Tee it up! Pickwick Landing Golf Course continues to make improvements By Mark Boehler For Pickwick Profiles PICKWICK, Tenn. – The numbers at up at Pickwick Landing State Park Golf Course. Over 22,000 golfers played the course in 2016, up some 2,000 golfers from the previous year. Manager and Golf Pro Preston Maxey likes to think word has gotten out of the over $1.5 million investment the golf course has made in improvements. That’s one reason why visitors to Pickwick Lake should pack their golf bags 32
when planning a trip to the area. The state-owned course is one of two courses which have been placed through thick hardwood and pine forests, providing 27 holes over 9,558 yards (long tees) of challenging play with plenty of water hazards to remind the golfer the lake will beckon for playing time when the round is over. Pickwick Landing State Park Golf Course A beautiful destination course as part of the Tennessee Golf Trail, this
par 72 challenge offers 6,478 yards over 18 holes. Golfers who haven’t played the course the past two years will find some nice surprises, as a new digital irrigation system, new cart paths and two new course restroom facilities have been added. “We have seen a lot of improvements,” said Maxey. Pickwick Landing State Park also offers golf packages which range from $109.90 to $145.90 depending upon time of the year and day of the week. Based upon two people to a room, the packages include a room at the inn, one day
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Photo by Keith Jackson Pickwick Landing State Park Golf Course is part of the Tennessee Golf Trail. The par 72 challenge offers 6,478 yards over 18 holes.
of unlimited golf with cart and practice balls before each round. Some packages include the breakfast buffet at the park inn. “There are a wide variety of packages,” said Maxey. Depending upon the tee, the park golf course ratings range from 65.7 to 71.1 on the course located at the intersection of Highways 57 and 128. Out of bounds guards 11 holes. There are 21 bunkers and three water hazards. Hole no. 2 is a 396-yard signature dogleg right par 4 with out of bounds protecting the right side.