Getting To Know: Cattails at MeadowView By Brian Weis

Getting To Know: Cattails at MeadowView

An Insightful Interview With Peter DeBraal, General Manager/Director of Golf

By Brian Weis

Whether you have played a course 20+ times a year or looking to play the course for the first time, insights from an insider can help enhance your golf experience. Below is an interview with Peter DeBraal who shares some valuable tidbits about the course, memorable holes and must eats and treats at the 19th.

Give Our Readers An Overview of the Golf Course/Property
Cattails at Meadowview is nestled between the rolling foothills of the Appalachian and Great Smoky Mountains, and is surrounded by the beauty of the lush, wooded terrain. The par 71 layout, featuring six sets of tees, is recognized as one of the most enjoyable golf experiences in Tennessee. Golfers of all skill levels enjoy playing this masterpiece course designed by the renowned Denis Griffiths. The links-style front nine offers gently rolling terrain, combined with greenside mounds and bunkers. The back nine features a target-golf experience, meandering through the woods, highlighted by two memorable risk-and-reward par fives.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Cattails at MeadowView offers some of the best playing conditions in the region, featuring Bermuda grass fairways and Bentgrass greens. The course offers a fair, yet challenging, experience with a moderate number of sand bunkers and a winding stream, six beautiful lakes, wide fairways and large putting greens.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Bring every club in your bag and be prepared to use them. Don't discount the subtlety of the greens, as they demand your full attention.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Golf Digest rated Cattails at Meadowview four and a half stars.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Cattails' "Signature Hole" is Number 11. Easily the most beautiful hole on the course, it features 110 feet of uphill elevation change from tee to green.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
My favorite hole to play is Hole 13. It is a driveable, 321 yard par four. It boasts 100 feet of downhill elevation change. Standing on the tee, you are treated to some of the most beautiful scenery in the Tri-Cities.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Our regular golfers rave about the Cattails Chili Dog, which is best washed down with a cold LandShark Lager on draft.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Tanner Davis-63.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 71
Yardage: 6704
Slope: 71.8
Rating: 131

More Information
Cattails at MeadowView
1901 MeadowView Parkway
Kingsport, TN, 37660
423-578-6622
www.cattailsgolf.com

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.