Old Waverly Golf Club occupies a stretch of clay hills and hardwood forest in Clay County, Mississippi — terrain that bears little resemblance to the flat Delta lowlands most people picture when they think of the state. Designed by Bob Cupp and opened in 1988, the course was built as a private club of genuine national ambition, and it delivered. Old Waverly has earned a consistent place on Golf Digest and Golf Magazine's top-100 lists, and the club hosted the 1999 U.S. Women's Open, putting this corner of northeast Mississippi on the national stage in a meaningful way.
Cupp's routing makes full use of the rolling topography — elevation changes are real here, the pines and oaks close in on several holes, and the Bermuda fairways demand precise positioning rather than raw power. The course plays firm and fast when conditions cooperate, rewarding shot-makers over bashers.
West Point is a small Mississippi town without much of a golf infrastructure around it, which makes Old Waverly something of a standalone institution — a serious private club that competes with courses in far larger markets.
