501 E. Stephen Foster Avenue, Bardstown, Kentucky 40004, US
(502) 348-3502
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About My Old Kentucky Home State Park

My Old Kentucky Home State Park sits on the farm that inspired the song "My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night!". Its historic mansion, which is available for tours and weddings, banquets and events, is the centerpiece of the 235 acres. There are 39 campsites and a chance to see the "Stephen Foster Story", the state's longest-running outdoor drama and musical. The 6,385-yard Kenny Rapier Golf Course was recently redesigned and reconstructed. Tennis is also available.

Facts

Price Range$$
Property Class★★
Acres235
Year Opened1936
Number of UnitsLess than 100

Amenities & Services

TennisYes
Banquet SpaceYes

Rules

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

Golf courses at My Old Kentucky Home State Park

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Handicap 20-24
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4.0
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We were paired with a single who plays the course & this was most helpful. Some roughs were a challenge to find your ball. Bunkers were well maintained. Greens in good shape but not as fast as we liked. O/A impression of course very good with several scenic holes. We played hole #13 to the tune of "My Old Kentucky Home" coming from the the Stephen Foster venue near the course.Thoroughly enjoyed our round and would come back to play in the future.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

The course needs a hair cut

This is one of my favs but this little jem of a course needs a 2nd cut along the already narrow fairways. The greens are nice and the course plays well, its only about 6800 from the tips. They have a sign in the mens restroom that mentions slow play and ready golf but the slow play is because nobody can find their ball if they miss the fairway just a couple of feet so they look for their ball for 10 minutes. The course is set right outside a nice little country town so if staying over night would be a plus..

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Reviews 26
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

One of Ky’s best

The course is in really good shape. Greens were a little slow but consistent. Fairways cut nice and roughs were a reasonable and fair length. Lots of dog legs for a challenge but scoring is possible. Have played several State Park courses this year and My Old Kentucky Home is one of the very best.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

The course was in great shape and helped create a great round of golf (not score, but great time)

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Reviews 26
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Great round!

Had a great round of golf as always at My Old Kentucky Home golf course, the course was in great shape and beautiful. Love playing here!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Reviews 113
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

great place to play

the greens and fairways was in good shape the rough needed mowing hard to find your ball

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Great shape

The rough is pretty thick in spots and it adds to the difficulty. Overall the greens were great. The bunkers are as good as they can be the morning after a night of rain. A little dense but still able to get the ball out. Overall great condition as usual. If you're over 50 the pro shop will be very nice. If you're under 30 expect to be treated like a child.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Will play again!

Fairway Bermuda was spotty with a couple of holes very thin.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Can't wait to play again!

I used to play this course often, but hadn't played it in a couple of years. Man was I happy to play this course again. We played the from the #3 Tees. The Boxes and Fairways (Minus a section of #15) were in wonderful shape. The Greens were perfect, the rough was tall but very manageable. My only negative, all be it very minor, was that it took us 5 hours to play due to a group in front of us who wouldn't allow anyone to play through. The course, scenery and the playing of My Old Kentucky Home in the background more than made up for the wait. I highly recommend you give this course a try. You wont be sorry. I will be back myself in the very near future.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

I will be back!!!

I used to play here often but hadn't been in a couple years. Man was I happy to play this course again. The golf course was in great shape. We played from the #3 Tees and the Boxes and Fairways (Minus Portion of Hole 15) were very nice, Greens were perfect, Rough was tall but very manageable. My only negative was it took us 5 hours to play due to one group ahead of us that didn't allow anyone to play through. The course, scenery and the playing of My Old Kentucky Home in the background more than made up for the wait. I highly recommend you try this course. You wont be sorry. I will definitely be back myself in the very near future.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

This course was in great shape. They were hosting the Bourbon Invitational.

I booked this on a whim and it turned out to be great. The Bourbon Invitational was in progress and we fell in right behind the last group of the day. On the par 3 17 I was given a great frozen margarita even though we were not part of the tournament. The plays was excellent and it rained us out on hole 18.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 49
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Poor condition

I have played here many times, and course is usually in pretty good condition, but not this time. Rough allowe to grow so that any shot not in fairway was almost impossible to find. Greens slow, but fair. Quite a few dead spots for this time of year. Staff was great, as always.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great shape but packed

The staff was friendly the course was in great shape but it was packed that day and took about 5 hours to play 18 all in all I still had a good day

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

My old KY home

Fairways needed to be cut and were not grown in. Rough was very thick and hard to find your ball.

Greens were in great shape.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Plays Once a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

There were no fairways

While booking it said to expect "recovery conditions" but the fairway was completely dead. Some holes had large patches of dirt. It was very early in the season so I'm sure this course cleans up well.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Pace Excellent
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