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Conditions
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Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7011 yards
Slope 139
Rating 74.6

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in May 2017.

Course Details

Year Built 2000
Golf Season Year round
Architect Graham Marsh (2000)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Amex MasterCard Visa Discover card(s) Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.7
139 Reviews (139)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 19
19th Hole Scenic Views 15
Watching the Game 13
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 33
Bunkers 26
Undulating Greens 25
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 25
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 21
Locals 19
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 29
Convenient to the City 12

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Reviews 734
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course closed in 2017

I played the course several years before it closed and at that time, it was one of the top 2 or 3 public courses in the state. Course was visible from I-64 and was part of a subdivision. However, the were not home on every hole.

I was surprised the course closed as it had a tremendous layout built of typical rolling Kentucky land. It was well bunkered and required you to think your way around the course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

such a shame

the course is closed...what a waste...such a shame

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

SAD - Owner should sell to a Committed Buyer!

I played this course because Golf Digest listed it as the #2 Best Public Course in Kentucky.
The layout reflects that! It is an excellent challenging layout.
Course conditions - horrible. It appears that the Grounds crew was greatly reduced. Weeds, lack of attention, overgrown plants, grass, bushes - etc. Very Poor condition. The wooden steps walking up to the Pro-shop are breaking apart and are dangerous!. Many holes had no ball washers, and half that did there was no towels, handle broken, no water.
One of the locals that I talked to stated - ever since the owner dies, his son took over and has stopped maintaining the course.

Regardless if true or not - the Owner should sell and allow a Committed Owner to refurbish the course and bring it back to respectability.
The course and grounds condition is pathetic.
I only paid $14 which included a cart - a great buy almost anywhere. But I think I overpaid!

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 45
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Tough but beautiful

This course is very challenging for the average golfer. It was a pleasure playing it and enjoying the beautiful scenery.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bad experience

This course was a great place to come play years ago. Now not so much. Tee boxes bad , weeds in them. Bunkers was horriable , no sand in bunkers .I
know this is October ,BUT could be kept much better . Would not play here again.

Conditions Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Wonderful greens

Course was in pretty good shape, the greens were excellent! The bunkers are all totally unplayable which really took away from the course.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Bad Bad Bad

This use to be one of my favorite trips to take. Old Silo WAS my favorite course to play. Its all in a shambles now. I've never seen a course with so much crabgrass. even the fairways have it. Labor day weekend we played 54 holes. I bet I only saw 5 maybe 6 groups other than ours. Its a shame to see a Grahm Marsh design go to the weeds. Get it back to its formal glory and I may come back and play it again. Until then I'll spend my money elsewhere. Say like Kendalville Indiana.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

not what it used to be

This course is a shadow of what it used to be, fairways full of crab grass, bunkers horrible, crabgrass around the greens, greens are not too bad, but not they used to be or could be, great layout but in need of care. it is a shame what this place has become, I played it a lot when it was new, and it was a show place, but no more.

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bad day golfing

Course was in terrible shape !! Sand traps were horrible !! Rough next to fairways was to tall !!

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

BAD

course not in good shape......sand traps are either ground under repair or full of grass.....not worth the money to play here....gibson bay in lot better shape and better price

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Major disappointment

I have played this course about 5-10 times over the past 8 years and really enjoyed it. The course has a great layout and is very challenging. I booked a weekend tee time for $40 thinking that I was getting a steal for this course. Little did I know, I would be very disappointed. I will not go back to this course as all the features are very poor. All bunkers have not been maintained for over 6 months and are now waste areas. The rough was about a foot tall (which I understand can be to make it challenging) but it was all crab grass. The greens rolled at a decent speed but had not been manicured in a while and no one out there fixes their ball marks anymore. The fairways were the longest I have ever seen them and had several spots where the maintenance crew messed up via oil or dropping the blade too soon. To say the least, I will never be going back to what used to be an absolutely stellar and beautiful course which was a great attraction to bring golfers to Mount Sterling.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Bunkers

