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Sweetens Cove

SOUTH PITTSBURGH, TENNESSEE • 2014

Sweetens Cove is one of the most audacious designs we’ve seen. [King-Collins] built one of the most diverse and entertaining set of green complexes found anywhere. This kind of fun, inventive, quick golf is more commonplace in the UK, which is why the game is so much healthier there than in America. If you leave [Sweetens Cove] smiling, don’t panic: golf is supposed to be fun.”
Ran Morrissett

The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, v. 2

Sweetens Cove was our first project. These hard-fought-for nine holes, which were wrung out of a dead flat clay-bottomed floodplain in east Tennessee, gave life to our fledgling business.

The tale of its construction and operations have been told many times over, most notably in Jim Hartsell’s critically acclaimed book, The Secret Home of Golf. Today, the golf course has become a phenomenon in destination golf, selling its yearly allotment of tee times to visitors from all over the world in a matter of minutes. In addition to nine holes of meticulously crafted golf, the course is the spiritual home of Sweetens Cove Spirits Company.

Press 

The Fried Egg

The Sweetens Cove Story With Architect Rob Collins

Digging Into Design | Presented by Johnnie-O

No Laying Up

NLU Podcast Episode 315 - King Collins

Rob Collins from King Collins Golf Course design joins us again...

Global Golf Post

A Tennessee Titan - Sweetens Cove

Long before the modern-day phenomenon known as Sweetens Cove Golf Club...

Back Nine Press

The Secret Home of Golf

How a rural, nine-hole golf course became one of the most important designs of the past 20 years.

New York Times

The Little Golf Course That Could

This is the 2017 NYT Article that cemented Sweetens Cove into the golf world's consciousness.

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The Secret Home of Golf

by Jim Hartsell

The Authorized History of King-Collins Golf and the Creation of Sweetens Cove

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About King Collins Dormer

King Collins Dormer Golf Course Design was founded in 2023 with the addition of Trevor Dormer, continuing the vision of creating bold, timeless, strategic, and artistically inspired golf courses.

As a team, Tad, Rob, and Trevor pride themselves on their vision and manic attention to artistry and craftsmanship in the construction process along with their ability to deliver projects on time and under budget. Unlike 'Signature' firms, each of their golf holes are meticulously crafted from the drafting table through the final day of construction.

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806 Mississippi Avenue

Chattanooga, TN 37405

423.637.5096

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