Tchefuncta Country Club carries the name of the river that winds through this corner of St. Tammany Parish — the Tchefuncte, a waterway the Choctaw knew long before golf was ever played on Louisiana soil. Covington sits on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, a world apart from New Orleans across the causeway, and the club reflects that quieter, more residential character: old money and pine trees rather than French Quarter flash.
St. Tammany Parish is genuine Louisiana piney woods country, and courses up here tend to play through stands of longleaf and loblolly pine with the kind of damp, subtropical air that makes summer rounds a test of endurance as much as skill. The landscape is flatter than it looks at first, but water is never far away in this part of the state.
As a private country club in an affluent suburb, Tchefuncta is built around the rhythms of membership — regular competitions, junior programs, and the unhurried social life that defines this style of Southern club.
