
Willowbrook Course
Willowbrook Golf Club


About this course
Willowbrook Golf Club sits in Manchester, Tennessee, a small city in the south-central part of the state roughly halfway between Nashville and Chattanooga. The course was designed by Jerry Lemons, a regional architect who worked primarily across Tennessee and neighboring states during the latter decades of the twentieth century. Lemons typically created layouts suited to rolling Middle Tennessee terrain, incorporating natural elevation changes and wooded corridors into his designs. The course occupies land characteristic of the Coffee County area, where gentle hills and mixed hardwood forests define the landscape. Manchester itself lies in a transitional zone between the Highland Rim and the Cumberland Plateau, providing varied topography for golf. Willowbrook likely features tree-lined fairways with moderate elevation shifts, requiring golfers to navigate both uphill and downhill lies while managing doglegs shaped by the natural contours. As a community-oriented facility in a town of modest size, Willowbrook serves local golfers and visitors passing through the region. The club provides a traditional golf experience reflective of Tennessee's public and semi-private courses from its era of construction, emphasizing playability across different skill levels while incorporating enough strategic interest to reward course management and local knowledge.
Quick facts
- Location
- Manchester, TN, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 1995
- Holes
- 18
- Designer
- Jerry Lemons
- Par
- 72
- Length
- 6,709 yards
- Difficulty
- 71.8/123
- Course Vaults score
- 5.2
Getting there
The journey to Willowbrook Golf Club begins at Nashville International Airport, roughly an hour's drive southeast into the rolling hills of middle Tennessee. The route follows Interstate 24 through gradually softening terrain, where the urban sprawl of Music City gives way to open farmland and wooded ridgelines. As you exit toward Manchester, the landscape takes on a quieter, more pastoral character - the kind of unhurried countryside that has long defined Tennessee golf beyond the capital's reach. Willowbrook reveals itself as a welcome retreat tucked into this gentle, unassuming corner of the state, where the drive itself becomes part of the escape.

FAQ
Common questions about Willowbrook
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Willowbrook has a Course Vaults score of 5.2 out of 10 based on 9 logged golfers.
Willowbrook was designed by Jerry Lemons.
Yes. Willowbrook is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Willowbrook is 72.
Willowbrook plays 6,709 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Willowbrook is 123.



