Golf in Eddyville

Eddyville is the Lyon County seat at the confluence of the Cumberland River with Lake Barkley in the Land Between the Lakes region of western Kentucky. The Kentucky State Penitentiary — the Castle on the Cumberland — has been a defining institution of Eddyville since 1886, and the state's execution facility here has made the town significant in Kentucky criminal justice history. Lake Barkley's creation by the Cumberland River dam transformed the valley landscape, and Lyon County has developed recreation amenities around the reservoir. The surrounding county's economic base — whether agricultural, industrial, or service-driven — creates the recreational golf market that sustains local facilities through the economic cycles that affect every Kentucky community.