Western Hills is celebrating over 22 years of service to our community. Rated 3 1/2 stars from Golf Digest, Our Bermuda fairways and Bent grass greens makes us the best public Municipal golf course in our area. We have a hard working Maintenence crew and friendly pro-shop staff that thrives on making your round of golf a complete day of enjoyment. Western Hills is an 18 hole golf facility that offers you a round of scenic but challenging golf. From the new irrigation, to the sprigging of the Bermuda fairways, improvements are continuously being made to improve our course. Being a non-profit organization, everything you spend with us goes back into the course to make it a better place to play for everyone. You, the golfers, can take pride in knowing that you have helped make Western Hills Golf Course what it is today.

History

January 21st, 2006

The opening of Western Hills Municipal Golf Course in October 1985 brought to reality the dream for more holes for golfers throughout the southern Pennyrile. The course began as a dream, though, when a group of golfers playing at Skyline Golf Course desired an 18-hole course in the area, one person in the group made a push for the new course. Ultimately, an $800.000.00 bond issue was sold and a 3 percent motel revenue tax was established to fund construction of the course, which is located on a 180 acre tract next to Western State Hospital. Corporate sponserships, such as a company name linked to the various holes, also helped defray the costs. Award winning golf course architect Earl Stone, of Mobile Alabama, designed the 6,848-yard course, which is a par 72 and ranked at the time of construction, as the longest course in Kentucky from the blue tees.

The success of the new facility is a testament to the efforts of course sponsers and the golf advocates. There are several people to honor for their efforts in making this golf course become a reality. WD Kelly, the late Mayor Sherry Jeffers, the late Tommy Gates, and Judge executive in 1983, Frank Gary. Along with all the charters members that put up $500 each to get the funding started, Western Hills has become the best, non-profit, public , municipal golf course in our area.