Golf in Covington

Covington is the seat of Tipton County, positioned in the loess hill country of West Tennessee roughly forty miles north of Memphis along U.S. Highway 51. Tipton County's position between Memphis and the Kentucky border places it in the outer ring of the Memphis metropolitan statistical area, and the county has grown as Memphis-area residents seek more land and lower costs within commuting distance of the city. The loess bluffs that characterize West Tennessee's terrain give this part of the state gentle relief uncommon in the surrounding flatlands, and the hardwood forests of the loess hills — biologically rich and visually distinctive — provide a landscape that contrasts sharply with the Delta bottomlands to the west. Golf in Tipton County serves a mix of longtime rural residents and newer commuter-community arrivals.