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Giving back to the game Knoxville’s Scott Stallings makes sure to leave the game better than he found it

By Gregg Dewalt Tee Times Editor Ask Scott Stallings why junior golf is so important to him and you get a myriad of answers.

The PGA Tour professional who grew up in Oak Ridge and now lives in Knoxville can’t pinpoint one exact reason. However he arrived at the decision to give back in the form of junior golf, the sport in Tennessee is better for it.

Stallings is involved in several different aspects of junior golf. He has his name attached to a junior four-ball event tabbed as “The Scotty”. He’s the host for the Tennessee Junior Cup Matches, and perhaps most importantly, he’s created the Kids Play Free initiative in Knoxville.

“Golf has given me more than I ever deserve and has allowed me to do things in my life I never thought were possible,” Stallings said recently in a phone interview.

Stallings points to his life on the PGA Tour – and it’s been a good one – as one aspect into his affinity for junior golf.

“The financial aspect and the experience of being able to go to all the different places I have played and traveled throughout my career and be able to learn both on the grass and inside the ropes and in the communities where we play representing the PGA Tour– the goal of the tour is to leave it better than we found it,” he said.

“I took the same mentality on myself. I am going to try to have as much impact

Scott Stallings poses with two young participants prior to play in ‘The Scotty’.

where I live and where I grew up and spent my childhood and my adulthood and raise my family and try to do the same thing, and utilize golf as much as I possibly can.”

Upbringing played a major role

Stallings said his upbringing played a role, both at home and around the golf courses in Oak Ridge on which he grew up playing.

Those courses - South Hills, Centennial and Oak Ridge – and the people he met at those facilities factor in to his decision to give back.

At South Hills, a now-defunct muni, Stallings remembers paying $5 to play.

“Once you paid as a kid, the amount of times you played didn’t register,” he said.

“We’d pay for 18 and sometimes it was more than that. Sometimes it was just 18.

There was a loop in the middle there on the front nine and back nine that kind of overlapped and you’d loop around and keep going and come back.”

At Oak Ridge Country Club, Stallings met some people who became lifelong friends and supporters.

“I learned a lot about life out there – not necessarily anything about golf. It’s cool to see it come full circle,” he said.

One lasting impression members of the club had on Stallings came when he decided to turn professional.

“They had a charity event and I was the charity,” he said, laughing. “They put to-

gether a fun day of golf and people supporting me to raise money so I could try to go to Q-school. I am trying to be cognizant of that throughout my career. Any event in and around Knoxville where I live, I try to host it there just so it can kind of come full circle when it comes to golf.

To be able to tell a 13-year-old kid that it wasn’t that long ago I was there and now I’m here. It’s pretty cool.”

The influence of Dick Horton

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Horton stands beside Scott’s pix from a PGA Tour win And, of course, there’s the Dick Horton influence. Horton, who for 35 years oversaw the Tennessee Golf Association and the Tennessee PGA Section, is widely considered to be the architect of Tennessee’s golf standing across the country. He envisioned what golf could be in Tennessee, formulated a plan and made it happen.

Shortly after Stallings’ first season on the PGA Tour ended and he was playing in Vince Gill’s pro-am, he said Horton asked him to stop by for a visit. The now-36-year-old Stallings pondered the request.

“Mr. Horton called me and said he wanted to meet with me and Brandt (Snedeker) to give us his thoughts about golf in Tennessee,” Stallings recalled. “I thought I had done something wrong or said something bad because even that early in my career they had done a lot to open up a lot of doors for me. I felt like I was going to the principal’s office. Mr. Horton’s office is in kind of a weird spot (in Golf House) and it was like kind of a sketchy thing for someone who had never spent a lot of time up there.”

Stallings hadn’t done anything wrong.

He hadn’t misspoke. But Horton did have a request, and those requests weren’t something to ignore or take lightly.

“He sat me down and said, ‘I want you to have a great, long career but I want you to understand and feel like you have a small responsibility to kind of carry through

with whatever is going to happen in golf here in Tennessee. I want you to figure out what you are going to do about it.’ I said, that’s it?”

Horton told Stallings it didn’t matter what he did to give back, and that he would help every step of the way.

Stallings agrees that just about everything golf-related in Tennessee in some form or fashion circles back to the nowretired Horton who is a member of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, “One hundred percent,” Stallings said.

“He comes out to the Junior Cup and starts the kids and they have no idea who he is. They think he is an old guy who mispronounces all their names. I tell every one of the kids that they need to meet this person because all of this – I know my name is on this event – but it did not happen until he called me into his office and told me that he didn’t know what I was going to do, but I was going to do something.”

Providing different formats

The first thing Stallings did in an effort to fill Horton’s request was to host an AJGA event that ran for nine years. In the meantime, he branched out and became the primary host for the Tennessee Junior Cup matches that feature two teams of players from each end of the

state in a Ryder Cup style competition.

Just recently, the Tennessee Junior Cup matches reached their 10th anniversary, something Stallings is proud of given its meager beginnings.

“It’s incredible,” he said. “The first year we were calling every kid that was eligible and just begging them to come play.

They asked all kinds of questions and we were like I think we’re going to have a good time. We asked the kids if they had ever played match play and ever played team match play. The answer was always no.”

The match play aspect of the event is important for a couple of reasons. One, it offers an alternative to the usual stroke play events that are commonplace. Second, Stallings said it is important to expose players to that format earlier as they prepare to potentially transition to college golf.

“That is how the NCAA championship and all these team championships are decided,” he said. “The faster you can expose kids to different forms of competitive golf the more well-rounded they are going to be.”

The Tennessee Junior Cup also celebrated another milestone this year when one of the first participants in the event found out she and her husband are expecting a baby.

“That shows how long the process is,” Stallings said.

Showcasing all aspects of golf

Stallings said one of the goals across all of his initiatives is to showcase all aspects of golf – not just the playing opportunities. He points out that in addition to playing golf, there are jobs available across the spectrum – from coaching in college and high school to being a Tour rep or going into agronomy.

“If you want to try to play Tour golf, great,” he said. “But we are going to try to give them as many opportunities as they can. The goal of myself and the foundation is to grow the game anyway we can.”

A recent partnership with the University of Tennessee’s agronomy program to help with the two Kids Play Free facilities will showcase another side of the game, Stallings said.

“Imagine waking up every morning and get to go work at a golf course and never have to go inside,” he said. “There are going to be some kids jump at that. The spectrum of what is available in the world of golf is as wide as you can imagine. To showcase as many as we can, that’s ultimately why I think I am as involved in junior golf in the state of Tennessee.”

Kids Play Free program

Perhaps Stallings most important program is Kids Play Free, as it opens up the world of golf to individuals who might

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not otherwise have access or be able to afford the game. The program began at Knoxville area par 3 courses Concord and Beverly. It recently added the new 12hole facility called The Patch, and is also available in Murfreesboro at Old Fort.

One more course in Knoxville likely will be added by next year.

The idea of Kids Play Free was born from a discussion between Stallings and his financial advisor. They came up with the three main reasons people don’t play golf – time, cost and money.

“We sat down and I was like how can we get rid of that all at one time?” Stallings said. “My financial advisor said it looks like someone needs to write a check and we’ll figure it out. I wrote the first one and we figured it out from there.”

Kids Play Free was not an overnight success. Stallings laughs about the program when it was in its infancy.

“The first year we offered it at one course Thursday afternoons from 4 p.m. to close and we did 27 rounds, so clearly, we had a long way to go,” he said. “A little bit of was creating and understanding what it looked like. We kind of revamped it and

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gave it a different look. The Golf Foundation started helping with the operation of Beverly and Concord in town and it was a little bit of a you help us, we’ll help you situation. The next thing you know, in 2021 we’re going to do a little bit north of 28,000 rounds. Obviously, there was a need and a desire, we just had to put all the stuff in place to be able make it happen.”

Tennessee Golf Foundation Executive Director Whit Turnbow says Stallings has been an important part of helping golf grow in Tennessee.

“Scott and his family have been so incredibly generous to the TGF,” he said. from learning the game, acces“With their time and resources, Whit sibility and affordability. As it Turnbow they have and will continue to spreads throughout the state, impact the lives of generations more and more of our youth will of junior golfers across this state. He benefit from being around golf and all it and (wife) Jennifer are two of the most has to offer.” humble and kind people I’ve ever been Stallings said it’s not just about what around. he does. He credits all the partners and “Kids Play Free is a gamechanger in Ten- volunteers who help make his initiatives nessee. It allows us to continue to chip work. From friends and supporters who away at the two things that keep kids have been with him all the way to Knox

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The Stallings Family County Mayor Clint Jacobs, Stallings said it takes a committed team to make it happen.

