If you ever wondered why you should come to Kentucky, especially Lexington
and Bluegrass area, here are some of the
reasons that may convince you to make the trip.
Beautiful Historic Bluegrass Region
Kentucky,
especially Lexington,
is all about horses, with racetracks, 450 thoroughbred farms and a world-class
park to prove it, but it also reeks of history and culture. Daniel Boone
founded a settlement here; Bourbon was invented here, and Berea is at the center of a rich folk art
tradition that dates back several centuries.
Also, more than 3,000 acres in Lexington
area are designated as park facilities. The four largest are Jacobson Park,
Masterson Station
Park, Shillito
Park and Woodland Park.
The area also offers 15 public and semi-private golf courses, including the
Pete Dye designed, championship-caliber Kearney Hill Links. Horseback riding is
available at the Kentucky
Horse Park
and a number of area stables.
Central Location
Within a day's drive of
75% of the population of the United States,
Lexington is
strategically located at the intersection of interstates 64 and 75. Lexington
is accessible by air with approximately 100 direct and nonstop flights.
Lexington’s
convenient location at the intersection of Interstates 64 and 75, bluegrass
area is the best place to meet for golfers from Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan,
and Canada.
You can head out from Lexington
in any direction and find challenging and enjoyable golf courses. In the
Bluegrass communities surrounding Lexington,
there are dozens of public and semi-private golf courses. Some of them include, Kearney
Hill Gol Link, site of the Senior PGA
Tour from 1990 to 1997, Peninsula Golf Resort, named as one of the Top 200 in the
nation by Golf Digest, Picadome Golf Course, the oldest public course in central
Kentucky. Lakeside Golf Course,
Central Kentucky’s most played public course, Tates Creek Golf Course;
surrounded by hilly terrain and mature trees; Houston Oaks Golf Course , a
semi-private course opened in 1996; Gibson Bay Golf Course, rated a “Top
Super Value” by Golf Digest; The Bull at Boone’s Trace, rated one
of the top new public courses in the United States by Golf Digest.
Climate
No
matter the season you’ll love Kentucky’s
mild climate. Summers can be very warm, but cool evenings are not unusual. Snow
totals vary widely from west to east across the Commonwealth.
The average temperature in Lexington is 54.9 degrees Fahrenheit. Annual
precipitation is 45.68 inches. Lexington and the
Bluegrass have four distinct seasons that
include cool breezes, moderate nights in the summer, and no prolonged periods
of heat, cold, rain, wind, or snow.
Average temperatures in Kentucky:
|
Spring:
|
34-74 degrees F
|
|
Summer:
|
61-86 degrees F
|
|
Fall:
|
36-79 degrees F
|
|
Winter:
|
23-54 degrees F
|
Because of Lexington’s
extended season, you can play golf year around. With
Check local weather conditions and
forecasts.
Horses
Kentucky's claim to being "Horse Capital of the World" is
no idle boast. Lexington area alone has 450 horse farms.
Some of these farms are legendary - Calumet,
Gainesway, Darby Dan, Three Chimneys, Ashford Stud, and Claiborne; some are
open to the public. On these farms, the world's most famous thoroughbreds,
including Man O' War, Nashua,
Secretariat and Smarty Jones, have been born, bred or retired to stud.
Lexington
is also the site of Keeneland Race Track, a National Historic Landmark, known
not only for its premier race meets, but for the world's richest yearling
sales; the Red Mile, the world's second oldest track for standardbred or
harness racing, and the Kentucky
Horse Park,
the only park in the world dedicated exclusively to the horse. The park is home
to such crowd-pleasers as the Hall of Champions, the Museum of the Horse and
the American Saddlebred
Museum, and it will raise its profile
even higher when it hosts the 2010 FEI Games in Kentucky,
marking the first time the Games have been held outside of Europe.
So bring your clubs to Lexington
and enjoy the golf in the Bluegrass.
When playing in Lexington Bluegrass area, you
will be among the well-known golfers from Kentucky —Russ Cochran, Kenny Perry, Doug
Martin, Brad Fabel, Steve Flesch, Robert Damron, Myra Van Hoose Blackwelder.
