Boone Links Golf Club

Boone Links Golf Club operates as a public facility in Florence, Kentucky, offering two distinct eighteen-hole courses designed by different architectural teams. The Brookview course was designed by Dr. Michael Hurdzan, while the Lakeview course represents the work of Robert von Hagge and Bruce Devlin. This dual-course arrangement provides northern Kentucky golfers with contrasting design philosophies at a single location, situated in the suburban development corridor between Cincinnati and the Kentucky interior. The Hurdzan-designed Brookview course reflects the architect's characteristic attention to playability across skill levels and his background in turfgrass science, typically featuring strategic bunkering and green complexes that reward thoughtful course management. Von Hagge and Devlin, who collaborated on numerous projects during their partnership, brought a different sensibility to the Lakeview layout, often incorporating more dramatic shaping and water features into their designs. The Florence topography, part of the rolling terrain common to this region of Kentucky, provides natural movement for both routings. Boone Links serves the greater Cincinnati metropolitan area as an accessible public option, drawing golfers from both Kentucky and southern Ohio. The facility's two-course format allows for variety in regular play and accommodates significant tournament and outing traffic. The courses operate within the context of northern Kentucky's golf market, which balances public accessibility with the design pedigrees of established architects from different eras of American course design.