“It goes way further than just me,” he said. “We do a bunch of events and have a bunch of people trying to make aware of giving people a chance to learn from the game that has given me more than I ever deserved. That’s the truth.”

Now, Stallings is making sure he leaves the game in a better place.

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From tHE Editor

By Gregg Dewalt

Tennessee does remarkable job growing game

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ennessee probably shouldn’t produce as many high-quality golfers as it does.

Yet year in and year out, players from the state seemingly rise to the top whether it is in junior tournaments, professional tournaments or USGA tournaments.

Recently, Blakesly Brock (see story page 12-13) won the USGA’s Women’s MidAmateur Championship. Sarah Ingram captained the U.S. Women’s Curtis Cup team to victory in Wales against its counterparts from Great Britain and Ireland.

One of the players on that team was Rachel Heck, a Memphian who in her first year at Stanford took the NCAA by storm.

At Tee Times, we’ve profiled a number of other pros and amateurs who have gone on to do great things in golf.

How can one small state do such big things in the game? The answer is not as complex as you might think. That success starts at the top in Golf House, where the Tennessee PGA Section, Tennessee Golf Foundation and Tennessee Golf Association are housed. The leadership there works together for the betterment of the game.

The success is also derived from people like Brandt Snedeker and Scott Stallings, PGA Tour pros who grew up walking the same fairways as the state’s junior golfers do today. And they aren’t content to just write a check and go about their business, either. Instead, they give their time. They show up at junior events. They are active in fundraising activities. And, they are eager to mentor up-and-coming players by offering advice and support to the ways of professional golf.

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Knoxville’s Sophia Schubert gains LPGA Tour status

At left, Scott Stallings greets a player at the Tennessee Junior Cup.

Stallings said recently that he wants to make sure he leaves golf in Tennessee better than when he was growing up. To that end, his Kids Play Free initiative in Knoxville is exposing a diverse segment to the game. And it’s expanding.

“I grew up going to events that had people’s names attached to them and you never saw any sign of them,” he said.

“Now, I understand how some of those things happened. But I try to plan ahead of time and make it as much of a priority to be there at least part of the time.”

Little things leave a lasting impression, and in Tennessee it’s obvious those little things matter a whole lot.

State pros do well at Senior PGA Professional Championship

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Sophie Schubert is all smiles after earning her LPGA Tour card for 2022.

leading the way, four of Tennessee’s state senior professionals made the cut at the recent Senior PGA Professional Championship.

Chapman shot 70-69-71-70 to finish at 280, which was good for a ninth-place tie in the event played at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Colonial Country Club’s Bobby Cochran finished tied for 53rd place with a fourround total of 288. Jared Melson of the Bear Trace at Tims Ford, and Henrik Simonsen of The Honors Course, tied for 58th place with 72-hole totals of 290.

Georgia’s Paul Claxton won the tournament on the first playoff hole over Mike Mielke.

With his ninth-place finish, Chapman also qualified for next year’s Kitchen Aid Senior PGA Championship at the Harbor

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When Knoxville native and University of Texas graduate Sophia Schubert won the Symetra Tour’s Carolina Golf Classic in September, it meant she had wrapped up a top-10 season finish and an LPGA Tour card for 2022.

Schubert finished fourth on the Symetra Tour’s money list with just over $101,000 in a season in which she had nine top-10 finishes, including the win at the Carolina Golf Classic.

Her win came in dramatic style with an eagle on the third playoff hole. It was Schubert’s first professional win since turning pro in 2018.

The 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion ranked second on Tour in sub-par holes (236) and greens in regulation (80.6% through 60 rounds) and was second in birdies (232) this season Schubert said the win in Carolina Golf Classic was something she will remember the rest of her life.

“I had been close a couple times earlier this season and I knew that I could do it. It was so relieving to get it under my belt and then to clinch my LPGA card in the process was indescribable and a dream come true,” she told Symetratour. com. “My mom is out watching just about every week and to share the accomplishments with her made it even more special. I’m proud of the whole season that I have put together and I couldn’t be more excited for the next stage.”

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Opinion

By David Widener

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Alliance gives pro golf new look in 2022

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rofessional golf will have a new look in 2022 thanks to a historic Strategic Alliance between the PGA Tour and European Tour that features the two co-sanctioning three tournaments which will count on both the FedExCup and Race to Dubai points standings.

All three will be played in July with the trio consisting of Genesis Scottish Open (site to be determined) and Barbasol Championship (Nicholasville, KY) both scheduled July 4-10 and the Barracuda Championship (Truckee, Calif.) July 1117.

The Alliance also will see the Irish Open receive a significant increase in prize money to $6 million in 2022.

“With the Alliance, the PGA Tour and European Tour are both stronger than at any time in our history,” says PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan. “We are positioned to grow together over the next 10 years faster than we have at any point in our existence. We are committed to continuing to evolve and adapt to take the global game to the heights we all know it is capable of reaching.”

The PGA Tour’s schedule of 48 events brings good news to Memphis with the move of the first FedExCup Playoffs event to TPC Southwind. Sponsored by FedEx, it replaces the regular season event held in Memphis since 1958 and will be called the FedEx St. Jude Championship and played August 8-14.

“FedEx is excited that the first event of the 2022 FedExCup Playoffs will be hosted in our hometown of Memphis, TN., says Raj Subramaniam, president and chief operating officer of FedEx Corporation. “We are proud of our history and impact we’ve had since becoming title sponsor of our hometown Tour stop in 1986.”

The other FedExCup Playoffs are the BMW Championship August 15-21 at Wilmington Country Club in Delaware and the Tour Championship August 2228 at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, GA. Headlining the four Majors in 2022 is a return to the birthplace of golf as the St. Andrews Links Old Course plays host to The Open Championship July 11-17. The Masters is scheduled April 4-10 at Augusta (GA ) National. Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will be the site

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of the PGA Championship May 16-22.

The U.S. Open will be played June 13-19 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.

The Tour’s flagship event, The Players Championship is scheduled March 7-13 and anchors a true Florida swing next year, featuring four consecutive events throughout the Sunshine State in the spring.

After a two-year hiatus because of the COVID pandemic, the BBC Canadian Open returns with the tournament scheduled June 6-12 in Toronto. Other tournaments of note are the AT&T Pebble Beach ProAm Jan.31-February 6, Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando Feb. 28-March 6 and the Memorial Tournament (Jack Nicklaus host) in Dublin, Ohio, May 30-June 5.

As for the Alliance, there’s no doubt it will cause golf to grow globally which can only be good for the sport.

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Pugh wins Senior Muni Championship Supposedly fall has arrived here in Nashville, but it’s hard to tell because the Metro Parks courses continue to be lean and green. The combination of off-and-on rain and unseasonably warm days in September and October have kept our courses green and we have yet to see fall colors from our trees and bushes on our courses.

Rain forced us to postpone our much-anticipated James H. Fyke Senior Municipal Championship from September to October at Harpeth Hills. The tournament was played despite some rain and our new senior men’s champion was congratulated and awarded his trophy.

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Chattanooga’s Wear snares 1st college victory Tee Times Report CASHIERS, N.C.---It was a special week for the Chattanooga Mocs men’s golf team at the J.T. Poston Invitational.

They fell just four strokes shy of defending their 2020 title, but there was a consolation prize. Freshman Braedon Wear earned his first collegiate win.

Wear tied former All-American and current PGA TOUR member Stephan Jaeger ’12 for the second-lowest 54hole score. He followed twin 66s with a level-par 71 for the two-shot win.

“Obviously really proud of Braedon with the win,” Coach Mark Guhne shared on the drive home. “Both of his playing partners today told me how impressed they were with him and one was shocked he’s a freshman.

“But I’m also proud of our group as a whole. We got off to a rough start but fought and gave ourselves a chance.

I’m really proud of the effort including our individuals Parker (Highsmith) and Gage (Winkler). This is something to build from.”

A squad that counted 14 bogeys over the first 36 holes (144 as a team), posted 11 in the first nine holes today. The Mocs were 9 over through 11 holes and struggling across the board. Matt Smith

win at 19-under 833. The Gamecocks fivesome finished between tied for 12th and 27th individually but managed rounds of 274, 273 and 286. Middle Tennessee was second at 835 followed by the Mocs with 837 which tied for the fourth-best number in school history.

Chattanooga freshman Braedon Wear picked up his first collegiate win recently

responded with birdies on 12, 13 and 14 with Connor Nolan joining him on the short par 4 12th and Wear on the par 5 14th. He birdied 18 to cement the win.

Wear and Nolan both carded 71 today. Smith ended with 72, while Paul Conroy had 74. Gabe Hunter’s 77 was the drop score. Freshman Parker High-

smith shot 72 with Gage Winkler ending with 77.

