Spotlight On: Irish Hills Golf Course
>> IT’S JUST SOUNDS OF CLUBS AND GOLF CARTS OUT OF IRISH HILLS GOLF COURSE IN MOUNT STERLING. >> IT’S THE SOUND OF COMMUNITY EVENING EDITION’S MOLLY GENERAL TAKING US OUT TO THE GREEN TO SEE HOW THIS LOCAL COURSE. IT’S MORE THAN JUST A PLACE TO PLAY. IT’S WHERE FRIENDSHIPS MEMORIES AND LOVE FOR THE GAME. COME TOGETHER FOR OUR SPOTLIGHT ON MOUNT STERLING. >> ROLLING ACROSS 170 ACRES OF MOUNT STERLING COUNTRYSIDE, IRISH HILLS GOLF COURSE ISN’T JUST A PLACE TO PLAY. IT’S A PLACE BUILT ON HISTORY, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. >> BEEN HERE SINCE I WAS 5 YEARS OLD. SO I JUST LOVE THE COURSE. >> IT’S THE KIND OF PLACE PEOPLE COME FOR THE SPORT, BUT STAY FOR THE FELLOWSHIP WITH THE COURSE RUNNING SINCE 1961, ALL WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF THOSE MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A LOT LOT LONGER THAN I HAVE. WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE IT STARTED IN 61 FOR THE OWNER BRAD TOY KEEPING THE COURSE ALIVE ISN’T JUST ABOUT MAINTAINING THE GREENS. IT’S ABOUT GROWING THE GAME FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. WE HAVE ABOUT 55 KIDS ON THE HIGH SCHOOL GOLF TEAM, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH ON YOU KNOW, SOME IN THAT WE’RE WE’RE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT. AND I THINK IT’S BECAUSE A LOT OF IT’S BECAUSE THE COURSE IN AND HOW WE TREAT TOY RAN THE COURSE FROM 2015 TO 2019 BEFORE SELLING IT. BUT HIS LOVE FOR GOLF BROUGHT HIM BACK 3 YEARS LATER. I’M OUT A WHOLE IS PROBABLY 15 IT ON THE BACKSIDE. IT’S ACROSS THE WATER TO PAR 3 TO 3 TIER GRAIN. SO IT’S A VERY CHALLENGING HOME, BUT IT’S A FUN HOME AT THE SAME TIME, BEYOND THE BIRDIES AND BOGEYS, THE LAND DATES BACK TO MORE THAN A CENTURY ONCE HOME TO THE SHENAULT FAMILY WHOSE ROOTS STRETCH BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR. THE ORIGINAL HOUSE STILL STANDS ON THE PROPERTY BUILT IN THE 18. 100’S, A QUIET REMINDER OF WHERE IT ALL BEGAN AND TRADITIONS HAVE GROWN EVER SINCE. WE HAVE WHAT WE MCVEIGH CORNERBACK EMPLOYEE THAT PASSED AWAY. THAT’S WHERE WE GOT ITS NAME. BUT IT’S A WHOLE 13, 14 15 AS CAN YOU KNOW, IT’S IT’S KIND OF A 3 TOUGHEST HOLES ON THE COURSE. AUTHORITIES WHEN DID ASK HAS JOE HE CAME IN ONE DAY AND TOLD ME BRAD ARE JUST BURNING 13, 14, 15. >> SO SO WE SAID, WELL, WE GET IT’S JOE’S CORNER. THE COURSE ISN’T JUST HOLE IN ONE FOR GOLFERS >> BUT FOR ANYONE LOOKING TO SPEND A SUNNY DAY SURROUNDED BY GREAT VIEWS. >> REALLY NOT. YOU KNOW, IT’S THE BEST PLACE IN MOUNT STERLING TO GO TAKE PICTURES, WAITING PICTURES, FORMAL ZOO, JUST ANYTHING LIKE THAT. PEOPLE JUST LIKE THEY AUTOMATICALLY THINK OF A GOLF COURSE IN COME OUT HERE. YOU KNOW, I DO MY GREENS KEEPER ACTION DAY. WE GOT TO HAVE, OF COURSE, LOOKING GOOD THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE IT’S HOMECOMING OUT. GOT TO DOWN GETS FOR PICTURES. >> FROM FIRST TIMERS TO LONGTIME PROS. EVERYONE’S A PART OF THE STORY HERE AT IRIS HILLS. ONE SWING AT A TIME. FOR SPOTLIGHT MOUNT STERLING. I’M MOLLY, DAN ROWE. LEX, 18 NEWS. >> I SWING. WELL. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A SWING AND IRISH HILLS, 18 HOLES AS $45 ON THE WEEKENDS, 36 BUCKS
MT. STERLING, Ky. (LEX 18) — Rolling across 170 acres of Mount Sterling countryside, Irish Hills Golf Course isn’t just a place to play — it’s a place built on history, family and community.
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