This historic course originally designed by Donald Ross is the oldest course on its original site in Tennessee It was formed eight years after the first golf club opened in the U S The club has a clubhouse that sits on a bluff and overlooks the Tennessee River The course has narrow fairways and its greens are very fast and undulating The tributaries from the Tennessee River come into play on holes 1 7 8 and 9 There are some elevated tee boxes on this scenic course