A Look Back At Tennessee’s Top Golf Stories In 2025

When Tennessee National Golf Club opened in 2006, there was a widely held belief that the Greg Norman-designed course would one day rank among the finest in the Volunteer State.

Brown will be making his first professional appearance in Tennessee this week at the Vanderbilt Legends Club when the Korn Ferry Tour’s Simmons Bank Open comes to town. 

The life of Betty Probasco resembled a glorious tapestry, where a cluster of seemingly disconnected multi-colored threads are woven into a finished work of grandeur when viewed from the proper vantage point.

On the surface, Jordan Thomas was just another golfer grinding away at Towhee Club on Wednesday afternoon with hopes of qualifying for the Tennessee State Amateur.

“Sweetens Cove grabs you the moment you step onto the course,” Lucero said. “There’s an energy there that you won’t find anywhere else. It’s not just about golf; it’s about the experience, the people and the simplicity of spending a day with friends.”

Golf was no longer fun for Winston Margaritis. The sport that he once loved and invested heavily into had become a harsh taskmaster. He needed a sabbatical to regain his perspective.

Rees Jones is quick to concede he and co-designer Bill Bergin didn’t have to dig deeply into their toolbox of artistic imagination when laying out their newest creation at McLemore called The Keep.

The past few days have been a blur for Bryson DeChambeau since winning the U.S. Open championship in stirring fashion last Sunday, his sleep-deprived schedule chocked full of guest appearances ranging from The Today Show to Jimmy Fallon.