Architect
14 courses on Course Vaults
Buck Blankenship built a concentrated portfolio of golf courses across Kentucky, with designs that reflect the terrain and golfing traditions of the Bluegrass State and surrounding region. His work spans private country clubs, public facilities, and military courses, demonstrating versatility across different project scales and purposes.
Among his notable designs are Shelbyville Country Club and Oldham County Country Club, both serving their communities in the Louisville metropolitan area. Blankenship's most elaborate project appears to be Perry Park Country Club in Perry Park, Kentucky, where he created multiple eighteen-hole configurations—Antlers, Whitetail, and Buckskin—that can be combined in various rotations. Other recognized layouts include courses at Juniper Hill Golf Association in Frankfort, the Lindsey Golf Course at Fort Knox, and facilities stretching from Ashland to Stanford across the Kentucky countryside.
His approach favored accessibility and playability for regional golfers, with designs that continue to serve their memberships and communities decades after construction.
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