Triple Crown Country Club
Union, Boone County, Kentucky · Northern Kentucky golf market
- Access
- membership optional
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Gene Bates
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Triple Crown Country Club sits between Union and Richwood in Boone County, about 20 minutes south of downtown Cincinnati via I-75's Richwood exit, and is Northern Kentucky's clearest example of a golf course built as the deliberate organizing centerpiece of a large residential community rather than an incidental amenity near one. The Gene Bates-designed 18-hole championship course opened in 1990 and has hosted the Kentucky Open twice (2003, won by J.B. Holmes, and again in 2020) along with the Greater Cincinnati Metropolitan Open Championship and Kentucky Amateur, giving it real competitive-golf credibility within the state alongside its residential role.
What makes Triple Crown distinctive is the scale and structure of the community that grew up around the course: national production builders (Fischer Homes, Drees Homes) and custom builders have developed the surrounding land in a long sequence of horse-racing-themed phases -- Justify, Affirmed, Justify Reserve, Citations & Monarchos, and others -- each marketed explicitly as part of 'Triple Crown' and each drawing directly on the country club and its golf course as the community's defining identity. A dedicated community association (triplecrownneighborhood.org) and the club's own community-facing site (triplecrowncc.com, with a 'Distinct Communities' directory of the builder phases) formalize that organizing relationship even though, importantly, the country club's own golf membership is sold and administered separately from any home purchase, HOA due, or builder contract.
For a golf-oriented buyer, Triple Crown offers Kentucky Open-caliber golf, a genuinely developer-organized community built specifically around that course over more than three decades, and a wide range of housing product -- from condos in the low-$100,000s up through single-family homes exceeding $2 million -- but not automatic club access with a home purchase. Membership has to be pursued and paid for on its own terms, the same 'proximity and organization without automatic access' distinction that runs through several other Kentucky candidates researched for this build.
Golf & Course
The course was designed by Gene Bates and opened in 1990, and has since been consistently ranked among Kentucky's top courses by Golf Digest. It has hosted the Kentucky Open twice (2003 and 2020) as well as the Greater Cincinnati Metropolitan Open Championship and the Kentucky Amateur, giving it a genuine competitive pedigree within the state beyond its residential setting.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Buying a home in any of Triple Crown's builder-developed phases does not include or require country club membership -- this is confirmed across multiple independent real-estate and community sources describing the club membership as sold separately from home or condo purchase. Membership is private, with its own (unpublished) initiation fee and dues, administered directly by the club rather than bundled into HOA or builder paperwork. The practical result is that a homeowner in Triple Crown lives immediately adjacent to and often overlooking the golf course, and can apply for membership like any other prospective member, but does not receive it automatically.
Living in Triple Crown Country Club
Triple Crown is not a single subdivision but a long-running master-planned development built in successive builder-marketed phases (Justify, Affirmed, Justify Reserve, Citations & Monarchos, Equestrian, Winner's Circle Park, and others), all organized under the Triple Crown name and community association and all oriented physically and thematically around the country club and its golf course. Housing spans condominiums and 'landominiums' through custom single-family homes, giving the community a wider price range than most Kentucky golf communities researched for this build.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Amenities include the private clubhouse with dining, an outdoor pool and pavilion, tennis and pickleball courts, and a driving range at the country club itself, plus community-level amenities (walking trails, a community park, playgrounds) provided through the broader Triple Crown neighborhood association separate from the club.
Location & Surrounding Area
Union sits in Boone County in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky metro's southwestern suburban growth corridor, close to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and roughly 20 minutes from downtown Cincinnati via I-75. It is Northern Kentucky's most-documented purpose-built golf-residential community and the anchor for this build's new standalone Northern Kentucky market.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current club initiation fee and annual dues directly with the club (not published).
- Confirm whether the community is formally gated or access-controlled -- sourcing was inconsistent on this point.
- Confirm membership waitlist status and whether membership is open to non-residents as well as residents.
- Confirm current HOA/community-association dues, which may vary by builder phase.
Notable
- Golf course designed by Gene Bates, opened 1990.
- Hosted the Kentucky Open in 2003 (won by J.B. Holmes) and again in 2020.
- Also hosted the Greater Cincinnati Metropolitan Open Championship and the Kentucky Amateur.
- National builders Fischer Homes and Drees Homes have developed the community in successive horse-racing-themed phases (Justify, Affirmed, Justify Reserve, and others) over more than three decades.
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