Wear was not alone in the top 10. Paul Conroy tied for eighth at 6 under. Smith tied for 18 at 2 under. Nolan turned in 217 with Hunter ending with 232.

Highsmith was one behind Nolan at 218, while Winkler shot 226.

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Wins SoCon honor Wear was named Southern Conference Golfer of the Week for his impressive win in the Smoky Mountains.

It was an impressive display for the freshman from Maryville (Alcoa H.S.).

Among his wins was a 5-stroke cushion over South Carolina All-American Ryan Hall who is No. 4 on the PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Ranking who he played alongside in the final round. At this rate, Wear should rocket up that list.

“Extremely proud of Braedon,” Coach Mark Guhne shared. “When I have seniors from other programs who played with him remark how shocked they are he’s a freshman, it says a lot. It was a really good week for our program. We really came together and had a chance to win it.

It was the first SoCon weekly honor for a Moc in two years. The last was senior Connor Nolan on Sept. 25, 2019.

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Cole Sherwood helped Vanderbilt to a runner-up finish at the SEC Match Play. Photo courtesy Vanderbilt Athletics.

Vandy men finish runner-up in SEC Match Play tourney

Tee Times Report Vanderbilt got victories from Cole Sherwood and Michael Shears in the championship of SEC Match Play against Arkansas, but Luke Long was able to edge out Vandy senior Reid Davenport 2&1 to clinch the title.

The final was a rematch of the 2021 SEC Championship in April in which the Commodores won 3-2 over the Razorbacks at St. Simons Island, Georgia.

“My hat’s off to Arkansas. We knew that it would take our best. They are a really great team and a really great match play team,” Vanderbilt head coach Scott Limbaugh said. “You come to events like this to replicate, hopefully, what you’re going to get in the spring and championship sea-

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Sherwood beat Juan Vesga on four holes and didn’t lose any over the course of the 16 completed holes. Shears bounced back from an early deficit against Segundo Pinto and won five holes through 16 played.

Davenport left himself a chance by trailing by two with two holes to play, but Long clinched the match on the 17th with a par.

Jackson Van Paris fell 5&3 in his match against Wil Gibson while Gordon Sargent dropped his matchup with Mateo Fernandez de Oliveria 5&3. Van Paris, in his Vandy debut, went 1-2 this week while Sargent finished 2-1 in his matches.

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ished the event 2-1 overall, Shears went 3-0 and Davenport had a 2-1 record.

“I thought it was a great learning experience for the (freshmen), one of the reasons we wanted to see them in this kind of environment against this kind of competition,” Limbaugh said. “Match play is different. It’s like a fight. You got to throw a punch back when somebody throws a punch at you.

“I’m extremely proud of the way Michael and Cole went out today and really played awesome golf. Cole was six or seven under par out there today and Michael played a really great player – that really says a lot about Michael’s maturity and a lot about his growth as a player.”

The Commodores were scheduled to play in The Williams Cup on Oct. 25-26 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Vanderbilt’s spring schedule will then begin in February.

“We’ve got to become more accountable to all the little things that we constantly talk about. We’re not ever going to reach our full potential until we get everybody accountable to what Vanderbilt golf is all about,” Limbaugh said. “Sometimes that takes a little time, some times that takes a longer time, but we’re only going to be the team that we know we can be when we have everybody that wants to fight for Vanderbilt golf, that wants to hold themselves to high standards.

“It’s great for us to get to have that opportunity right now because if we don’t do some of those little things as well later on, your season can end. So the consequences get greater and that’s what we’re trying to get our team to understand.”

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As fall sets in, Legacy remains in superb shape Fall is in the air according to the calendar but the Legacy Golf Course in Robertson County is in super condition.

The course continues to be in great shape, due in no small part to John Hughes, our superintendent, and his crew that has maintained this course throughout this spring and summer.

The crew has continued their work into the fall. The winter maintenance will not miss a beat, assuring the course will be in superb shape throughout the colder months.

Here are some of the scenic views of the course, fairways, bunkers and greens and even the trees that have yet to sport the fall foliage.

When PGA hall of famer Raymond Floyd designed this course he took advantage of the mature wooded areas, lush rolling hills and the Tennessee countryside.

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Recipe for Success

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At Twelve Stones, all the small things matter

By Justin Onslow Tee Times Associated Editor

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he COVID-19 pandemic has impacted and continues to impact us all in various ways. The golfing community has been no different, as many courses struggle to accommodate a thriving sport inundated with golfers new and old alike.

The other side of the coin, though, is much shinier. With a growing interest in the sport comes more and greater opportunities improve the product – as more golfers flock to golf courses, those same courses find themselves in a unique spot: with more financial flexibility and less time to put it to use.

At Twelve Stones in Goodlettsville, general manager Chase McGowin has seen the effects of the pandemic on the golf industry firsthand. Making the most of a bad situation, he’s adjusted his mindset to make Twelve Stones the best it can be – and a fraction as good as it will eventually be, as long as he has something to say about it.

“Our story somewhat didn’t change this year as far as reinvesting and beautifying the golf course,” McGowin says. “It took so much work from day one. We knew that was going to happen – 2020 was chaotic.

Every industry across the board was trying to figure out how to stay open and stay alive and come out on the other end. The golf industry grew significantly from it, which was a godsend for everybody. Every golf course operator I’ve spoken to was fitting as many people out there as they can.”

Twelve Stones in particular saw a huge influx of golfers since the start of the pandemic, which resulted in more revenue. The question then became what to do with the money.

The difference between a good golf course and a great golf course is how management

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Chris Weiland, PGA Head Golf Professional reinvests in the property. McGowin, already operating with a multi-year blueprint for improvements, used the influx of operating capital as a means to expedite the process and work on major projects that otherwise might not have been completed for years.

“Last year, with that growth, we were able to take even more revenue earned and flip it back into the course,” he explains. “We did about two-and-a-half years’ worth of projects in a little under eight months with our bunkers and irrigation system, just because we had the funds to appropriately keep those projects going on.”

Of course, doing major bunker and irrigation renovations meant working around 130 or more golfers in a given day, but as

Chase McGowin, General Manager McGowin suggests, that’s just part of the process. Even mowing and watering takes a certain level of coordination with golfers already out on the course enjoying the product.

Bunker renovations at Twelve Stones are now complete, and the irrigation project – replacing every sprinkler head on the course – was expected to be done by the end of 2022. McGowin now expects that to be completed by March.

The irrigation project in particular is one McGowin points to as the catalyst for the next steps in making Twelve Stones a premier destination for golf in Middle Tennessee. Major projects nearly in the rear view, it’s now all about the little things that create

and maintain a great product, consistently, day in and day out.

“A year ago, we were putting a lot of time and money into the driving range, putting up a new net, lights, making it more accessible,” McGowin says. “All the big projects we can put behind us and focus on the small details. It’s the small things that make it. It might be as simple as a small piece of trash on the cart path that might degrade the quality experience a golfer might have on a hole or a green that’s got a dead spot.

We want to avoid both, obviously, but the big and small make the experience. That’s what’s going to bring [golfers] back time and again.”

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Blakesly Brock celebrates winning the U.S. Mid-Am Championship.

By Justin Onslow Tee Times Associate Editor Like many college golfers, Blakesly Brock dreamed of playing professionally – or at least having a career adjacent to the professional golf world. The former University of Tennessee standout had a terrific collegiate career, but her goals changed by the time she left that world and entered another.

“After I graduated (in 2018), I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” she admits.

“I had a degree in marketing with a collateral in entrepreneurship, so for the longest time I intended to turn pro and go that route. Throughout college I had a few injuries and got a little burned out. When I graduated, I didn’t know if or when I would ever play competitive golf again.”

Brock took a job at an investment group in Chattanooga and spent the next couple years growing and learning and maturing in the professional world, but then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and she began to feel the effects of the competitive flame she left smoldering just a couple years prior.

“I started to feel better; my injuries had kind of healed up, and I started to get back into golf,” she says. “I decided I wanted to play a little more.”

Returning to the game Brock went to work for her father, who owns a piping supply company in Chattanooga – a job that affords her some extra time to get out on the golf course in the mornings before heading to work doing purchasing.

Brock works out every day, always tailoring her workouts around her golf game, and has found enough time to really hone her craft and shake off the rust that accumulated over the course of a couple years away from competitive golf.

The result: two big wins in the span of a couple weeks.

It started with the Tennessee Women’s Mid-Am in the middle of September and a win Brock admits wasn’t one she expected. That tournament was simply a “practice round” for the following week: the U.S. Women’s Mid-Am Championship.

“When I made up my tournament schedule for the summer, I had just a

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few things on there, but I knew the U.S. Women’s Mid-Am was my goal; what I was working for every single day I went out and practiced,” she says. “I treated it as my major, if you will, because I just feel like it was the biggest possible tournament I could win at the time. I thought of each tournament prior to that one as a steppingstone.”

