News Sentinel Open Presented by Pilot
Thursday Aug 15 – Sunday Aug 18, 2013
Course
Fox Den Country Club
Course Par Value: 72
Course Yardage: 7110
  • Championship yardage: 7,110
  • Grasses: Tees and fairways - Bermuda
  • Grasses: Greens - A1 Bentgrass
  • Average tee size: 1,500 square feet
  • Average green size: 10,316 square feet
  • Acres of fairway: 35
  • Acres of rough: 55
  • Sand bunkers: 50
  • Water hazards: 5 ponds
  • Course record: 63
  • Tournament record: 23 under Tim Conley (1993) and Heath Slocum (2001)


The greatest portion of land comprising Fox Den Country Club was owned by Dick Huntley, Spencer Smith, George Potter and O.K. Everett. For over 100 years, the area was a popular spot for fox hunters, and the charred remains of hunters' fires were frequently observable.

Having heard numerous stories about the foxes that roamed this territory, it is probably Everett who is responsible for the name "Fox Den." Tennessee's first mule-breeding operation porposered on the site that would later become Fox Den, and one of the two farms was used was later turned into a seed, fertilizer and maintenance equipment storage facility for the golf course.

The course, a Willard Byrd design, opened its first nine holes for play on May 15, 1969.

Hole Par Yards  
1 5 521
2 3 193
3 4 409
4 4 436
5 5 533
6 3 198
7 4 422
8 4 400
9 4 421
10 5 569
11 4 413
12 4 373
13 3 166
14 4 368
15 4 427
16 3 214
17 4 458
18 5 597