Valspar Championship

Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead)



    The Golf Club of Tennessee

    Kingston Springs, TN Private

    Overview

    In the early 1990s, Tom Fazio, assisted by longtime associate Tom Marzolf, designed a sprawling golf-only layout just west of Nashville. They routed it over 317 acres, incorporating dense forest, rocky ridges and a river valley. Its first two holes play along the flat valley of Brush Creek, while the par-4 third runs uphill through thick trees to a green site on a bluff overlooking the valley. Four, a 200-yard par 3, requires a carry over a chasm that drops to the river. The par-3 eighth plays directly over the river, while the dogleg-right par-4 ninth hugs its rocky edge. After the par-3 10th, in a box-canyon to a green backdropped by tall shale outcropping and cascading springs, much of the back nine is in open meadowland. Sixteen is yet another par 3 over Brush Creek, the short par-5 17th has narrow dual fairways and par-4 18th doglegs left over the river. Fairways are Zoysia grass, greens are Penncross bent grass and roughs are fescue, native grasses and wildflowers.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 7184
    Slope 144
    Facility Type Private
    Year Opened 1991
    Designer Thomas Fazio, ASGCA

    Awards

    100 Greatest the Second 100
    Best Courses in Every State

    Ranking history:

    Second 100 Greatest: Ranked since 2017.
    2023-'24 ranking (and previous): 167th.
    Highest ranking: 158th.

    Best in State: Ranked second in Tennessee, 2021-'22 and previously third.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4.4

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    7.2488
    Character
    7.4543
    Challenge
    7.3024
    Layout Variety
    7.2675
    Fun
    7.2722
    Aesthetics
    7.4798
    Conditioning
    7.3372

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