But winning the Tennessee Women’s Mid-Am was more than a steppingstone.

It was a tournament that reminded Brock she has what it takes to take on some of the best in the sport.

“When I won (the Tennessee Mid-Am), I was like, ‘Hey I’m playing great. Let’s keep it rolling. If you play like this next week, you’re going to have a really great chance.’

It turned out well.”

That’s certainly an understatement.

A major victory Just shy of her 26th birthday (and in her first year of eligibility for USGA mid-am events), Brock became the third-youngest winner of the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, and she did so by virtue of a gutty tournament predicated on perseverance.

Despite her goal of shooting par or better and making the top 10 coming out of stroke play after the first two days of competition, Brock admits she was nervous and didn’t quite meet those expectations. Still, she overcame a wayward tee shot on her first hole of the event and managed to salvage bogey, which ultimately aided in calming

Blakesly and friend Teleri Hughes with the U.S. Women’s Mid-Am flag.

her nerves to set up the tremendous run that would follow.

In match play, Brock saw some leads dissipate, needing extra holes in the Round of 16, semifinals and finals, but she persevered and ultimately clawed her way back to set up a championship showdown with Aliea Clark.

“I told myself, ‘Let’s be as tough as we can be all week long,’” she admits. “In the past throughout college, I feel like I struggled with my mindset a lot and it held me back, but taking a lot of time off gives you a new appreciation for the game as a whole and especially competition.

“I just felt like I had a mindset that week that I’ve never had before. I went out there and tried to enjoy myself and take it literally one shot at a time – feel a

sense of freedom on every shot and make committed swings on every shot. Once I got to match play, I was nervous because I hadn’t played much match play in the past.

I just really hung in there.”

Hung in there she did. Brock went on to win six-straight holes against Clark for a 5-and-4 victory to earn the victory and prove to herself and everyone around her that she still has what it takes to compete with and beat the best.

Mastering the mental game Brock hasn’t spent countless hours working on her swing or making major changes to what’s worked in the past.

She’s made some tweaks and done a lot of work on her putting, but what really put her over the top at both the Tennessee and

Blakesly and her husband/ caddie Mitch at the U.S. Mid-Am Championship.

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s from competitive Brock is rocking U.S. Mid-Amateurs was between her ears.

“I’ve done a little bit of work on my golf swing since I graduated and a lot of work on my putting, mostly just with my setup and getting a better feel for where I’m lined up, but those are really the only changes I’ve made to my golf game,” she explains. “The rest of it has been mental, and I’m having a lot more fun doing it at the same time.”

Perhaps some of the fun she’s been having can be attributed to her caddy, Mitch Brock, who happens to be Blakesly’s long-time friend and husband.

“Mitch caddied for me,” she says. “We’ve been close for a very long time. He used to help me out with my golf swing some.

He knows my game very well. He knows exactly what to say and when to say it on the golf course.

“Having him on the bag, I have to give him a whole lot of credit for that win as well.

He kept me calm all week. We had a lot of laughs out there. We had a great time. To get to do that and be able to experience that with him on the bag was so special and something we’ll both cherish for the rest of our lives.”

Blakesly Skort works like a charm “Special” also describes Brock’s “lucky charm” in the tournament – a piece of

clothing she believes gave her a little boost in earning the win, if only for the meaning behind it.

“It was really special because of my best friend, my roommate in college, my teammate in college – her name’s Teleri Hughes. She competed in the tournament as well. We were sharing a house for the week and she and her boyfriend, Jackson, were there to the very end.

“She has her own golf clothing line called Teleri Athletics. The day I won I wore the Blakesly Skort. She named that after me. I just felt like it was good luck and I’m so glad she was to support me and see me win.”

Brock also credits her ball-striking for allowing her to be in position to make a lot of key putts throughout the week and her new driver, a Titleist TSi2, for giving her about 20 extra yards of distance to set up those shorter approach shots. With that formula, Brock intends to continue honing her craft – in moderation – to prepare for the events on her upcoming tournament schedule now that she’s earned several exemptions with the U.S. Women’s Mid-Am win, including a trip to the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open Championship.

“I’m going to play in a major, so I’m

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Blakesly Brock takes a selfie with the trophy.

going to give it everything I have and see how good I can be,” she says. “I’m excited to get back to work. I’ll play the U.S. Open first at Pine Needles, which is really a dream come true for me to compete against the very best in the world and see how my game stacks up. After that, I’ll have the U.S. Amateur at Chambers Bay, which is really exciting. I’m a big Jordan Spieth fan and that’s where he won, so I’m excited to go and see the course and

Blakesly was a standout player at the University of Tennessee.

A fist pump from the eventual champ.

Blakesly poses with her parents after winning the Tennessee Mid-A, title.

experience that.”

With a renewed spirit and a new mindset, Brock is prepared for what lies ahead. She may not be actively pursuing a future in professional golf anymore, but she’s certainly ready to prove she still has what it takes – to show everyone, including herself, that golf is a whole lot more fun when you’re winning tournaments and taking it all in stride.

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Harpeth Hills team wins Davis Cup matches Tee Times Report The 2021 Davis Cup kicked off with two ladies’ teams representing McCabe’s Town & Country Golf Association and Harpeth Hills Ladies Golf Association for the two- day Ryder Cup Match play at Harpeth Hills Golf Course on October 20-21st.

The competition was named for Sally Davis, the retired Metro Superintendent of Parks Courses and a longtime member of both leagues.

Her tireless effort to promote women’s golf is unparalleled. This year’s competition was friendly as always, but fiercely competitive with Harpeth Hills winning by one point.

Beth DiMaggio, captain of the Town&Country team offered congratulations to HHLGA captain Karen Rader Carson on their win and superb team play.

“We do not get many opportunities to play match play or in tournaments featuring 2-lady teams in Four-Ball and Alternate-Shot formats,” DiMaggio said.

“The winners of our leagues’ major tournaments are automatically on the team and the rest of the team is ladies that want to participate. The event is played with handicaps so golfers of different skill levels can compete.”

Carson, captain of the HHLGA said,” this is a blast for all of us. We know each other well, but when it came down to team play, well … the competition was at pitch level. We want to give a shout out to PGA Kevin Forte, Jacob McDowell, his assistant, and to pro shop and teammate

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McGowin understands that a golf course can’t thrive without a customer base that includes a lot of returning golfers. The small details are what can make or break that proposition – details like course conditions, tee time management and customer interaction.

“Customer interaction is a big part I harp on to my staff,” he explains. “It’s as simple as asking how your day is going or asking, ‘What can I do for you?’ Coaching them in the right direction to provide a good experience doesn’t take much and it should be the expectation for every staff member out here.

“We want this to be a fun experience; a fun place that anybody would want to come to.

The golf course quality is going to remain consistent. I want consistency seven days a week, sunup to sundown. I want as close to perfection as we can give our golfers.”

Perfection is to balance on the razor’s edge.

Training a tremendous staff takes time.

Cleaning, maintenance and repairs take time and the ability to work around a packed golf

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(HHLGA) Andie McDowell. All of those involved worked hard to make this fun and competitive for all the ladies. Kudos Harpeth Hills staff and to Superintendent James McCarty and his crew. The course was in magnificent shape.”

Davis said she was honored the event is named after her.

“The Davis Cup has been a highlight of our golf season since it inaugural event three years ago,” she said. “I hope it will become an event that will promote match play in women’s golf and provide many years of healthy competition for our ladies groups.”

Town & Country Team: Vicki Beaver, Martha Choat, Cynthia Dahlgren, Beth DiMaggio, Dottie Dube, Linda Green, Ann Holloway, Monice Hostettler, Joni Kies, Kelly Kraft, Ginger Manley, Cathy O’Connor, Kathy Robbins, Kaye Steed, Jean Stephens, Sandy Strohl.

Harpeth Hills Team: Teresa Baese, Donna Banks, Andie Beatty, Janet

Carmichael, Jane Cohea, Diane Dalius, Penny Gauder, Jeanette Higbe, Martha Hueneke, Patti McCarver, Karin Rader, Vicky Shofner, Vickie Stanfill, Angela West, Peggy White, Kay Wright.

course. All of it takes money.

Luckily, McGowin is the perfect man for the job, and the results at Twelve Stones since he took over as GM five years ago speak for themselves.

McGowin knows Middle Tennessee golfers have options – plenty, in fact. Getting golfers to come to and return to Twelve Stones over and over again is all about the small things and the consistency those small things can afford.

“There’s a lot of golf courses in Nashville to choose from,” he says. “What puts us above others? It’s the character of the golf course and the conditions. The programs we offer out here, there’s more than enough value to bring a golfer out again. It’s about making sure that value is consistent on a day-to-day basis.”

