Middlesboro, Kentucky · Eastern Kentucky
Middlesboro Country Club
Golf has been played here since at least 1889, which the club says makes it the oldest continuously played course in the U.S. It once had a 660-yard par 6.
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About Middlesboro Country Club
Middlesboro was built in the late 1880s by Alexander Alan Arthur, a Scottish-born Canadian, and his British backers, who came for the iron ore in the Cumberland Mountains. The golf came with them. Nobody knows the exact year the course opened, but golf is confirmed here in 1889, when 30 men and women each paid $2 a year to belong to what was then the Kentucky Golf Club. On that basis the club calls itself the oldest continuously played course in the United States. The Town of Cumberland Gap describes it as a nine-hole course.
The boom was over by 1893, when Baring Brothers in London pulled Arthur's money, and the course was used only lightly until Judge Joe Bosworth Jr. reorganized the club in 1921. That year it had 150 members and built its first clubhouse. The course moved west in the 1920s to make room for houses (the first tee used to sit at what's now 25th Street and Worcester Avenue), and in 1924 it hosted the Kentucky State Amateur.
The hole people ask about is No. 7. For years it was a 660-yard par 6, one of the few in the country. It was shortened for flood control, and the club says few players can still reach it in two.
It's one of 7 courses Yoink watches in the Eastern Kentucky area, and the closest alternative is Union College Golf Club, about 16 miles away — handy when your first choice is booked solid.
Booking a tee time at Middlesboro Country Club
The club posts daily rates: $20 for 9 and $30 for 18 Monday to Thursday, $25 and $35 Friday to Sunday, and walking is $10 per nine (the page gives no year). Memberships start at $750 for a single without a cart. Call the club at (606) 302-5017.
How to get a tee time at Middlesboro Country Club
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Prime tee times at Middlesboro Country Club — weekend mornings, twilight in summer — tend to go fast, and the ones that open up later usually come from cancellations nobody announces.
Yoink watches Middlesboro Country Club's online tee sheet around the clock. Tell it the day, the time window and how many players, and it sends you an alert the moment a matching time appears. You book direct with the course, so there's no markup and nothing to cancel with us.
- Pick Middlesboro Country Club in Yoink.
- Choose your day, time window and number of players.
- Get an alert when a matching tee time opens — then book it directly with the course.
Golf courses near Middlesboro Country Club
- Union College Golf Club · Barbourville · 16 mi
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Middlesboro Country Club FAQ
Where is Middlesboro Country Club?
Middlesboro Country Club is in Middlesboro, Kentucky, in the Eastern Kentucky area — about 16 miles from Union College Golf Club.
How do I get a tee time at Middlesboro Country Club when it's booked up?
Set a watch for Middlesboro Country Club in Yoink with your date, time window and group size. Yoink monitors the course's tee sheet and alerts you the moment a matching time opens, including cancellations. You book directly with the course.
Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- mccgolfcourse.com · official
- townofcumberlandgap.com · government
- mccgolfcourse.com · official
- mccgolfcourse.com · official
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