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Jack Nicklaus designed Bear Trace at Tims Ford as part of a larger Tennessee state parks golf initiative in the late 1990s — a rare instance of a Golden Bear signature layout built for public access rather than private prestige. The course sits alongside Tims Ford Lake, a Tennessee Valley Authority reservoir that shapes both the scenery and the strategic demands of the layout. Water comes into play in ways that feel organic rather than forced, and the surrounding hardwood forests give the property a rugged, unhurried character that's become the course's calling card.
Winchester sits in Franklin County, in the southern Cumberland Plateau region — terrain that tends toward rolling hills, mature timber, and the kind of quiet that makes a round feel like an actual escape. The Bear Trace name itself belongs to a collection of Nicklaus-designed state courses spread across Tennessee, each built to bring destination-caliber golf to everyday players.
Par 71 signals that this isn't a bomber's track built for spectacle. Nicklaus leaned into the land here, rewarding positioning and course management over raw distance — a style that holds up across handicap levels.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold · men | 6,763 | 72.7 | 128 | 71 |
| Green · men | 6,472 | 71.5 | 126 | 71 |
| Blue · men | 6,086 | 69.6 | 123 | 71 |
| White · women | 5,477 | 71.4 | 124 | 71 |
| White · men | 5,475 | 66.8 | 115 | 71 |
| Red · men | 4,832 | 64 | 108 | 71 |
| Red · women | 4,832 | 68.1 | 117 | 71 |
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