Anyone have recommendations for courses near/around the Knoxville area? I'll be there a couple days before we BTHO TU and want to get a round in! TIA!

not sure how far you want to travel but if you can make the 2hr drive to Chattanooga area play Sweetens Cove if they have any day passes available still. I've played some great courses over the years and the course and experience/fun of playing Sweetens ranks up there at the top I think. Very unique and worth the drive imo.

Depending on how you plan to travel to/from Knoxville, Sweeten's Cove and The Course at Sewanee, both located just outside Chattanooga, are rated top 20 in the world for nine-hole tracts.

Haha...I'm too slow!

Sweetens Cove is booked for the year

Stonehenge and Sequoyah National are both solid and not too far. Stonehenge is quite tough while Sequoyah has some crazy holes. There are also two public Nicklaus courses that were built in the late 90's that are within a short-ish distance. I preferred Harrison Bay to Cumberland Mountain, the latter being closer to Knoxville.

None of those four courses will blow you away with amenities if you care at all. Unless they remodeled, Stonehenge is straight out of Caddyshack, while Sequoyah is a basic clubhouse and range. The clubhouses at the Bear Trace courses are even more basic buildings just slinging beer and hot dogs.

Sweetens Cove is showing sold out but you could watch as we get closer and maybe people will give up their passes. It's steep now at $125 bucks, but that is to play there all day. It is definitely worth it despite me hearing the experience has changed a bit with it gaining so much notoriety.

Here is the thread I made for a trip across Tennessee that a buddy and I took in 2019.

https://texags.com/forums/60/topics/3028062

We're going down to Gatlinburg on wednesday, playing island point and the gatlinburg course

Pinche Guero said:

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We're going down to Gatlinburg on wednesday, playing island point and the gatlinburg course

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The Gatlinburg course is a very fun track

Just booked a tee time for 2PM at Island Pointe Golf Club and yes, I will be wearing maroon.