- East Tennessee has numerous golf courses that are open to the public.golf image by Christopher Hall from Fotolia.com
East Tennessee offers ample opportunities for golfers to hit the links at public and municipal golf courses throughout the region. The Knoxville area has well over a dozen public courses itself and is listed as second in Golflink.com's list of top 10 places to play golf in Tennessee as of April 2010. Cookeville and Chattanooga are also on the top 10 list for their courses. - Knoxville's Willow Creek Golf Club is a championship 18-hole course spread out over almost 7,000 yards. It is a par-72 course that is rated four stars by Golf Digest. The club's website briefly describes each hole, noting things such as trees and bunkers that golfers should watch out for and suggests which club would be best to use. The club offers tournaments, lessons and clinics. It has a pro shop.
Willow Creek Golf Club
12003 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37934-4604
865-675-0100
willowcreekgolf.com - The Knoxville Municipal Golf Course is owned by the city of Knoxville but managed by a private company. It is an 18-hole par-72 course over 6,528 yards. The golf course was built in 1984 and features streams and rolling hills. Sometimes wildlife can be seen on the course. The golf course is part of Audubon International's Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses, which helps to preserve the environment and wildlife habitat. The course is open to disabled golfers who are asked to make advance arrangements with the course's general manager or golf pro.
Knoxville Municipal Golf Course
3925 Schaad Road
Knoxville, TN 37921-2115
865-691-7143
golfknox.com - The first nine holes of the Cookeville Golf Course were built in 1947, with many Tennessee Tech University football players working on the course's construction. Another nine holes were added in 1968. Today, the course is par-70 on its 18 holes over 6,600 yards. It offers four sets of tees. The club says its longest tee is challenging to low-handicap golfers, while higher handicap golfers will find the shorter tees challenging. Cookeville offers numerous tournaments from April through October.
Cookeville Golf Club
1500 Country Club Road
Cookeville, TN 38501
931-526-5526
cookeville-golf-club.com - Located in Chattanooga, Hickory Valley Golf Club is a par-35, nine-hole course over 2,855 yards, with an additional set of men's tees that can be used by those playing 18 holes. The course is flat, and there are many water hazards. The course, designed by Daniel Tribble Jr. in 1969, does not have a practice bunker, chipping green or driving range.
Hickory Valley Golf Club
2453 Hickory Valley Road
Chattanooga, TN 37421-6712
423-894-1576
chattanooga.golfnation.org/course240/hickory-valley-golf-club
Willow Creek Golf Club
Knoxville Municipal Golf Course
Cookeville Golf Club
Hickory Valley Golf Club
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