Last updated: April 18, 2026
- Type: 9-hole public golf course
- Opened: 2014
- Designers: Rob Collins and Tad King
- Location: Sweeten's Cove, Marion County, TN
Sweetens Cove Golf Club is a nine-hole public course in the Sweeten's Cove valley, about seven miles north of South Pittsburg. Designed by Rob Collins and Tad King, it opened in 2014 and has received national coverage in the golf press for its design and routing.
Design
Collins and King's routing uses the contours of the pastoral valley rather than imposing a traditional manicured layout on it. The course has been covered at length in golf publications such as Golf Digest, Golf Magazine, and other industry outlets, and has drawn visitors from across the country to an otherwise rural part of Marion County.
Ownership (2020–)
In 2020, an ownership group led by Peyton Manning and Andy Roddick, along with singer Drew Holcomb and others, acquired the course. The group has since expanded the brand, including a small-batch Tennessee bourbon and rye line under the Sweetens Cove name.
The place
The cove has been a settled farming community since the early 19th century. It also contains a historic Primitive Baptist church and the Bean-Roulston Cemetery, burial ground for Confederate dead from the June 4, 1862 Battle of Sweeden's Cove. Read more about Sweeten's Cove →