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Value
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Pace
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About

Holes 9
Type Public
Par 27
Length 807 yards
Slope 128
Rating 37.0

Course Details

Year Built 2006
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Catering

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Kentucky (2018 #15)

Reviews

4.9
157 Reviews (157)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 14
Thick Rough 12
Bunkers 10
This course/club is great for:
Locals 11
Advanced Golfers 10
A Weekend Splurge 9
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 13
Worth the Drive 13

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Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

I'll be back

We booked a weekend trip to the Lexington/Richmond KY area for a "guys" weekend getaway. Gibson Bay was one of the courses in the package from mygolfvacation.com. The course was under repair in the middle and the course was really wet in spots due to a lot of rain a few days before we arrived. For the poor conditions, the course was amazing.The grounds staff should be commended, BIG TIME. The course layout is fun and you don't have to worry too much about hitting into other people if you hit a stray shot. The clubhouse staff was incredibly nice and the snack staff was very nice too. The food is your standard fare and beer prices are normal. Very fair pricing. We will definitely be back!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Layout and Condition

Course lay out is great and for winter conditions, the greens were great. Overall course is looking really good for January.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

Great Course, Tough Because of Weather

This was my first time playing and it's unfortunate I played in 30 degree weather after everything was already frozen. The layout of this course is really great. I look forward to playing this course in the spring and summer. I've never played a Kentucky course in the winter. I am from SC so you can play pretty much all year with about the same conditions on the course throughout the year there. Here in Kentucky, the green was like concrete due to our freezing temperatures. The ball bounced as high as the cart path when it directly hit the green. It was very amusing. But to be January, and with the temperatures and weather we've had, 1. I was shocked and glad at the same time that the course was open to play and 2. I was very impressed with the course conditions considering. If you've never played Gibson Bay, I would highly recommend playing. Especially in the spring and summer. I look forward to coming back and playing again soon.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Great Course

Excellent public course. Well maintained and very plush for this time of year. Very reasonable fees.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 45
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Slow-go

The course was in very good condition. The rough was up some which made it tough to get out of. The worst was pace pf play. After 4 holes we waited every shot on every hole. granted there were only 2 of us, but there were 4 groups in front of us and a couple of them were very slow. There were 4 young guys in front of us and they were very nice. They told us they would gladly let us play thru but we wouldn't be going anywhere after that.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful course

Always a pleasant day at Gibson Bay! One of the prettiest courses in Central Kentucky. I look forward to my next round!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 119
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Kentucky Advisor
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Why move the white teesn back further?

The BAD: I've played this course several times but I've never seen the white tees set back as far as they were this day, some in the area where the blue tees used to be. It seemed very unfair as my wife plays the up tees and on one of the back nine holes her teebox was over 150 yards ahead of the whites. I was tempted to move to the green tees but had already committed to the whites. The added length made my game a little out of whack and frustrating. The course was long enough already.

The GOOD: This course is always in immaculate condition - the fairways, the teeboxes and the greeens. And I appreciate having the yardage stamped on most sprinkler heads in most fairways.

This course is always a challenge because of it's length but today was more frustrating than ever.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great environment

Course is in great shape. Greens rolled true. Tee boxes were very good. Great layout. Look forward to playing again.

Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Etiquette

The golfers on this course do not know or do not care about Golf Etiquette specifically fixing their divots and ball marks. There are several greens that resemble the craters of the moon and T-boxes that look like the practice range at a Pro event. The divots on the course are also bad, hole number 7 in the lay up area is terrible. What a shame as this could be a very nice public course with a little effort by the "Golfers".

Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beat the heat

Great time in afternoon Sun. Course in good condition, could
Use a little work on the tee boxes. Greens in good shape, perhaps a little slow, not out of chcracter given the hot dry condition. Like all the hills and slopes including the greens, keep up the good work

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Good condition fun layout

This is a course that gets better as you play it more. Lots of blind tee shots where course knowledge would come in handy. I did enjoy the course and found the conditions to be nice. I would def play here again. I played the back tees which the card said were 7100 yards but it def did not play that long. The one exception was a 250 yard par 3 which played really long obviously.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Gibson Bay

Well kept and maintained, great layout open and easy to play, greens great and playable for all types of golfers, great scenery over looking Madison Co

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played
Used cart

Jungle safari

Let me preface this by saying this has always been one of my favorite golf courses. Played there on Memorial Day and it was a nightmare. Took a little over 3 hours to play the front nine. The quality of the golfers playing there was horrible and the lack of golf etiquette was terrible. They were hitting drives of 100 yards sideways and never considered letting anyone play through. Pace of play was slowed considerably by the 5" rough which made any foray into it a jungle safari. You needed a search party to find your ball even if it was just a few feet away.. Why a municipal course with a lot of bad golfers playing would have US Open type rough makes no sense. The PGA Tour only has a few events a year with this kind of rough and it makes no sense for a public course to do so. One of the main reasons for the slow play is people searching for the ball when hitting it in the rough there. I love the track but will no longer play there on weekends.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Enjoyment

The outdoors in KY has seen a lot of rain in the last week so keeping that in mind I was ready for the worst. Gibson Bay was in the best shape possible. Really have to hand it to the staff for making the greens roll very well, fairways cut short, and allowing the rough to stay thick. The course had a lot of traffic throughout the day but the greens surprisingly held up very well. Fastest greens I have played on all year; Would recommend it to anyone of any skill level.
-CB

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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