The 18-hole "Pioneer" course at the Kenton County Golf Courses facility in Independence, Kentucky features 6,059 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 70. The course rating is 67.9 and it has a slope rating of 114 on Bent grass. Designed by Arthur Hills, ASGCA/Dr. Michael Hurdzan, ASGCA, the Pioneer golf course opened in 1981.