Golf in West Point

West Point is the Clay County seat in east Mississippi, home of Old Waverly Golf Club, one of the most celebrated private golf courses in the southeastern United States. Old Waverly has hosted the Solheim Cup and other major events, establishing a national reputation unusual for a course in a small Mississippi city. The community's establishment in the antebellum period reflects east Mississippi's agricultural history in the Tombigbee River country, and the golf club's national recognition has given West Point an identity beyond its modest scale as a regional agricultural center. Old Waverly's national competitive reputation has given West Point an identity in the American golf world far exceeding what the community's modest size in the east Mississippi hill country would otherwise confer.