This course desperately needs upkeep. There are over 100 bunkers on this course and not one has been touched in years. Mud, weeds and an occasional grain of sand remain. A few truckloads of sand would make a world of difference. Their big advertisement is "Best Public Course in Ky". Maybe 10 years ago. Not in the top 50 today.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Has potential... Sad to see a course look like that

To start off, the course layout is amazing. Each hole has its own name and they are very cleverly named and has the potential to be amazing. The greens and fairways were pretty nice... HOWEVER, the rough was crazy tall. I can understand it to an extent, but when you hit a great drive and it gets a bad kick off the fairway into the rough and you can't find it because the grass is too tall. Its not expectable. You pay more in golf balls than you do for the round itself. The bunkers is on a whole new low... Not one bunker had enough sand in it to play out of, let alone any at all, and when you did hit it in the bunker, there was so much standing water in them that you needed a ball retriever. Just sad to see potential go to waste.
Played for 26 bucks on a hot deal, and I still feel that was too much for the round. We didn't get behind anybody... But that was because there were maybe 15 cars in the parking lot on a Sunday afternoon... You can take that as you want.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course gone bas

This course use to be AMAZING. I played it a few years ago and was very impressed. However, that isn't the case now. The greens and fairways are in good shape. The greens were very fast. But the light rough is basically weeds. A sand bunker basically doesn't exist. What is left of what use to be sand bunkers is either mudd, grass or water holes. The course is about a 15-20 dollar course, nothing more.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Completely Neglected

We drove in from out of town for a wedding and decided to play this course because of its golf digest top public course ranking. It's evident that this course was beautiful at one time, from the golf digest review it wasn't that long ago, but its current state is pitiful. The greens were shaggy and beat up, tee boxes were all overgrown, fairways were covered in clovers, and every bunker on the golf course was marked as ground under repair-probably because they have no sand and are overgrown with weeds. It was terribly sad to see what looked like it used to be a premier golf course totally neglected.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

In trouble

The design is great, no boring holes, but most of the bunkers are ruined and marked ground under repair. That takes away a lot of the difficulty. They had too much rain the past 18 months, they said, and are working on them "as time permits". Seems to me the larger issue might be money. It is a good value for the price now, even without bunkers. The grill room was closed, only opens for weekends now. Greens and fairways were in good shape, fairways hard and fast, greens not so much.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Can be as challenging as you like

Most bunkers are layouts and clover can be found in the rough, but other than that it is in great shape. I play from the black tees. it is long and demands that you fade the ball on some holes and draw it on others to achieve a desirable 2nd shot. Bent grass everywhere. Lots of great scenery. I've played a lot of PGA tournament courses less challenging than this one. Most people play from the white tees to take a lot of danger out of the round. Built for any golfer to enjoy.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Old Silo

Heard this was good course. Great layout but conditions were very poor. Bunkers were overgrown with weeds, grass, etc. Fairways not cut. Most greens were good, but some were painted. Carts were not clean, had broken windows, one barely made it up hills.

Cannot recommend this course at its current pricing.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Old Silo is an architectural masterpiece!

Graham Marsh's design is nestled into the rolling hills and mountains of central Ky. This course is so pleasing to the eye with its plethora of wildlife and lengthy yardage. Whether just passing through or if you live around the area you owe it to yourself to play a round at this truly underrated gem of a golf club! Friendly staff, fully stocked pro shop, range and putting/chipping greens, full bar and grill. What are you waiting for? Stop readin and book a round already!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

This course has great layout

I've played this course for many years and it never gets old. It is my favorite course in the state and love to play it when I have the opportunity. Love the layout and the course has a lot of character. Great course in great shape. Golf staff was very friendly and helpful. Overall, every time I play there it is a great experience. I would highly recommend playing at Old Silo.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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