Golf Course Overview: Yatesville Lake Golf Course By Brian Weis

Golf Course Overview: Yatesville Lake Golf Course

Insights From An Insider With Missy Kennedy, PGA Golf Professional/Park Manager

By Brian Weis

Local and traveling golfers love to research courses before playing them, whether it is to gain some local knowledge or to set an expectation before their upcoming round. Below is an interview with Missy Kennedy who shares some valuable insight about the property, its most talked about holes and the signature dish/drink to consume at the 19th hole.

How Does Your Course Differ From The Others In The Area?
Yatesville Lake Golf Course is built on a ridge. You go out for 9 holes and come in for 9 holes. You do not make the turn by the Golf Pro Shop. There is over 8 miles of cart path. A lot of elevation changes throughout the golf course.

For someone who has not played the course in awhile, has there been any new changes/renovations to the course or property?
no

What is your course's answer to Amen Corner? (Describe your best/hardest 3 back/back/back holes)
Hole 3, 4, 5
Hole 3 is a par 3 all carry over a ravine with the green tucked on top of a hill, with the entire back side surrounded by woods. You bail out to the right but get it up top or you will be at the bottom.
Hole 4 is completely target golf. Par 5. Major elevation changes on first and second shot. Tee off you just want to place it out in fairway on top of ridge. Second shot is approximately 175 to 190 with a drop to the bottom and a creek running down the entire right side of fairway. Just get it to the bottom. Third shot into green is tight as the ridge coming down the left side of fairway and the creek down the right side makes for a narrow shot into a small green tucked in a wooded holler.
Hole 5, par 4. dogleg right. Lay up to fairway and hit over a small ravine to green OR go for green ? risk reward and the ravine on right side of fairway to green comes into play.

What is your course's claim to fame, or is there a little known fact that golfers should know about the property?
HOle #13, par 4
225 drop off from tee box to bottom....green sits next to lake.

What tournaments/events have you (recently) hosted or will be hosting? Or any recent awards?
We host a lot of local charity scrambles. Harper's Hope is our big one, a fundraiser for Angelman Syndrome. 9 years at Yatesville Lake Golf Course and over $120,000 raised.
https://www.facebook.com/harpershope12/

Besides golf, what other amenities do you offer if a golfer wants to spend most of the day at your facility?
Yatesville Lake is a great fishing lake known for its bass.

For the traveling golfer, do you have lodging onsite or partner with any area hotels?
We have a 27 site Campground with water and electric hook up. 20 primitive sites for tent camping.

What is your signature dish, sandwich or drink at the turn or restaurant?
none

Contact Course
Yatesville Lake Golf Course
1410 Golf Course Road
Louisa, Kentucky, 41230
606-673-4300

https://parks.ky.gov/

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.