While the pandemic has presented plenty of difficulties for golf course operators – golf carts and cart parts are in short supply, as are custom-fit golf clubs and other gear – every industry is experiencing the same supply shortages and general supply chain issues. Golfers generally understand that. Still, the customer experience is about more than being able to get new golf clubs when they want them.

McGowin understands that fact and knows customer care is what can make up for it – especially when there are so many customers to take care of.

“Back when I had 20 people playing golf, I could open and run the golf shop, clean the carts and go home,” he explains. “Now that we have 120, 130, 140 rounds a day, the staff is needed. Someone has to train them. It gives them an opportunity to learn and grow as well. It’s making me a better manager. It’s making Chris [Weilandt] a better head pro.

It’s making our marshals better marshals.

With the growth, there’s needs that need to be met.”

Some general managers see things through the money-green lenses of the bottom line.

McGowin isn’t one of those general managers. Sure, he needs to create and operate on a budget, but he understands that “value” isn’t always defined by figures. In many cases, it comes down to the intangibles: a quality product. A friendly staff. An experience you can’t or won’t get anywhere else.

In other words, he sweats the small stuff.

It’s all about the small things, and it’s the small things that are shaping Twelve Stones into one of the best semi-private golf courses in the Nashville area.

Captain Karin Rader and her HHLGA held onto the Davis Cup, despite tugs from T & C Captain Beth DiMaggio

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Vanderbilt’s Auston Kim gets game back on track

By Graham Hays VUcommodores.com Standing in the fairway on the 10th hole of the most famous golf course in the world, Auston Kim sized up her next shot in this year’s Augusta National Women’s Amateur. A long par-4 that descends steeply from tee to green, the hole historically ranks among the most difficult on the course - par harder to come by than even on the subsequent holes that form Amen Corner.

Yet for a fleeting moment, Kim didn’t worry about the next shot. Or next hole. Or next round. A golfer who grew up watching the Masters with her dad, entranced by the tournament but also curious why it was only for men, she stood on the fairway and savored her surroundings. Not a blade of grass looked out of place. And she was there.

Not as a guest, but as a competitor.

“I think back to that very often,” Kim recalled. “Everything that I’d done the past few years led up to that. It was really nice. It was very peaceful.”

For Kim, the moment was also a port in the storm. She was an immediate success as a collegian, earning All-America and All-SEC accolades as a freshman and similar plaudits as a sophomore. She earned opportunities to compete in the 2020 Augusta Women’s Amateur and that year’s U.S. Women’s Open, events that presumably presaged a dominant junior year for Vanderbilt.

Then the world turned upside down.

The Augusta tournament was canceled early in the pandemic, her invitation put on hold for a year. The 75th U.S. Open was postponed until December. After opting out of Vanderbilt’s fall season to remain home in Florida, she overhauled her swing. Upon returning to Nashville for the second semester and spring season, little went right. Her results suffered. Her confidence wavered. Her frustration mounted.

All the turmoil still surrounded that fleeting moment of serenity in Augusta.

The reprieve was temporary. Yet it was also revelatory. Pursuing excellence doesn’t prevent failure or frustration.

The pursuit invites such setbacks. It is alright to struggle. It isn’t weakness.

Standing amid the famed azaleas this spring, Kim wasn’t the golfer she wanted to be. She wouldn’t find that form again for months. Perhaps that was alright.

After two meteoric years put her on the map, the lessons of her longest year may prove even more valuable.

“I’m grateful for those experiences because they helped me appreciate

the good moments in life,” Kim said.

“And how grateful I can be to represent Vanderbilt in the classroom and on the course.”

Golf was always going to shape Kim. With a dad, Christopher, who was an avid amateur player and an older sister, August, who played collegiately at Purdue and now competes professionally, the game was inescapable. She would either embrace it or reject it. There was no neutral option. Sure enough, by five years old, she was following her dad to the range or her sister to the course.

It didn’t take long for golf to go from a hobby to something more serious.

“She wanted to beat her older sister,” Christopher Kim said of the siblings separated by five years. “Her competitive spirit kicked in.”

She was a very good junior player, better than she lets on when she says she was “OK” in high school. But she wasn’t a prodigy. As her dad notes, people just blossom at different ages. For Kim, golf before Vanderbilt was an occasionally frustrating endeavor. She worked hard.

She cared. But it didn’t always translate to results commensurate with the effort.

Not until she got to Vanderbilt.

Whatever uncertainty Kim had about her own ability in high school, longtime Vanderbilt women’s golf coach Greg Allen had no doubts about her potential once she arrived in Nashville. A powerful player that Allen sometimes struggles to keep up with when serving as a weight training partner, Kim can reach the green in two shots on most par5 holes in college competitions. That ability alone brings three or four birdie opportunities into play each round.

“The sound of the ball leaving that club face was just different,” Allen said. “She just hits the ball super hard. We knew she was going to be doing some special things for us.”

As a freshman, Kim either held outright or shared the team’s best score in six of her final eight tournaments. Kim then led the team in scoring average during a sophomore season cut short by the pandemic.

The early success fueled Kim’s aspirations to follow in her sister’s footsteps as a professional golfer after graduation. To that end, her dad said, remaking her swing from a draw to a fade had long been on the agenda. A fade, he noted, matched the preference of most professionals and offered greater reliability. Still, overhauling a swing is also a significant commitment, which is why it was something they talked about doing only after Kim finished at

Vanderbilt’s Auston Kim has returned to form this season. Photo courtesy Vanderbilt Athletics

Vanderbilt. But with the unexpected break as a result of the pandemic, they moved up the timetable.

The change was always something that weighed potential long-term benefits against short-term discomfort. It wasn’t going to be easy. And between adapting to the new swing and limited opportunity to play competitive rounds through much of 2020, Kim struggled on the course after returning to Vanderbilt ahead of the second semester.

“Golf is a mental game,” Allen said. “And when you’re going through major golf swing changes, you can get a lot of swing thoughts going through your mind.”

Even that moment of serenity at Augusta slipped away. She played well in the early rounds, which were played on a different course, but struggled in

the final round on the famed course.

It was more of the same in the college season, a step forward in one round and a step back in another. For someone who thrives on incremental improvement and seeing work translate to results, trusting a process again tested her relationship with the sport.

She found solace through reading accounts of professional golfers who struggled with various aspects of the sport’s mental demands.

She kept playing, kept working. By August, when she succeeded in the first phase of the qualification process to compete next year on the LPGA or Symetra Tour, she felt like she could see light ahead. She felt good about how she played, good about how she handled See Kim on page 18

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MEMORIES & MYSTERIES - 45 Holes-in-One

By Bobby Greenwood, PGA Scoring a hole-in-one is one of the biggest thrills in golf. Even seasoned PGA Tour players get excited when they make an ace. It’s also a rare feat that requires just 3 things: a lot of luck, perfect line and great distance control. Do that and you will have hit a great shot, probably close enough for a gimmie. But if it goes in … lucky shot.

While I was playing the PGA Tour in the 1970s, the hole-in-one world record

holder was the 1959 Masters Champion, Art Wall, Jr., who was credited with making 45 holes-in-one.

Needless to say, I was a great admirer of this great player.

Wall won fourteen titles on the PGA Tour, including four in 1959. That year he was the PGA Player of the Year, and also won the money title and Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average.

His most notable achievement was his 1959 Masters victory. He birdied five of his last six holes to shoot a 66 and

overtake Cary Middlecoff and defending champion Arnold Palmer in the final round. At that time, winning the Masters meant a first prize of $15,000, among other incalculable benefits; his 1959 total was then $33,000, the most a professional golfer had ever won at this point in the year. He was a member of three United States Ryder Cup teams: 1957, 1959 and 1961.

Well, let me tell you a story about me and Art Wall, who is the “King of Aces”, and you decide.

We were paired together during the last round of the Philadelphia Golf Classic which was played at Whitemarsh Valley Country Club in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania. I was a fan of his and he knew that I was honored to play with him. Being a student of the game my whole life, I thought I would do a test to see if there could be some kind of a knack to making a hole-in-one. After all, how can anyone make 45 holes-in-one? Art was a fine, honest man and all of his fellow Tour players never doubted that he did it. I just wanted to try to learn and study how he was able to do such a feat. So, I decided to carefully do this during our round together that day.

The 12th hole at Whitemarsh Valley was a 193-yard par-3 with good visibility, a good place for my test. Therefore, I started a friendly exchange with him starting on the first nine. As we would play, I would say things like, “Say Art, how many holes-in-one have you made?” and later, “Wow, that is amazing!” Several holes later I said, “No one has come close to 45 holes-in-one!”, etc., etc.

