Tunica

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Cottonwoods Golf Club
This 1998 Hale Irwin design is very playable. With generous landing areas, this links-style course can be conquered if you avoid the water and place your approach shots in the proper place on the huge greens. Irwin created large multi-level putting surfaces with some of them split by imaginative mounding that separate the hole. Averaging 8,500 square feet, they can be very devilish. The entire layout was shaped with more than 6,000,000 cubic yards of imported soil. A patchwork of Bermuda, Crenshaw-bent and Zoysia grasses cover the terrain. Two of the favorite holes are 13 and 16. The 13th is a 600-yard, par 5 that offers two choices of approach shots. Splitting the green is a large mound with bunkers guarding both sides of the green. Hole 16 is 181-yard par 3 with the tees separated from the green with water. The putting surface is dissected by more mounding. Three-putts abound with improper shot making.

River Bend Links
This track was also built in 1998 and designed by the renowned Clyde Johnston. It also is a links-style course and has even less trees on it than the other one. The windswept layout employs native grasses, sand and grass bunkers and lakes to create the Scottish feel. Built on former Indian hunting grounds, the course and surrounding land are still inhabited by deer, fox, rabbit, cattails and coyotes, wildflowers and wild turkeys. Johnston dubbed it as “field of dunes”. With water coming into play on 8 holes, restocking of golf balls may be necessary. The 18th may be one of the best finishing holes in the state. This 427-yard par 4 features water on both sides of the landing area as well as bunkers guarding both sides of the fairway. The approach shot narrows into a green also protected by bunkers and water. A beverage is in order upon completion.
 

Tunica National Golf & Tennis Club                                                                                You’ll love the rolling terrain and manicured playing conditions at the spectacular new Tunica National Golf & Tennis Club, the South’s newest and finest public golf club, now open right in the heart of casino country. A 360° circular driving range features our golf academy. The Tunica National golf course, designed by Mark McCumber and Associates, one of the world’s leading golf course designers, features a tournament-level, 18-hole championship course playable for all skill levels. Other features at the Tunica National Golf Club include strategically placed water hazards and bunkers, five sets of tees, pro-level golf instruction, uplink GPS in every golf cart and first-rate customer service.  The Tunica National Golf Club resort complex features a 20,000-square-foot clubhouse complete with four indoor clay tennis courts as well as Murphy’s Grillroom restaurant and a pro shop with the latest accessories and gear.


The Club at North Creek
Located 15 minutes away in Southhaven, MS is another links-style course that Tracy May designed in 1998. The fairways are fairly forgiving, with exception to a couple on the back nine. Wetlands, water and mounds define the course. From the back tees, the course only measures 6433 yards, but can play tougher than it looks. The greens feature bent grass with zoysia collars and the fairways are Bermuda. A bizarre feature of the course is a double green at #13 and #15 with a tunnel for the cart path underneath the center of the green. Ten of the holes have water coming into play and the 18th will make you gulp big time. Stand on the tee box of this 511-yard par 5 and look at the landing area across all that water and the hole doglegs the entire length of the water. With proper tee ball placement and a lot of courage, the island green can be reached in two, but be very careful.