Play
This is a beautiful course, with challenging slope and many blind shots. The only issue we have withe course is the pace of play. We were a twosome, and play at an average pace but had a 3some in front of us that would not let us play through even though they had noone in front of them, There were many holes where we had to wait 10 to 15 minutes between shots which was ridiculous. Suggestion, put times per hole on the scorecard as they do at many courses now, and also have some rangers available to make sure groups that are playing slow observe some ettiquette.
Very nice course
The course was in very good condition, definately one of the best courses in the area.
Glad you enjoyed the course! Thank you for your review BDouble!
Course has been better
Not sure what's happened, but there was a ton of damage on fairways and the greens had many rough patches also. One of the gentlemen working in the pro shop didn't seem like he even wanted to assist us with our drink purchases. Not very friendly. The course has been better but I would still play it again. We got a great deal on golf now
Great Golf Course!
One of the nicest golf courses I have played in Central Kentucky. Provided moderate challenge but could be played by a player of any skill level. Hope to play it again soon!
Needs work'
I hadn't played this course in over 10 years so I was excited about trying it again. The weather was beautiful and there wasn't too many people on the corse so pace of play was great. I like the layout and the challenges it had.
However, the course needs work. The greens had bare spots and needed repairs from ballparks. The fairways were decent but still bare spots. The rough around the greens and in the fairways were awful! I know it's crabgrass season but that was ridiculous! Hard to hit out of. A little weed control would have solved that problem!
The tee boxes were long as well. Needs to be much shorter, not rough length.
It may be another 10 years before I go back which is sad since its in such a nice area!
Hey Billy, Thank you for your review. We apologize that you had a slow group in front of you, and thank you for your feedback! We will look into updated our scorecards and trying to get a ranger out on the course more!