We're on the hunt for great greens in the bluegrass state. Golfers played courses throughout Kentucky in 2016, and we compiled the top-rated. Kentucky's golf scene is most well known for Valhalla, the private club owned by the PGA of America that hosts the Ryder Cup and PGA Championship.
The rest of the state's golf courses, meanwhile, caters to highly affordable public courses. In the top 20 below, you'll see just how many top courses are state park facilities, too. A couple university-affiliated courses, as well as golf resorts made the ranking.
To compile our state lists, we used a similar method to that of our our national Top 50 ranking. A course's score is based on their overall (50%) rating and subcategory average (50%). Reviews are weighted based on how prolific that reviewer is on Golf Advisor, and a course receives a bump in their rating if their score is better than that reviewer's average score.
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Top courses by subcategory in Kentucky in 2016
Course layout: Heritage Hill
Course conditions: General Burnside State Park
Value: Lincoln Homestead State Park Golf Course
Off-course amenities: Connemara Golf Course
Pace of play: Deer Lakes Golf Course
Staff friendliness: General Burnside State Park
Top 20 golf courses in Kentucky in 2016
Independence
Eddysville
Bardstown
Calvert City
Lexington
Lexington
Gilbertsville
Bedford
Paris
Murray
Richmond
Olive Hill
Alexandria
Cadiz
Morehead
Salem
Richmond
Burkesville
Burnside
Shepherdsville
No. 44 in the U.S. in 2016
