Kentucky Derby Week Golf And Dining Tips 3

Time for the third installment of this series. Today we’re gonna turn it up a notch and add an element, a You Gotta Go See tip.

Like they say at Churchill Downs, ” And they’re off ! ”

We’ve been talking about where to go for great food, where to play some fine golf and today we’re gonna add a place you have to see. First and foremost is the golf, or I’d be posting on the wrong blog.

Quail Chase is located on the south side of Metro Louisville ( I refuse to call it Louisville Metro ) at 7000 Cooper Chapel Road, (502) 239-2110 or (877) 239-2110. It’s a 27 hole facility and is considered one of the best public facilities in Kentucky. The 3 nines, East, West and South are all completely different. It has a lake for a backdrop, McNeely and winds thru some of the finest thickets of Pine, Ash, Maple, Oak and Dogwood you’ll ever see. It’s a little tight in places and then it’s wide open in others. Has some great par 3’s and at least one par 5 that I’ve never been able to get on in two.

The East has one of the toughest holes in the state, #1 and is the best of the 3 nines. I birdied that hole the first time I played it and double bogied it the next 7 times !

The South is my second favorite, with the west coming in third.

Drop by and give ‘em a try if you come to town for the 132nd Run for The Roses. You’ll be glad you came.

The Buckhead Mountain Grill on the river, across the 2nd Street Bridge into Jeffersonville ( IN ) is one of the must eat places in the metro area. I was just there for dinner last week and the 2 pork chop dinner with house salad and lima beans was as good as any meal I’ve ever had outside of my wife’s home cooking. I regularly dine there and have enjoyed every entree they have. Good Montana Meatloaf, good chicken, fine beef, great appetizers, especially the fried green tomatoes ! And the blue cheese cole slaw is so good it should be illegal ! And the fresh bread and cinnamon butter is the stuff of sweet dreams !

There’s several Buckhead’s around Louisville, but only the one in Jeffersonville has a view of the big, muddy Ohio River. And the outside patio is a great place on a mild, Kentucky evening after some fine golf or a day of big winnings at Churchill Downs !

The Louisville Slugger Museum has got to be on your list of places to go while you’re in town.

If a giant bat doesn’t entice you to visit, ain’t none of my poor English, or my Kentuckian words gonna do it.

” It takes a special place to craft the Official Bat of Major League Baseball. Since 1884, Louisville Slugger has put prime lumber in the hands of the greatest players of the game. A visit to the museum shows you how the sport has changed a bit between then and now, but the “crack of the bat” remains one of the sporting world’s most thrilling moments. ”

The exhibits are worth the price of admission, watching a bat being made is worth even more, but getting a bat made with your name on it….priceless !