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The Club at Olde Stone

Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky · Bowling Green golf market

Access
mixed
Holes
18
Architect(s)
Arthur Hills, Drew Rogers (associate architect)
Gated
Yes

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The Club at Olde Stone is Bowling Green's flagship private golf address and, per Kentucky's pre-brief research pass, the best-documented golf-living story in the state outside metro Louisville. Developer Jim Scott set out in October 2000 to build what he called the best golf experience in Kentucky on 220 acres of bluegrass -- reportedly at odds with a Harvard-commissioned feasibility study that concluded a high-end country club would never work in a market Bowling Green's size. Scott hired veteran architect Arthur Hills, who designed the course with associate Drew Rogers on an estimated $13 million budget; it opened for member play in 2006 with Zeon Zoysia fairways, bentgrass greens, and roughly 150 feet of elevation change across 7,333 yards from the back tees.

Unlike Kentucky's old-guard Louisville and Lexington clubs, which grew up as social anchors for pre-existing wealthy neighborhoods, Olde Stone was conceived from day one as a golf-residential product: three distinct neighborhoods -- The Overlook, The Farm, and The Village -- were developed alongside the course, each with its own homeowners association and architectural character, from gated cottage-and-estate lots to large 1-acre farmstead parcels to a denser, sidewalk-and-alley streetscape. The course has since built a genuine competitive golf pedigree, hosting the 2008 Junior Ryder Cup (the U.S. team, featuring a young Jordan Spieth, won 22-2), the 2022 USGA U.S. Girls' Junior Championship, NCAA Division I regional competition, the Southern Amateur, the Southern Junior Amateur, and the Kentucky Open, and it underwent a reported $3 million course upgrade in 2021.

Golf & Course

Arthur Hills' design routes across roughly 220 acres of rolling bluegrass terrain with significant elevation change (over 150 feet) uncommon for south-central Kentucky, playing to 7,333 yards from the back gold tees over Zeon Zoysia fairways and bentgrass greens. A 9-hole short course supplements the championship 18 for practice and family play. The course's tournament resume -- Junior Ryder Cup (2008), USGA U.S. Girls' Junior (2022), NCAA Division I regionals, the Southern Amateur, the Southern Junior Amateur, and the Kentucky Open -- gives it a competitive pedigree well beyond what a market Bowling Green's size would typically support, and it is consistently ranked among Kentucky's top courses by golf-course rating publications.

Membership & Access

Does buying a home here include club membership?

No — homeownership does not automatically include membership. See details below.

Buying a home or lot in Olde Stone does not, by itself, hand a buyer unlimited golf access. Every homeowner automatically receives a Social Membership -- pool, tennis, fitness, dining, social events, and up to four rounds of golf per year at current guest rates -- but full, unlimited golf privileges require a separate Residential Golf Membership, offered at a reduced initiation fee to those who own property in the community rather than granted automatically. The club also sells Invitational (non-resident, within 75 miles), Corporate, Regional (75-150 miles), and National (150+ miles) memberships, meaning golf access at Olde Stone is genuinely available to people who do not live in the community at all -- residency provides a pricing advantage and a baseline social amenity, not a guarantee of golf.

Living in The Club at Olde Stone

Three purpose-built neighborhoods ring the course: The Overlook (gated cottage and estate lots with commanding fairway views and a short walk to the clubhouse), The Farm (larger 1-acre and half-acre lots with traditional front-porch architecture), and The Village (a tighter-knit streetscape of sidewalks, alleys, and green space). Each carries its own homeowners association -- including a distinct Overlook Homeowners Association and an Olde Stone Village Homeowners Association -- rather than one master HOA for the whole community, and the overall development is gated.

Lifestyle & Amenities

TennisPickleballFitness centerPoolDiningPractice facility

Amenities extend beyond golf: a resort-style pool, tennis and pickleball courts, a fitness center, and multiple dining venues in the clubhouse. As an automatic Social Member, every homeowner has access to this side of the club regardless of whether they ever purchase a Residential Golf Membership.

Location & Surrounding Area

Olde Stone sits in Bowling Green, Warren County -- Kentucky's third-largest city, home to Western Kentucky University and a growing regional economy (notably the Corvette assembly plant), roughly 60 miles north of Nashville, Tennessee via I-65. It is the clear golf-residential anchor of south-central Kentucky, geographically and functionally distinct from the Lake Cumberland resort/lake-golf cluster roughly 90 miles to the east.

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What Buyers Should Verify

  • Confirm current initiation fees and dues directly with the club -- no official rate schedule was found published, and third-party estimates conflict significantly.
  • Confirm the exact discount terms of the Residential Golf Membership for homeowners versus non-resident Invitational membership.
  • Confirm which of the three neighborhood HOAs (The Overlook, The Farm, Olde Stone Village) governs a specific address and its current dues.
  • Confirm whether the automatic Social Membership's 'four rounds of golf per year at current guest rates' still requires paying full guest green fees, or is otherwise discounted.

Notable

  • Hosted the 2008 Junior Ryder Cup, where the U.S. team (featuring a young Jordan Spieth) won 22-2.
  • Selected to host the USGA's 2022 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship.
  • Designed by Arthur Hills with associate architect Drew Rogers on an estimated $13 million construction budget, opening for member play in 2006.
  • Developer Jim Scott pursued the project despite a Harvard-commissioned feasibility study that concluded a high-end country club would not succeed in a market Bowling Green's size.
  • Underwent a reported $3 million course upgrade in 2021.

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US Golf Living provides independent real-estate research and can connect consumers with real-estate professionals. Golf membership, availability, fees and approval are determined independently by the applicable club.