This scenic par 3, our signature hole and one of the most majestic golf holes in Kentucky, features an 80-foot drop in elevation from tee to green, making it play shorter than advertised. Club selection can be interesting due to the depth of the green, making for at least a two-club difference depending on pin position. A creek flows in front of the green while large bunkers protect both right and left.

Tee-shot accuracy is rewarded on this straight fairway protected by a bunker left and a waste area all the way down the right. Long and left is a no-no due to the large trees and the creek protecting the green. Bunkers on both sides of the green and out of bounds long demand a solid shot into the green.

Off-track tee shots on this straight, tree-lined par 4 are challenged on the left by out of bounds and a bunker and on the right by a pebbly waste area. The large green is protected by a pond to the right and bunkers both right and left. Stay below the pin for uphill putts.

Long hitters might be tempted to cut the dogleg-left corner but beware the fairway bunker and trees. A waste area to the right and out of bounds on both sides can harass wayward tee shots. Avoid the bunker to the right on your approach shot to give yourself the best chance at par on this relatively flat green.

Welcome to another dogleg-left fairway protected by out of bounds, a waste area and trees. Tee shots down the right may carry through the fairway into the rough. Take note of the trees left and bunker right when choosing your approach shot to the large, slightly elevated green. Par is a great score here.

Straight down the middle-right is where you want your drive to land on this tempting dogleg-left fairway protected left by out of bounds and a low waste area and gnarly rough. Middle right leaves the best angle for your approach shot, given the tall trees guarding a direct shot to the green from the left side. Lay-up shots running through the fairway may catch a bunker in the 70-yard vicinity. Note the pair of bunkers guarding the left and middle portions of the green. The fairway’s last 100 yards is steeply uphill creating a longer hole than the yardage indicates. Take care to stay below the pin, however, to avoid three putts.

This longish, straight-away par 4 has a bunker guarding the right side of the fairway and trees and out of bounds guarding the left side. The green is slightly uphill so be sure to take a little extra club. This is the only green on the course totally unprotected by bunkers.

You’ll need every inch of tee-shot distance you can muster to reach this large green that can play up to two clubs difference from front to back. A generous chipping area in the front provides safe haven from the threatening bunker to the left and the trees to the right.

The Frankfort Country Club’s closing hole will test your nerves and shot-making ability. The uphill and steeply sloping left-to-right fairway is protected by out of bounds to the left and a lateral water hazard to the right. Trees line both sides of the hole. At fairway’s end, overhanging trees challenge approach shots to the green from the left and a bunker menaces wayward shots on the right. On the green, small undulations make for interesting putting. This hole always comes up in post-round conversation at the 19th Hole Grill.