Thinking about the par-3 12th hole coming close as we made the turn, I jokingly said, ‘No really Art, how many holes-inone have you really made?’

Art knew that I was a young pro that liked him very much and he never got mad. I was getting Art ready for the 12th hole. Finally, as we stepped on the 12th tee, Art had the honor. I timed it just perfectly so as not to bother his shot. Just as he teed up his ball, I said, “Art, if you made 45, show me one here.” He stepped back behind the ball, took a breath, walked up to the ball and, took his stance. Nothing looked different up to this point except perhaps a little more focused.

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toward the flag (I couldn’t believe what I was seeing!). I thought it was going in until the screams from the crowd turned into a dull moan. His ball lipped out and stopped three inches from the hole! What had just happened? I’m not sure… This mild-mannered man tipped his cap to the adoring gallery as we walked on the green.

Think about it. Can a human being have a gift or talent to do amazing things? After seeing what I saw, I’m surprised he didn’t make more than 45 holes-in-one.

With more luck Art would have made No. 46 that day!

So, what about Jack Nicklaus and Palmer? Let’s compare.

According to PGA Tour record-keepers, Nicklaus has made 20 holes-in-one overall (including all his practice and friendly rounds). Arnold Palmer had 19 holes-in-one across all settings. Other totals (among all rounds played, including friendly and practice rounds) are 19 aces for Gary Player and 18 for Tiger Woods.

And again… Art Wall made 45!

In my 41 years of playing competitive golf, I have made 8 lucky shots but at 83 years of age I don’t remember much about each one. There are four however, that stand out to me. The first one came when I was 17 and playing in a junior tourney in Clarksville, Tennessee with Walton Smith. The great Mason Rudolph was standing beside the 2nd green (8 iron, 143 yards).

Then, an ace during the Tennessee State Amateur Qualifying round in Memphis propelled me to win the medalist honors that year (5-iron, 175 yards).

There was one I made on the fly at Cookeville Country Club’s third hole (pitching wedge, 95 yards) without any witnesses.

My last hole-in-one is always one to remember because my wife and daughter got to see me do it (RMA Alumni golf tournament, Gainesville, Georgia).

I made that one with a 5-iron from 182 yards. But, the one I remember most was the near miss by Art Wall that I witnessed at Whitemarsh Valle CC.

Bobby Greenwood’s 8 Holes-in-One

1. 8 iron (143 yards) - Clarksville Country Club, No. 2 playing with Walton Smith and witnessed by Mason Rudolph. *Bobby was 17 years old, July 28, 1955 2. Wedge (100 yards) - Cookeville Country Club, No. 3, September 10, 1957 3. Wedge (95 yards) - Cookeville Country Club, No. 3 (went in on the fly), September 17, 1958 4. 5 iron (175 yards) - Sparta Country Club, September 19, 1959 5. 5 iron (175 yards) - Memphis Country Club during the Tennessee State Amateur, June 15, 1961 6. 7 iron (150 yards) - Cookeville Country Club, No. 3, August 15, 1963 7. 5 iron (177 yards) - Bakersfield Country Club, No. 16 while on the PGA Tour, Bakersfield, California, September 12, 1971 8. 5 iron (182 yards) - Emerald Pointe Golf Club, No. 15 during the Riverside Military Academy’s Alumni golf tournament. Gainesville, Georgia, October

2006. Witnesses: Elma and Viola Greenwood, Frank McKay. *Bobby was 68 years old

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the heat and difficult conditions in the California desert.

She continues playing well for Vanderbilt this fall, finishing tied for fourth in the Cougar Classic and tied for third in the Mason Rudolph Championship, in each case out of more than 80 participants.

“If an athlete has confidence, you’re halfway home,” Christopher Kim said.

“Junior year, she lost a lot of confidence.

Now she’s slowly gaining confidence.

She believes in herself more.”

Outlasting disillusion should serve Kim well this season with the Commodores and into her future in the sport. That experience may prove useful well beyond a golf career, too. It is perhaps notable that someone who searched at such length for optimism on the golf course is a political science major whose faith in our collective potential remains undimmed by world events.

Kim arrived at Vanderbilt intending to follow in her sister’s footsteps off the course as well as on by going to medical school—at least until her freshman

general chemistry class. Two weeks in, she realized she needed a new plan, her own plan, and she discovered she didn’t loathe history and government classes the way she loathed chemistry. In fact, she loved them.

An SEC Academic Honor Roll member as a sophomore and dean’s list honoree this past spring, Kim hopes to attend law school and work in politics when her golf career eventually ends.

Although the show almost predates her, she loves a quote from The West Wing’s fictional president Jed Bartlet that “decisions are made by those who show up.”

“I’m a realist,” Kim acknowledged. “If we want change, it’s up to people my age to act and get the things we want in terms of positive change and positive evolution. I’m a big believer in being able to achieve what we want—as long as we put our best effort forward.”

It’s the believing that can be difficult.

Kim knows that well after a long year.

Sometimes you can’t see the results.

But sometimes you look around and see Augusta National. And you realize how far you’ve already come.

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Taking Refuge in Jackson, Mississippi

By Gregg Dewalt Tee Times Editor While Mississippi has a wide array of outstanding public and semi-private golf course offerings, the capital city of Jackson is rarely mentioned as a leading golf destination for the state.

Many of the state’s best public options are either located south toward the coast or to the north in outposts such as West Point or Philadelphia.

Local and state officials hope Jackson’s public golf image changes for the better with the recent re-opening of The Refuge and the grand opening of its accompanying Sheraton Flowood The Refuge Hotel and Conference Center.

The two entities go hand in hand, although the Refuge golf course is akin to ‘everything old is new again’ while the 196-room Sheraton is brand new.

Both have been open since late spring.

The 18-hole golf course is owned by the City of Flowood, a suburb of Jackson. It is operated by Troon Golf, with Blake Hatfield serving as head golf professional and clubhouse manager.

The Refuge golf course first opened in 1998, designed by Roy Case and at the time was considered one of the top public facilities in Mississippi. It was carved out of 200 acres of wetlands.

Case’s original routing was out-and-back and featured tight, tree-lined fairways.

Course critiques were mostly from a playability aspect. While one local golfer waited for a brief thunderstorm to abate, he said the newly renovated course resembles the old layout, it’s much more playable now.

“Before, if you hit it off the fairway you couldn’t find your ball,” he said. “You didn’t want to go look for it, either, because of the tall grass and the snakes.”

Renovation of The Refuge produced a strong set of par 3 holes

Nathan Crace of Watermark Golf was assigned the task of renovating The Refuge, and to that end he did yeoman’s work, clearing trees and brush along the edges of the fairways.

“Everybody says the same thing – the conditioning is amazing,” Hatfield said during a recent round. “I always like hearing from people who played the course before because their input is invaluable to us as far as what the changes have been and to really make sure what we are doing is on the right track.”

Crace created three new holes, including No. 18, and rerouted several more, tifeagle Bermuda grass was installed on the greens and bunkering and the irrigation system was improved.

The new version of The Refuge plays to 7,013 yards from the tips and 6,327 yards from the II tees. Three other sets of tees give players the option of playing it from 4,439 yards to 5,698 yards, so it’s easy to find the best distance for players to

maximize the fun factor without torturing themselves. The slope rating from the tips is 74,6/137. It’s 71.1/135 from the II tees and 68.1/123 for men from the III tees.

The Refuge is mostly flat with a modest number of bunkers and water, and now that the front nine returns to the clubhouse it is easy to walk nine holes.

Unless you are playing the tips, The Refuge features a nice mix of short and longish par 4s. Yardages on the pars 3s range from 107 yards to 168 yards from the III tees. The staggered yardages ensures that players will get to hit a variety of irons throughout the round.

The ninth hole used to be No. 18 and is a memorable par 5 that offers a spectacular view of the new hotel.

Hatfield said The Refuge has had a strong opening.

“Everybody has absolutely loved the golf course,” he said. “That has been quite a blessing. The first six months have exceeded my expectations. When

you open a new facility, you are almost waiting for something to go wrong. In six months in that hasn’t happened.

“Obviously, it hasn’t been perfect. But I tell our staff let’s be better today than we were yesterday. We are going to make mistakes, but let’s not worry about it and be better tomorrow. If we keep that mindset, then we are going to continue to grow and grow and grow.”

With a new $50 million hotel that features multiple restaurants and bars, a swimming pool, lazy river, 27,000-square feet of meeting space, fitness center, cooking school and spa attached to the golf course and located just minutes from the airport, Mississippi Director of Tourism Craig Ray hopes The Refuge makes Jackson a destination and a jumping off point for golf in the state.

“To have a public golf course attached to a $50 million hotel project with restaurants this close to the airport truly allows us to be a destination,” Ray said.

