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Rolling Fork sits deep in the Mississippi Delta, one of the most historically and culturally rich stretches of American landscape — cotton country, blues country, a flat alluvial plain shaped by the Mississippi River over millennia. Golf in the Delta has always carried a particular character: unpretentious, community-rooted, and played in serious heat and humidity for much of the year. Sharkey Country Club takes its name from Sharkey County, itself named for the 19th-century Mississippi governor and jurist William Lewis Sharkey.
As a private country club serving a small, rural Delta community, Sharkey functions as a genuine social anchor — the kind of place where members have known each other for generations and the game is woven into the fabric of local life rather than presented as a luxury amenity. An 18-hole layout at par 71 in this part of Mississippi almost certainly plays across flat Delta terrain, where course management and shot-making matter more than elevation drama.
The Delta's growing season is long and the turf conditions shift with the seasons — spring and fall tend to offer the most comfortable play, while summers here are unforgiving. For anyone exploring golf off the beaten path, this corner of Mississippi offers something the resort corridors simply cannot replicate.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White/Yellow · men | 6,180 | 68.8 | 122 | 71 |
| Blue/Red · men | 5,324 | 65.6 | 115 | 68 |
| Blue/Red · women | 5,324 | 71 | 119 | 72 |
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