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The Tennessee section of the PGA has a full calendar of events starting in April. The first big event is on April 5th, the Pro-Assistant Championship at Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin. Tennessee National’s own Director of Golf, Adam Foegen and assistant David Vannier will be playing in the tournament! April 12th-August 16th is the TPGA Assistant Match Play Championship. That’s right April-August. This touranment has a little bit different format than we are used to seeing. The Tennessee section is divided into two regions, the east and the west and assistants in each region have until May 17th to play the first round another 4 weeks to play the second round and another 4 weeks to play the third round. The finals will be August 16th at Hermitage Golf Course, Presidents Reserve Course. These are just a few of the scheduled events, go and check out what events are going on in your area. The TPGA has junior events and amateur events as well visit www.golfhousetennessee.com to sign up! Over the past few weeks there has been a lot of talk about the new grooves rule. While the rule only applys to professional golfers I thought it would be interesting to see what everyone thinks of the new rule. Do you have a Ping Eye 2 that you play with? Will you continue to play with it? What are your thoughts on the new rule? It’s that time again! Here is today’s question of the week: Who is your favorite golf course designer and why? Do you prefer a classic designer, or maybe someone that does things a little differently? Let us know in the comments below! We had a great weekend of golf at Tennessee National! Both members and the players from the All-American Junior Golf Tour were able to enjoy the wonderful East Tennessee weather. Local standout Austin Kramer came in first for the Boys High School division shooting 143, followed by Warren Cheney (146) and Braden Galyon (150). Madison Caldwell shot a 166 to come in first for the Girls High School Division followed by Blakesly Warren (175). In the Boys -6th-8th Grade Division Scott Stevens claimed 1st shooting 157, Tucker Snipes came in 2nd shooting 162 and Ashton Hunter came in 3rd with 164. The final Division, Boys 3rd-5th Grade, Bryson Morrell shot 164 to come in first and Matt Mays came in second shooting 167. Congratulations to all the winners, we really enjoyed hosting this tournament it was a wonderful start to our 2010 tournament schedule! Tennessee National is honored to be hosting the All-American Junior Golf Tour this Saturday and Sunday. Junior golfers from all over the country will be playing at Tennessee National this weekend. The tour is designed for male and female golfers from 3rd grade to Seniors in high school. From the aajgt.com website:
For a list of tee-times click here. Time for the question of the week! I hope everyone had a good weekend and found a chance to get out on the golf course. Here is today’s question. How many times a week to you play golf? Are you a diehard golfer who will play in any weather, or do you wait until it’s nice outside to play? We look forward to reading your comments!
Thank you to all of the members, residents and property owners who came out yesterday for the Italian Lunch at the clubhouse grille. It was great to see so many smiling faces! If you missed out on yesterday’s lunch you still have an opportunity to come to one of Debbie’s wonderful speciality lunches or dinners. Here is the full schedule:
Please RSVP to the clubhouse at least 72 hours prior to the event. 865-657-2001 ext. 2. We look forward to seeing everyone in a few weeks at the St. Paddy’s day dinner!
This week’s question is about your golf game. What aspect of your game needs the most improvement and what steps are you taking to improve your game? We’re looking forward to seeing your comments below! The WGC-Accenture Match Play Tournament was the one that a lot of people thought Tiger would make a return for, however that seems to not be the case. There is still a great field of players, even with the Mayacoba Golf Classic also being played this week. Here is a link to the Mayacoba Golf Classic list of players and here is a link to the brackets for the Accenture Match Play. What tourament are you going to watch? Or will you flip back and forth between them? Let us know in the comments below!  © All rights reserved. |
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