Golf Course Overview: Cattails at MeadowView By Brian Weis

Golf Course Overview: Cattails at MeadowView

Insights From An Insider With Peter DeBraal, General Manager/Director of Golf

By Brian Weis

Local and traveling golfers love to research course before playing, whether it is to gain some local knowledge or to set the expectation for their experience. Below is an interview with Peter DeBraal who shares some valuable insight about the property, its most talked about holes and the signature dish/drink to consume at the 19th hole.

How Does Your Course Differ From The Others In The Area?
Cattails' service and hospitality is second to none. It is our pleasure to make the local golfer, as well as the resort guest or visitor, feel welcome and at home. The course is open to the public and offers everything a golfer could dream of: spectacular views, beautiful practice facilities, professional instruction and a fully stocked pro shop.

For someone who has not played the course in awhile, has there been any new changes/rennovations to the course or property?
In 2010, Cattails completed a complete bunker renovation. Our new and improved bunkers offer more efficient drainage and an improved sand-shot experience.

What is your course's answer to Amen Corner? (Describe your best/hardest 3 back/back/back holes)
Holes 16, 17 and 18 would be the most challenging combination on the course. Number 16 is a 537-yard classic risk-reward par 5. Number 17 is a 244-yard par 3 and Number 18 is a 426-yard par 4, with a forced-carry for your tee shot and a narrowing fairway as it approaches the green.

What is your course's claim to fame, or is there a little known fact that golfers should know about the property? The current location of Cattails at Meadowview was, at one time, the site of an airstrip and a drive-in movie theatre.

What tournaments/events have you (recently) hosted or will be hosting?
In 2014, Cattails at Meadowview hosted two collegiate events, three different junior tour events and numerous charity events.

Besides golf, what other amenities do you offer if a golfer wants to spend most of the day at your facility?
Cattails at Meadowview is located adjacent to the Meadowview Marriott Conference resort and Convention Center. Resort amenities include state of the art conference and meeting facilities, a brand new indoor pool and fitness center and is home to Reedy Creek Winery.

Signature sandwhich or drink?
Our golfers rave about the Cattails Chili Dog, which is best washed down with an ice-cold LandShark Lager on draft.

Contact Course
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.