“Whether you are flying in or driving in, you can play here and not even an hour up the road you can be at Dancing Rabbit (Philadelphia) or about an hour and 45 minutes you can be at Old Waverly and Mossy Oak (West Point). From a golf trail package, you could almost start here and have those two other resorts in play.”

Ray is an avid golfer and is happy The Refuge has reopened and is providing another public golf option for the area.

“It’s an old golf course, but really it is a new golf course,” he said. “It’s been redesigned and is much more player friendly. To have this, if we are recruiting golfers to Mississippi, it’s exciting. I think it will have a huge impact on the state golf product as we are looking at golf packages and attracting new golfers to a new course to promote with a friendly place to stay.”

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Vaughn Crawford, winner of the 2021 Senior Amateur Championship

Aces GreyStone Golf Club Brady Hutton aced No. 16, a 170-yard par 3 on Sept. 27.

Henry Horton/Tennessee Golf Trail/ Tennessee State Parks Chris Hughes aced No. 16 at from 120 yards with a 9-wood on Oct. 4. Jennie Latta witnessed the shot.

William Pearson aced No. 8, a 149-yard par 3 with a 7-iron.

Witnesses were Devon Williams and Matt Thomason.

McCabe Golf Course/ Metro Nashville Fairways Bob Hill aced No. 2 on the Middle Course on Oct. 7 with a 4-hybrid from 134 yards. Witnesses were Tom Barry, Jim Cosby and Dick Moore Bill Shenk aced No. 8 on the North Course with a wedge from 127 yards on Oct. 19. Witnesses were Marvin Sandford, Mark Franciscon and Terry Brennan

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Tennessee Junior Cup matches end in tie Tee Times Report The East and West teams played to a draw recently at the Tennessee Junior Cup matches held at The Grove.

The East won Foursomes play 6-1 while the West took a 4-3 win in FourBall play.

Holding a 9-5 lead going into Singles play, it appeared the East would capture the Cup. But in Singles play, the West won 9 of 14 available points to leave the matches tied at 14-all.

In Singles play, West winners were: • Claire Henson 1-up over Lynn Lim • Karlie Campbell 1-up over Kynadie Adams • Molly Harsdwick 2&1 over Lauren Paige Slatton • Autumn Spencer 1-up over Sophie Linder • Patton Samuels 2&1 over Carson Kammann • Christian Pardue 1-up over Aidan Collier • Cameron Tankersley 3&2 over Kaleb Wilson • Luke Siekiewicz 5&3 over Luke Caldwell • Blades Brown 1-up over Sheldon

Team West McKnight.

East winners in singles were: • Maddox Crowder 2&1 over Ethan Stanford III • Ethan Whitaker 3&1 over Jacob Garland • Evan Woosley-Reed 1-up over Jackson Harrington • Harrison Thompson 5&4 over Tyler Wiliamson • Grant Clark 1-up over Jackson McCommon

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Team East

4 teams crowned champions at The Scotty

The team of Jackson Hughey and JJ Zimmer took top honors in the Boys Championship Flight recently.

The Hughey/Zimmer team outlasted Aidan Collier/Douglas Fezell 3&2 in the championship match to win the title.

The team of Emily Wilson/Kennedy Anne Noe took top honors in the Girls Championship Flight, defeating Lauren

Paige Slatton and Isabella Johnson in 19 holes.

In the Boys 12-14 division, Carson Daniel/Leo Huddleston defeated Eli Brown/Laird Williams 4&3 in the title match.

In the Boys 11-under division, Connor Daniel/Will Huddleston beat Braydon Bennett/Tyler Stafford in 11 holes for the championship.

The matches were played at Oak Ridge Country Club.

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Liam Todd finds home, happiness at GOLFTEC

By Justin Onslow Tee Times Associate Editor For many, going away to college means packing up and leaving home for the first time. Sometimes college is just a few blocks away, sometimes dozens of miles – even hundreds or a couple thousand for the more adventurous among us.

For Liam Todd, college was roughly 8,000 miles away, in a foreign land of “wrong-way” driving, vast plains and small towns with “one traffic light.” Sterling, Kansas, to be more precise.

Todd, 26, a native of New Zealand, had to make some big adjustments to pursue a future in golf. At 20, with a scholarship to golf at Sterling College secured, Todd left home – Invercargill, New Zealand; a city of some 57,000 – to arrive in Sterling for the first time. The experience, he says, was unexpected.

“I didn’t really know what to expect,” he admits. “I didn’t know that Kansas was Kansas. I was watching all these movies about the college experience. I ended up in the middle of small-town Kansas where there’s one traffic light. There’s a town of 2,000 but the school had 1,000 of them.”

Todd had a successful golf career at Sterling, not to mention his successful acclamation to U.S. driving, food and culture. He got to play college golf – something not available to him back home – and, most fortuitously, he met his future wife, Megan, which ultimately led to a life in Nashville and a new career at GOLFTEC. “Being able to travel to [various golf courses] with close friends and play golf was great,” he adds of his first several years in the U.S. “Being able to meet my wife while I was over here – my partner. We got together, bought a house and we’ve got a couple dogs. We’re settled in here in Nashville.”

Megan had an opportunity to study at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and Todd, knowing there would be opportunities to further his career in golf elsewhere, was more than willing to follow his future wife to a new state that promised new experiences and opportunities. He ended up at Richland Country Club in Nashville, first as a management intern, then as beverage manager and eventually the food and beverage supervisor.

Still, simply working at a golf course wasn’t where Todd saw his career going when he left New Zealand six years prior.

“My goal was always to either be playing golf or to be teaching golf,” he says. “That’s what I’ve always been working toward. Going to Richland was a foot in the door. I just kind of worked my way up too far on the food and beverage side. It was a great learning experience

on how to work with people and work in the service industry in general, but I was always looking for teaching opportunities.”

With that, Todd left Richland after more than two years and joined the GOLFTEC team in Franklin, Tennessee, where he began his new job as a certified personal coach on June 1.

Already he’s seeing his decision pay dividends in the form of the professional satisfaction he likely envisioned when he left Sterling for the much brighter lights of Music City.

“It sounded like a great fit on paper, and it ended up being a perfect fit,” he admits. “Everyone is great to work with.

Everyone gets along really well. We’re all friends and it’s a great place to work.”

Like any golf instructor worth his or her salt, Todd is already reveling in the opportunity to help people get better at the game. That’s the driving force behind his decision to join the GOLFTEC family.

“Getting to meet all of the different people that come in here is one of my favorite parts. Being able to come into work every day and my job is to just help people get better at golf … I know how hard it is to get good at the sport, and being able to expedite that process for other people is something I enjoy doing.”

While he hasn’t been at it long, Todd is a seasoned golfer and a strong communicator. In his brief time at GOLFTEC, he’s seen the kind of improvement from his students that makes it all worth it.

“I had one guy who came in with a goal of breaking his best round ever, 70,” he explains.

“He did that like 15 years ago. We were eight or 10 lessons in and he shot a consecutive 68 and 69. That was really rewarding.

“I also had a kid who came in who was the sixth or seventh player on the school team, and you had to be in the top five to reach the regional tournament, so he was missing out. He decided to come in for some lessons and he ended up qualifying second.”

For Todd, branching out (to the tune of 8,000 or so miles) was the catalyst for a new life and a new career in a city filled with amazing golfing opportunities. Still, there are plenty of things to miss about home.

“Back in New Zealand, as long as you’re a member somewhere, you can roll up and walk up to the first tee,” he says. “The thing I’ve struggled to adjust to here is, even if you’re a member somewhere, you’re booking tee times in advance.”

A small price to pay, perhaps, for a life and a job he loves in a city he’s growing to love as well, a paltry 8,000 miles from where it all began.

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TRUE linkswear offers comfortable shoes for golf and casual wear.

Be TRUE to your shoe

What started as a conversation among friends has turned into a fast-growing company

By Gregg Dewalt Tee Times Editor Long gone are the days when golfers slipped on those classic leather shoes for their 18-hole round with the clickclick-clicking of metal spikes on concrete offering up an unmistakable sound.

When the round was over, those same golfers took off those golf shoes and put on something a little more comfortable for the ride home or for that post-round beverage or dinner.

Fast forward to the present and the prevailing question seems to be, “Why can’t golf shoes be stylish, comfortable and casual at the same time?”

For the past decade, the crew at TRUE linkswear (www.truelinkswear.com) has been building a brand that combines wearability with comfort and style for golfers both on and off the golf course.

And, it all started at a coffee shop with a conversation among friends where they tossed around that very question.

Brothers Ryan and Jason Moore were a part of that conversation more than a decade ago. Out of it they began developing the next generation of golf

shoes that appeal to everybody who tees it up – from once-a-year players to those who play the game for a living – and even some who don’t play. It also helps that Ryan Moore, one of the company’s owners, also plays golf for a living on the PGA Tour.

