Tennessee National
Loudon, Loudon County, Tennessee · Tellico Lake Region golf market
- Access
- membership optional
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Greg Norman, Tad Burnett
- Gated
- Yes
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Tennessee National is a private, gated golf-and-marina community in Loudon, Tennessee, on Watts Bar Lake -- not Tellico Lake itself, though it sits in the same broader Loudon County lake corridor as Tellico Village, Rarity Bay, WindRiver, and Avalon, and is frequently discussed alongside them by local real-estate sources. The community spans roughly 1,492 gated acres with about three miles of Watts Bar Lake waterfront and a 140-plus-slip marina, centered on an 18-hole Greg Norman Signature Design golf course. Ownership changed hands in a confirmed transaction: Middle Tennessee-based managing partners Jeffrey Kinney and Ken Howell, operating as TN National LLC, acquired the property for $10 million on January 15, 2021, from ownership affiliated with Greg Norman's design firm.
Golf & Course
The 18-hole, par-72 course (7,393 yards, 75.8 rating/135 slope) was designed by Greg Norman together with Tad Burnett -- a lead designer at Greg Norman Golf Course Design from 1996-2013 -- and opened in 2006 on a bend of the Tennessee River/Watts Bar Lake system, forming the sporting centerpiece of the surrounding waterfront real-estate development.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Tennessee National's mandatory cost of ownership is a homeowners-association fee reported at $150/month; golf club membership and marina slips are reported as optional add-ons layered on top of that base fee rather than a mandatory requirement of home purchase. This record could not confirm a current golf-club initiation fee: a $30,000 figure surfaces in older sourcing dated to around 2008, over a decade before the club's 2021 ownership change, and should not be treated as current pricing -- it is presented here purely as historical color, not as today's number.
Living in Tennessee National
Homesites at Tennessee National include waterfront lots, lake lots with boat slips, private wooded lots, and homesites directly on the Greg Norman course, with both move-in-ready homes and buy-now-build-later lot options. The community is fully gated with controlled entry.
Lifestyle & Amenities
The 140-plus-slip marina and clubhouse are the community's headline non-golf amenities; other specific amenity claims (fitness, pool, tennis) were not independently confirmed this session.
Location & Surrounding Area
Tennessee National sits in Loudon, Tennessee, roughly 30 minutes from Knoxville, on Watts Bar Lake rather than Tellico Lake -- a meaningful geographic distinction from Tellico Village, Rarity Bay, WindRiver, and Avalon, even though all five are grouped in this market as the same broader Loudon County/Tellico-and-Watts-Bar lake corridor.
Costs & Fees
Figures below are labeled Current only when the source itself frames them as presently accurate. Everything else is labeled Historical — a source checked today does not make an old fee a current one.
Golf membership initiation
Historical — as of 2008-01-01$30,000
Reported circa 2008, over a decade before the club's January 2021 ownership change under TN National LLC -- presented as historical color only, NOT current pricing. Current initiation fee not confirmed this session.
Association new-member fee / community fee
Current$150
Reported monthly HOA fee for single-family homeowners; golf and marina memberships are separate optional costs.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current golf-club initiation fee and dues directly with Tennessee National -- the only figure found ($30,000) is dated to roughly 2008 and predates the 2021 ownership change.
- Confirm whether any specific homesite category (e.g., on-course lots) carries a different membership requirement than the general optional structure described here.
Notable
- Course designed by Greg Norman with Tad Burnett, opened 2006; par 72, 7,393 yards, 75.8/135 rating-slope.
- Sold for $10 million on January 15, 2021 to TN National LLC (managing partners Jeffrey Kinney and Ken Howell), a confirmed recent ownership change.
- 140-plus-slip marina on Watts Bar Lake with about three miles of community waterfront.
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