Golf in Tellico Village

Tellico Village is a planned lakeside retirement community in Loudon County on the shore of Tellico Lake, the TVA reservoir created by the Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River — a project whose completion in 1979 was one of the most controversial dam decisions in the TVA's history. The community, developed beginning in the 1980s, has grown into one of the largest planned retirement communities in Tennessee, with thousands of homes, multiple golf courses, marinas, and a full range of amenities built around the lake lifestyle. Tellico Lake's warm, clear water and the surrounding ridge-and-valley scenery have made this corridor one of the most sought-after retirement destinations in the region. Golf is central to Tellico Village's identity in a way that few communities in Tennessee match — the courses are foundational amenities rather than optional add-ons to a development built around lake living and active retirement.