3500 State Park Road, Cadiz, Kentucky 42211, US
(270) 924-1131
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About Lake Barkley State Resort Park

The Lake Barkley State Resort Park offers a world-class lodge with 120 rooms and four suites, a fitness center with an indoor swimming pool, game room and the Windows on the Water Restaurant. Campsites and 13 cottages are also available. Activities include biking, birding, hiking, boating (there's a marina with slips and rentals of pontoons and fishing boats), eagle watching, fishing, swimming at the lake or the pool, tennis on a lighted court, trap shooting and golf on the Boots Randolph Golf Course.

Facts

Price Range$$
Property Class★★★
Acres57920
Year Opened1964
Number of Units100-300

Amenities & Services

RestaurantsCasual
Room TypesRoom
PoolIndoor
TennisYes
Fitness CenterYes
Practice FacilityYes
MarinaYes
Beach AccessYes
Banquet SpaceYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?Yes
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at Lake Barkley State Resort Park

Reviews

4.1
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Reviews 5
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Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Golf Scramble Out After Starting

Great location, scenic! Friendly staff. Course was in good shape. Bad thing! They sent a shotgun scramble out during our round. It delayed us for hours. We lost our momentum and enthusiasm. I would recommend the course but check to see if they have a scramble scheduled.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Awesome course

The course is in great shape and the greens are also in great shape. It is fun to play for all types of handicaps.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great condition

Hats off to the course workers, it is in great condition.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice Course close to Lake Barkley Lodge

My wife and I played this course twice this past week. The course is in very good condition. The fairways were good and the greens were excellent. Watch for the stones in the bunkers. They can be hidden just under the sand, making blasting out an experience. The staff was excellent as was the cart drink lady. The carts are excellent as in new. We saw several deer and turkeys. I will play this course when I'm in the area.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

NICE

MY HUSBAND AND I ALWAYS ENJOY OUR GOLF DAY AT BOOTS! RAIN OR SHINE

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course

This is a nice course. The staff was very friendly. The course is well maintained. There are a few challenging holes with just enough water and trees to make it interesting!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun nice condition

Great price with a hot deal. Fun to play except bunkers bneed lots more sand. Watch the little rock creeks across several fairways. Will play again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Great State Park Course

The course was in great shape despite heavy rains the week before. Bentgrass greens were absolutely beautiful and in perfect condition despite high temperatures and humidity. Some of the fairways were cart paths only, but was to be expected since there was about 10 inches of rain the week before. Great course and pace of play was excellent!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great little course.....will play it again!

Well, I retired a year ago and decided to teach myself to play golf. I'm playing about 4 times a week. The first thing is this course was in pretty good shape, and I've played a few courses. The greens needed some attention but overall very nice condition. One of the nicest things was I played on Saturday, and I only saw one golfer in 18 holes in my direction of play. At 68 yrs old I've been shooting mostly low to mid 80's....WELL...on this course I shot my year low at 74. I will definitely be going back here. (ps) the cart return (barn) is at the far end of the parking lot, and when I returned the cart a woman who works there came with another cart to give me a ride back. NICE TOUCH to a Great Day.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/13/2016

Dear Fred Mueller,

We gals at the cart barn on Saturday are volunteers. We try to cart people back to their cars if they want, especially when that parking lot is 90 degrees plus! We appreciate you bringing your cart down to the barn and hope you had a great round of golf!

Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

GO PLAY THIS COURSE

From the time, I entered the facility to check in, it was wonderful. The lady at the counter was business friendly, and just started the round out well.

The course has some very difficult holes, but was in good condition from tee to green. I did think there was a lot of distance from the gold tees around 5700 and the white at 6600, but beyond that the course is as fine a course as I have played in sometime. It had been 15 years since I had played there, but plan to go back as soon as possible. It is not close to my residence.

If in the area, it is a must play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great variety of challenges

Excellent outing on a very nice course. Challenging on certain holes so bring plenty balls.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COURSES

VERY SCENIC COURSE, GREAT STAFF
HIGHLY PLAYABLE, SMOOTH GREENS

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Great Course

The course was in good shape and the greens were rolling great especially for the weather we had this year. Most of the winter kill in the fairways has either been repaired or in processed of being repaired. This is a great course and fun to play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Has potential

I thought the course Layout had potential. The greens were way too soft and fairly slow for August. Some holes from the back tees were unfair with trees hanging over the line of flight that didn't affect my wife from the forward tees. Tight front nine caused slow play with people looking for balls. With firmer faster greens and some tree work, it would be enjoyable to play!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Decent course

Fairways were pretty patchy, some bare spots and some extremely tall grass in others. Greens were very slow. Cart paths were in very bad shape. Several nicer courses around.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

This was my last round here.

Large sections of most fairways had no grass nor any signs that the huge bare sections were going to be seeded. One par 5 had been reduced to a par 3 because the fairway was in such poor condition. It appears to be permanent. Probably the worst fairway conditions of any course I have played in years. Kentucky State Park courses used to be a draw for golf tourism. Not anymore. All are all in rapid decline. I will spend my money in another state in the future.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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