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Conditions
3.0
Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.1
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort/Public
Par 72
Length 6647 yards
Slope 124
Rating 71.5

Course Details

Year Built 1997
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Pete Dye (1997)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Reviews

3.5
95 Reviews (95)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 14
Bunkers 11
Undulating Greens 11
This course/club is great for:
Locals 13
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 13
Group Getaways 12
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 11
At a Resort 8

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Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Very nice course

Greens and fairways in great shape. Bunkers not so much. Layed out of them.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Diamond in the rough

Beautiful golf course. Fairway and boxes were okay but the greens were perfect. The lay out was fair, the greens were challenging.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Worth the Trip

It's a bit out of the way, but a fun course to play (particularly for a bogey golfer like me). It has a decent amount of slopes to work with, mostly open fairways and semi to unprotected greens. A few tricky doglegs. The course sits above the surrounding hillside with constantly a shifting breeze. Given that it hadn't rained much recently the fairways were still fairly green, but they did give a lot of roll out on the low shots. The greens were in very good condition and they played true, which is a good thing, as quite a few of them are sloped.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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
Excellent weather
Used cart

Best golf value in KY

Really enjoy myself every time I play at Peninsula. The lay out of the course and the scenic views are tops in the state of KY. The course if very challenging from the tips, but very fair b/c the fairways are wide open. As the tag line for Golf Now says, GO PLAY!!!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Rowdy stay and play guests

I went to play as a single which I normally do only to find that there were tons of stay and play guests getting ready to tee off in front of me. 3 eightsomes to be exact. Was pretty surprised the course allowed this but the nice gentlemen trunning the pro-shop suggested I tee off on the back 9 to avoid them which worked out great and was much appreciated....I didn't catch up to them till my last 4 holes or so. Very rowdy bunch. Music blaring from the carts, leaving sunflower seeds and cigarette butts on the greens, screaming obscenities etc....course is good shape. Best green roll around in my opinion.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

No Sand

Poor experience as there was no sand in the bunkers only large rocks. Course layout was questionable although advertised as a Pete Dye course, perhaps a junior associate designed. Not scenic at all as a large power plant and its smoke stacks were the predominant scenery. Hate to give it a poor review as the course definitely needs more revenue. We paid to play 18 and quit after 9 and won't be back.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Peninsula Golf

Greens were good. Very true roll with moderate speed. I would have liked a bit faster but over all very good. Fairways were good. Bunkers should be played as ground under repair or preferred lie in sand. Much of the sand has washed out with so much rain this year. Grounds crew should use this opportunity to remove the rocks and small boulders from traps. Course was extremely soft and it's deficiencies seem to be due to wet summer. I will play here again.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

golf with a good friend

Shot 81 in some very wet conditions. Greens were rolling great though.no roll in the fairways because being wet from all the rain .but always enjoy playing peninsula .

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

What could have been...

Penninsula is a great challenging course and we are fortunate enough for it to be in Central KY. Too bad it's not what it once was! The bunkers are plentiful, but unplayable with dirt and rocks. The yardages are tough to figure which makes for some difficult approach shots. Where did the cart GPS systems go? The tee boxes, fairways and greens are in good shape. Front 9 always seems to be more challenging than the back.

I don't claim a home course, but prefer to float around and hit up a handful of courses in Central KY each summer. Penninsula is definitely worth one trip to Lancaster each summer.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

pleasantly surprised

Course was in much better condition than in the past. Other than the bunkers it was great. I would play again tomorrow.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

R Turley

Courses in good shape just needs sand in the bunkers but Course overalls in great shape

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 106
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Course in good shape

Had a very enjoyable round. The tee boxes and fairways were in good shape and the greens were in excellent shape. They were tricky at times with undulations and ridges making it challenging to make a proper read. The sand traps were not good. They were hard as a rock and full of rocks. The only other problem was finding the course. I had been there before; otherwise, I am not sure we would have been on time.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Slow play

There were several large groups playing the course near my tee time. It made for very slow play and there were no "rangers" on the course to keep play moving.

Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

First round here in a while, and disappointing

When this course first opened I played here occasionally. It isn't close to my home, and was often hard to get a tee time. And it was challenging.

Two of these circumstances are still true. But getting my tee time was easy, and now I know why. The tee boxes were abysmal, unlevel and hard ground underneath. Amazingly, many of the fairways were also rock-hard. But the bunkers were the real surprise. Most had decayed to hard pan with no sand at all, while others that I remembered from the past had been allowed to go back to grass.

Pete Dye would be quite unhappy with what's happened to his creation. If word had gotten around about the current quality of this course, it had not reached me.

On the plus side, the staff was quite friendly.

We were caught up in a large contingent of stay-and-play guests who were all slow players, so we endured all of this for nearly five hours.

I don't imagine I will make the trip to the Peninsula again for some time.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

May 2015

Course is in fantastic shape, fairways are filled and nice. Greens are responsive and true with a bit of speed. Rough is thick and hard to get though as it should be.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great day!

This course is quite the challenge, and Mr. Dye set it up that way. Long rough will punish you for errant shots so step up your game if you plan to score well here. Friendly staff and knew who our group was when we walked in the proshop. Highly recommended!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

early in the yr

It was early in the yr and the course and staff was still under pressure to get everything together. I'm sure it is going to be nice once they get all the bugs worked out.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course is a real challenge, but fair.

Really enjoy playing this course ! Gives you a little of everything. Terry and the staff are super nice and really try to make your visit enjoyable.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Each hole has its own challenges,

Not a gimme course, each hole has its own challenges. Greens this time of year are firm and fast. I have not stayed at the resort, I live locally and drive to the course, play and go home.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Could be great

The course is a great layout. The staff is super accomodating and friendly. Guess I get worried because every year, things just run down a little more. No sand at all in bunkers. Have to pull out. If there was sand, super tough course. This year the condos had broken picnic tables and broken gas grills. Had to shop around to find something decent at the condos not being used. If all were full, plenty of people would have to do without. Carts have seen better days and virtually none of the GPS units in the carts worked that I saw. Still, the course and people make it a great place to spend a few days.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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