Golf in Cookeville

Cookeville is the seat of Putnam County and the largest city on the Cumberland Plateau, a designation that comes with both geographic distinction and civic pride. Tennessee Tech University anchors the city's economic and cultural life, bringing a university-town dimension that distinguishes Cookeville from the smaller plateau communities to its east and west. The plateau setting creates a climate slightly cooler and wetter than the Middle Tennessee basin to the south and west, and the surrounding terrain (hardwood forests, sandstone outcrops, and the meandering creeks that drain toward the Cane Creek and Falling Water watersheds) gives the city a distinctly Appalachian plateau character. Crossville holds the official 'Golf Capital of Tennessee' designation, but Cookeville's course count and its central position on the plateau make it a legitimate hub for Cumberland Plateau golf.