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A thank you from the southern hemisphere

golfinglife — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:33:37 +0000

As I’m sure our loyal readers will remember, in July Tennessee National hosted the 79th Women’s Trans National Golf Tournament. We had a great bunch of ladies from all over the world at our course for the tournament. They were all so friendly, respectful and appreciative. The golf shop staff received quite a few thank-you’s from the ladies playing in the tournament and I wanted to share one of the thank-you’s with you.

To Tennessee National,
My name is Whitney Hiller from Joondalup Resort in Perth, Western Australia.
I recently played in the Trans National Championships on the 20-24th July and I wanted to say a big thank you for all your hospitality and kindness you gave to all the players. I had a great time and absolutely loved the course.
My father and I stayed with Gary and Susan Cassell, they are great people and we felt so lucky to stay with them for the week. They made us feel at home and we really appreciated what they did for us.
Thanks to all the members who gave up the course for the week, we had great weather too!
I love the layout of the course and I think Greg Norman did an exceptional job in designing it. Go Aussies!
I met a lot of great people that week and found it is definately a small world.
Thank you so much once again, I will be coming back to Tennessee National very soon.

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Australia and America team up once again at Tennessee National

golfinglife — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:30:51 +0000

By guest blogger Robert Stevenson

Terry and Janet Felts graciously opened the door to their beautiful Tennessee National home to a couple of girls who traveled all the way from Australia to play in the Women’s TRANS National Championship. Little did they know that Stacy Keating and Julia Boland, of Cressy and Sydney respectively, would outlast the competition and find themselves finalists at the 79 year old golf tournament. Even less did Terry realize that he would be caddying for Keating, 36 holes a day for two days… quite a feat for a guy who owns his own cart and chooses to use it. The young Aussie needed someone on the bag, and Terry stepped up. He was with Keating as she eliminated Cheyenne Woods (Tiger’s niece) in a back and forth, nail biting exhibit of unbelievably executed golf shots. Sunday he was with her one final time as she took on her housemate and fellow countrywoman Julia, who is regarded as Australia’s number one amateur. Janet Felts was in the gallery with an Australian flag hung on the back of her cart, showing support for both girls.
The Felt’s residence will no doubt be highly sought after for future competitors staying on site, credit the hospitable accommodations or Terry’s cooking, either way it worked out well for Stacy and Julia.
A special thanks to Jungle Jimmy (one of our excellent outside staff) who jumped on Keating’s bag to relieve Felts for 9 holes to give him a breather.

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Julia Boland wins Women’s Trans National Championship!

golfinglife — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:44:02 +0000

Here are the details of Julia’s victory over Stacey Keating from the Women’s Trans National site:

Julia Boland, Sydney, AU, was the victor over her friend and fellow Aussie, Stacey Keating, Cressy, AU, by a score of 2 & 1 in the 36 hole final match for the Women’s Trans National Golf Championship. It was a “dogfight” as each had predicted it would be; the match was all square or 1 up for most of the morning round as each struggled on the Greg Norman designed course at Tennessee National. Boland appeared to have more success on the greens where Keating was having some problems with her putter. Boland was dormie as they played the 34th hole, but Keating birdied to Boland’s par and they moved to the 35th hole, where both had pars to end the match, Boland 2 & 1.

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Australian’s face off in Womens Trans National final

golfinglife — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:41:09 +0000

Stacey Keating of Cressy, Australia was victorious over Cheyenne Woods in yesterday’s semi-final roundof the Womens Trans National Championships. Another Aussie, Julia Boland, of Sydney, took Corinna Rees of Pebble Beach to 19 holes before coming out on top. Keating and Boland will face off today in a 36 hole match starting at 8am at Tennessee National. Good luck ladies!

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