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3.8
298 Reviews (298)
5 Stars
79
4 Stars
134
3 Stars
47
2 Stars
25
1 Stars
13
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.8
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.8
78.2%
Recommend this course
234 out of 298 reviews
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3.8
6 Reviews (6)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.3
Value
4.0
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.5
83.3%
Recommend this course
5 out of 6 reviews
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3.5
39 Reviews (39)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
16
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.5
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.1
69.2%
Recommend this course
27 out of 39 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 71
Length 6638 yards
Slope 139
Rating 72.7
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University Club Of Kentucky - Wildcat Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1992
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Daniel McQueen

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Conference Facilities, Locker Rooms
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Reviews

3.8
298 Reviews (298)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 6
This course/club is great for:
Locals 6
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 7

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Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 26
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Good, but slow

Played the Wildcat course. I would probably recommend to others in the Lexington area. Very fun, but rather difficult course. Some tight holes and a lot of water running through the course. If you do not find the fairway, the rough is actually penalizing in some areas. Some of the tee boxes needed some work, but it is probably difficult to keep nice with so much play. Most greens and fairways were in good shape.

We had a 6-hour round on a Saturday afternoon. No starter keeping pace at all. Group ahead of us donated about 20+ balls into the woods/water and there was a wait on every tee.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0

Don’t

For the expectations of a university course, this does not live up to its name. Terrible tee boxes, fairway is length of the rough, crab grass on half the greens, and inconsistency throughout. I will not play this course again.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Not great shape

The course needs a lot of work. The tee boxes are not the best with weeds and crabgrass. Sand traps were awful. Fairways weren’t too bad. The greens rolled much faster than I was expecting, but also had lots of bad spots. Good value for the price paid on a hot deal. Quite disappointing for a course with University name. Overall, the course needs quite a bit of attention.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always enjoy the course.

I’ve played here several times and it has always been a good round.

The 2 gentlemen we were paired with did not play quickly and were very high handicaps, which lead to a very long slow round.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 08/08/2019

Hello, u000003213553. Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take customer feedback very serious at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind. Thank you for playing University Club of Kentucky - Wildcat Course.

Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Solid course

Overall, not very impressed with the course. Course conditions were pretty good except for most tee boxes that were not in the best shape with many weeds and crab grass. The cart paths were some of the worst I’ve seen. Fairways and greens in great shape. Nice layout along side Big Blue course. Solid course, but many better courses available in the area.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/05/2019

Hi GoCards502! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Watch out for the mosquitoes

I like this course and we play it often. However, we hit our drives on # 13, and as we prepared to hit our 2nd shots we were run over by mosquitoes, so many we had to pick up our balls and move on to # 14. Number 14 was not much better, so many mosquitoes that all we could do was try to fight them off while we tried to hit our ball. Number 15 had a few, but nothing like 13 & 14. When we finished playing I went into the club house and told them about it. The man there was aware of this and says its probably because we have had so much rain. I was hoping he was going to say they were planning to spray, but nothing was mentioned. We won't be going back here anytime soon, These things will probably be around for most of the summer.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This course has awesome features

The course was in amazing shape. Really enjoyed playing there

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

course was in great shape! One of my top 3 in central Ky.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Awesome!!

Awesome course and beautiful! Best round of golf for the money all year! Definitely be back!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Bunkers

Please put a lot of work in the bunkers! When the greens have been freshly aerated it should be half price! It wasn't noted on the page either!

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/12/2019

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting University Club of Kentucky. We hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great design, wrong time to play

I loved the layout of this course. Obviously they are known for the Big Blue course, but this one is no slouch. Beautiful driving range with nxt tour s practice balls. Guy in the clubhouse didn’t see to care too much about us being there (Maybe because we booked thru GolfNow...). Layout of this course is excellent. Requires you to think about many different shots and ball placement. Unfortunately, we played during an amateur event on the Big Blue course, but the greens on Wildcat were just aerated, so putting was essentially nonexistent. Would most definitely play again though. I’m sure it is beautiful during the late spring/early summer. Look forward to playing again when it is in top shape.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

No warning

Have played here several times over the years. Today the greens had been recently aerated. That would've been fine but there was no warning from the course or any type of discount because of it. Also the bunkers have become completely unplayable here. Won't be back here anytime soon.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 04/08/2019

Hello mdry93, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review at University Club of Kentucky. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, and hope you'll give us another try in the near future. We always strive to provide the best possible customer experience to our golfers, and we apologize if we missed the mark. We hope that you would give us another chance to improve upon the course and that you will notice some of these improvements during your next round with us. Thank you for choosing our course, we hope to earn your business again soon.

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