Who better to develop a golf shoe than a guy who logs hundreds of miles a year walking around golf courses?

“Growing up in golf shoes that we couldn’t stand to wear, or be seen in, was a huge motivator in where we are today,” Jason Moore said recently in an email to alabamagolfnews.com. “There have historically been two options in the category, a rigid dress shoe with spikes or an uncomfortable plastic foot cage.

We wanted to create something players could wear before, during, and after their rounds; shoes that weren’t just your favorite golf shoes, but your favorite shoes – period. The kind of shoes that looked and felt like your favorite sneakers but performed better than anything else out there on the course. These same ideals continue to motivate us, and is the main reason TRUEs are worn just as often off the course as they are on it.”

TRUE offers five lines of men’s shoes – the newest being the Sport series. Other men’s lines include the Knit series, LUX series and Original series. Women’s lines include Knit II, Knit II Pure and Foray X. Jason Moore admits diving into an industry filled with well-known brands with mega-marketing budgets was going out on a limb with no safety net.

“Of course, it’s crazy to start a niche brand when you’re going up against some of the biggest heavy hitters in global footwear – but the need, selfishly and globally, was worth the risk,” he said.

“In fact, we still believe the category and industry itself needs innovation and we want to be a part of that cultural shift. We believe shoes should blend seamlessly from the course to the post-round drinks with friends – and wherever else your life takes you. Golf lifestyle is evolving – new players are entering the game and we want to build gear that fits their lifestyle.”

Moore said he was surprised that investors, friends and family liked the idea of a new company with a fresh idea entering the marketplace.

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the marketplace, and we offered a revolutionary solution,” Moore said. “But it wasn’t until the product hit the shelves and we saw such a strong reaction and early following that we knew we were on to something.”

There was a learning curve as TRUE tried to build a better golf shoe and entered the marketplace. Jason Moore admits that early on, the team was “in over our heads.”

“Footwear development is hard,” he said.

“It’s complex. It involves everything from engineering, studying ergonomics, global sourcing and manufacturing and more.

But with time, practice, humility and the competitive drive to get better, we think we really started to hit our stride these last several years.”

He said they also encountered an industry in which standards were all over the board. He used waterproofing as an example.

“Being new to the space, we thought we could build shoes in a similar waterproof construction methodology to the other brands in golf,” he said. “What we found is, those standards were incredibly low, and consumers these days are not fooled by a lack of quality. The golf consumer now has access to the internet with thousands of options at their fingertips to study and make an educated buying decision. So about five years ago we decided we wanted to be industry leading in our waterproofing technique and we completely re-worked how we build our shoes from the ground up. What we offer today is not only the highest quality waterproof products in our category, but also the highest rated products in that customer by our verified customers.”

It didn’t take long for the TRUE brand to carve out its place in the industry. While Jason Moore didn’t offer specifics as to the company’s sales numbers or staffing, he said TRUE has “essentially doubled as a company for the last four years consecutively.”

“Independent analytics have made a case we just may be the fastest growing footwear company in golf,” he said.

“Ironically, we carved out a niche very early on and grew our business off of that foundation. We built the first minimalist, comfortable shoes for the walking golfer, and it really struck a chord with our loyal patrons because no one else was doing this. Today’s customer is much more willing to think outside of the box when it comes to ‘known brands’ and search out high quality, niche products that better fit their lifestyle – and because of that we continue to take market share.”

TRUE shoes and apparel are sold online or through independent retailers and are not available at the national chain stores or through online discount retailers. The price range of their shoes is from $140 to $210.

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TSSAA has successful 1st state tourney in Sevierville Tee Times Report After a long, successful run with Willowbrook Golf Course hosting the TSSAA High School Golf Championships, the Tennessee Golf Association and Tennessee Golf Foundation partnered with TSSAA and moved the tournaments to Sevierville Golf Club for the first time this year.

The contract with Willowbrook expired after 2020 and the TSSAA opened the tournament site to a bid process. The tournament garnered seven bids from across the state, according to TSSAA Assistant Executive Director Matthew Gillespie.

“All seven bids were very competitive financially and all offered something unique in hosting our state golf championships,” he said. “The Sevierville Golf Club is a quality golf course, and the involvement from the Sevierville community and the numerous volunteers was certainly a positive.”

Gillespie said Sevierville’s bid was unique in that it offered two 18-hole courses for

2021 Division I Class AA Boys’ Golf Championship Team Results

1 Brentwood 2 Knoxville Halls 3 Dickson Co.

4 Houston T5 Science Hill T5 Cookeville

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Matthew Gillespie TSSAA Assistant Executive Director

the competition.

“Our state tournaments usually take place over three consecutive weeks, so this gave us the unique opportunity to combine some divisions together and conduct all of the tournaments within a one-week period,” he said.

Tony Funderburg, Director of Sales and Advertising for the Sevierville Convention & Visitors Bureau/Chamber of Commerce, said

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1 Clarksville T2 Cleveland T2 Ravenwood

4 Tullahoma 5 Gallatin

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the community embraced the opportunity to showcase the golf courses and the area.

“We wanted to provide an experience for the players, coaches and families attending the championships that would create memories and lead to future visitation of Sevierville and the Great Smoky Mountain area,” he said. “Along with our partners at the Sevierville Golf Club, Sevierville Parks & Rec, Police Department and the Sevier County School System our community embraced hosting this event. We look forward to hosting the event next year and the opportunity to host in the future.”

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1 Kingston 2 South Gibson 3 Signal Mountain

4 Stewart Co. 5 Upperman

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Tony Funderburg

Director of Sales and Advertising for the Sevierville Convention & Visitors Bureau/Chamber of Commerce The time also was right to form a partnership with the TGA and TGF, Gillespie said.

“We had been in discussions with the TGA and TGF (Tennessee Golf Foundation) for a couple of years in regard to how we can all work together since we all shared the common goal of providing opportunities for youth golfers in our state,” he said. “The time finally came where we were able to officially form a partnership together and it has worked great in the first year. We all know things we can do to help improve on what has already been a great start.”

2021 Division I Class A Girls’ Golf Championship Team Results

1 Summertown 2 Riverside 3 Kingston

4 Signal Mountain 5 South Greene

Individual Results

1 Maddox Crowder Macon Co. (IND) 2 Carson Kammann Knoxville West (IND) 3 Luke Caldwell Cookeville 4 Jackson Herrington Dickson Co. T5 Cameron Tankersley Dickson Co. T5 Joseph Agee Cookeville

1 Sophia Dipaolo Franklin (IND) T2 Hannah Nall Cleveland T2 Lynn Lim Station Camp (IND) T4 Autumn Spencer Clarksville T4 Madeline Simcox Tennessee (IND)

1 Evan Woosley-Reed Cascade (IND) 2 Aidan Collier North Greene (IND) 3 Peyton Ogle Signal Mountain 4 Renato Gerena South Gibson 5 Blake Woody Kingston

1 Sophie Linder Gordonsville (IND) 2 Karlie Campbell Summer 4 Lanie Campbell Summertown 5 Brylee Crouse Kingston

2021 Division II Class AA Boys’ Golf Championship

2021 Division II Class AA Girls’ Golf Championship

2021 Division II Class A Boys’ Golf Championship

2021 Division II Class A Girls’ Golf Championship

Team Results

1 Baylor 2 Ensworth 3 McCallie

T4 MBA T4 MUS

Individual Results

1 Blades Brown Brentwood Aca. (IND) T2 David Schneider Jerez Baylor T2 Haden Maxwell Baylor T2 Toby Wilt Ensworth T2 Sheldon McKnight Baylor

Team Results

1 Baylor 2 Lipscomb Aca. 3 Ensworth

4 St. Agnes 5 Hutchison

Individual Results

1 Paula Liano Baylor E F 2 Ava Bankston Lipscomb Aca. T3 Anna Heck St. Agnes T3 Reagan Robinson Father Ryan (IND) T3 Hana Barber St. Mary’s (IND) T3 Savannah Cherry Ensworth

Team Results

1 CAK 2 Trinity Christian 3 Clarksville Aca.

4 Webb School 5 USJ 330

Individual Results

T1 Patton Samuels Clarksville Aca. T1 Luke Sienkiewicz ECS (IND) T1 Kaleb Wilson CAK 4 Trace Robinson Trinity Christian 5 Conner Brown Webb School

Team Results

1 Providence Christian 1 2 Trinity Christian 3 BGA

4 USJ 5 CAK

Individual Results

T1 Caroline Pardue Providence Christian T1 Claire Henson USJ T3 Emily Wilson FRA (IND) T3 Ella Cress Northpoint (IND) 5 Isabella Johnson Providence Christian