Tunica is the most underrated value buddies trip in the Mid-South, a cheap casino-and-golf combo 30 miles from Memphis, 4 courses in our catalog, $ pricing, flies into MEM, best played March through December.
Cheap casino stay-and-play 30 miles south of Memphis, three solid daily-fee 18s (Tunica National, River Bend Links, Cottonwoods) in the Delta, close to Clarksdale blues country. Value-first buddies trip, not a golf marquee.
3 courses
Tunica has 3 courses in Scramble's catalog, anchored by Tunica National Golf & Tennis, River Bend Links, and Kirkwood National Golf Club. Tunica National Golf & Tennis is nationally ranked, a destination-quality round on its own. All three play within a normal trip itinerary out of the same lodging base.
Mark McCumber (2000)
Clyde Johnston (1998)
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A 3-round, 4-golfer trip to Tunica runs about $919 per person with mid-range ($$) lodging. That covers 3 peak-season green fees, lodging at roughly two golfers per room, and a daily food + ground-transit allowance. Flights are excluded since they depend on your home airport. Adjust the round count, group size, or tier on the trip calculator to see how the number moves. See the full breakdown →
Tunica sits in Mississippi. The closest major airport is Memphis (MEM), which serves as the primary hub for most visitors. Most groups fly into MEM, rent one or two SUVs, and base out of a single resort or hotel for the entire trip.
The strongest months for golf in Tunica are Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, based on 20-year playability scores combining temperature and precipitation. Tunica averages a 50°F high in January and a 90°F high in July, so playable conditions cluster in the shoulder months. Book early in those windows. Rates and tee-time inventory tighten as the season firms up.
Best months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
Tunica data is part of Scramble's catalog of 128 destinations and 971 independently researched courses. Weather data from 20 years of Open-Meteo; awards compiled from Golf Digest, Golfweek, and state-level rankings.
Published June 2026. Updated when the data or Scramble’s recommendations change.