Boone Links Golf Club

Boone Links Golf Club in Florence, Kentucky, operates as a 27-hole public facility featuring three nine-hole loops: Lakeview, Ridgeview, and a third nine that can be combined in various 18-hole configurations. The Lakeview/Ridgeview combination represents one such pairing. The course was designed through a collaboration involving Dr. Michael Hurdzan and the team of Robert von Hagge and Bruce Devlin, bringing together distinct design philosophies from architects known for their work across different eras of American golf course architecture. The property sits in the northern Kentucky region near Cincinnati, where the terrain typically offers rolling topography characteristic of the Ohio River valley area. As the names suggest, the Lakeview nine likely incorporates water features and lower-lying holes, while the Ridgeview nine presumably takes advantage of elevated terrain with more pronounced contours. This kind of naming convention typically reflects genuine differences in character between the loops, offering variety in shot requirements and visual presentation across the 18-hole round. Boone Links serves the greater Cincinnati metropolitan area as an accessible daily-fee option. The involvement of multiple architects suggests either a phased development or a collaborative design process, though the specific division of responsibilities between Hurdzan and the von Hagge-Devlin partnership is not widely documented. The facility provides northern Kentucky golfers with a regulation-length layout that can be played in different combinations depending on maintenance schedules or player preference.