Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club

Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club sits in Powell, in Columbus's fast-growing northern suburbs, and opened in 2004 as an upscale semi-private club built around an Arthur Hills design. Hills, one of the modern era's most prolific architects, shaped an 18-hole, par-72 layout that stretches past 7,200 yards from the tips yet stays playable for members through generous fairways and forgiving landing areas. The challenge lives around the greens, where bunkers and thick rough guard well-defended targets, and the closing par 4 doglegs right through trees to a bunker-fronted green. Elevated tees, rolling fairways, ponds, and wetlands give the course a links-influenced feel, and the club pairs the golf with an extensive fitness and practice facility that anchors its name.