![]() Just mentioning them in the same sentence gets me excited, let alone actually having the two mixed together in one magical concoction! They had a ton of fresh cheeses to choose from, but as I looked at the list my eyes targeted one immediately: “green onion.” Now cheese and green onions are two of my favorite things on the planet. But a lot of the food and items sold in there were from local Amish sources.Īnyway, I ordered a honey turkey sandwich on an Amish grain bread (kind of a wheat bread with some molasses, but not quite as dark/bold as a squaw bread). The store was more “modern” than I expected with plenty of electrical devices at work (cash register, meat slicers, refrigerators, etc.), so the store itself wasn’t fully Amish. I saw a sign for an Amish country store and deli, so I thought a fresh sandwich would be a nice meal. ![]() Some pictures from Old Silo Golf Club (8/16/12):īy finishing early, I was able to take advantage and squeeze in a “bonus” round on a course I really wanted to check out… Stonehenge Golf Club Īlong the way, I stopped and had a bite to eat. It didn’t quite measure up to the most of the other courses I’ve played so far, but again the bar had been set pretty high. ![]() Old Silo is a very good course and I can understand why it’s regarded by some as the top public track in Kentucky. The greens were excellent and the fastest I’ve played all trip (even when still super wet early on in the round). The rough was deep and especially punishing when so wet. Overall, the fairways were lush with some thin/bare spots peppered throughout the course. That said, I’ve been definitely spoiled on this trip with amazing conditions on all the courses, so the bar had been set pretty high. ![]() Back home in California (especially in the dead of summer), I would call Old Silo’s conditions to be “excellent.” However, relative to what I’ve experienced so far on this trip, it wasn’t near those standards. Otherwise, the course was in nice condition. The fairways were super soggy, which made things tough all around. There aren’t too many flat lies out here and the course was playing extra long this morning because they water it so heavily. It goes up and down some hills and has a number of great elevation changes, forced carries and environmental hazard areas. These elements were definitely present, but it turned out to have a much more interesting and dynamic layout that winds through some heavily wooded areas. At Old Silo, I was expecting a more pastoral layout (rolling hills, long native grasses framing the holes and not a ton of major elevation changes). On both courses, I got much more than I expected in terms of the layouts and scenery. My impression of Old Silo is similar to what I walked away with from Longaberger yesterday. The price here today was only $39 (cart included), which is an exceptional deal for this caliber of course! It’s so peaceful and enjoyable out there and you always feel like you have the whole course to yourself, though you generally have to play your way around the grounds crew. I always enjoy “dawn patrol” rounds and being first off the tee, especially by myself. I got there around 7:30 and they let me right out, so I was able to zip around the course at my own pace. My tee time was at 8:10 and they had told me they generally don’t start teeing off until 8:00, but I was still hopeful they’d at least let me out first by myself so I could accomplish what I had in mind for the rest of the day. I drove in from Cincinnati and got to the course extra early. Sterling, Kentucky (about a half hour east of Lexington)…. This morning was another 36-hole, two-state day.
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