Fairfield Glade Resort Receives Four Awards at the Annual Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee PGA Luncheon By Brian Weis

Fairfield Glade Resort Receives Four Awards at the Annual Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee PGA Luncheon

By Brian Weis

Jeremy Jones was selected Golf Professional of Year for the Knoxville Section of the Tennessee Professional Golfers Association. The "PGA Golf Professional of the Year Award" bestows special recognition on a PGA Golf Professional who has performed outstanding services as an overall PGA Professional. As one of the highest honors the PGA can bestow, candidates must possess outstanding qualities of leadership, strong moral character, and a substantial record of service to the Association and the game of golf. Individuals honored with the PGA Golf Professional of the Year award will be held as the model PGA Golf Professional. Jeremy is now in the finals for the Tennessee Section Professional of Year award with 4 other chapter winners.

Jeff Houston was selected the Bill Strausbaugh Award winner for the Knoxville section of the Tennessee Professional Golfers Association. The "PGA Bill Strausbaugh Award" bestows special recognition on a PGA Professional, who personally displays outstanding integrity, character, and leadership through a commitment to mentoring and making significant impacts on the careers of PGA Professionals. In the spirit of the award, "mentoring" shall be defined as follows: "Mentoring is supporting professionals to manage their own development so they can maximize their PGA career potential. The PGA mentor empowers, enables, advises, challenges, and encourages professionals to enhance their professional skills, strengthen their level of service, improve their work performance, and become the PGA Member that they aspire to be."

Corey Wade was selected Merchandiser of the Year for resort facilities by the Knoxville Section of the Tennessee Professional Golfers Association. The "Merchandiser of the Year Award is designed to recognize those PGA Professionals who have excelled as business persons/merchandisers in the promotion of golf. Corey is now a finalist for the Tennessee Section Merchandiser of Year for Resort facilities.

Grant Goodwin received the Assistant Professional of Year award from the Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Professional Golfers Association. The "Assistant Golf Professional of the Year Award" bestows special recognition on an Assistant Golf Professional who has performed outstanding services as an overall Assistant Professional. As one of the highest honors The PGA can bestow, candidates must possess outstanding qualities of leadership, strong moral character, and a substantial record of service to the association and the game of golf. Individuals honored with the Assistant Golf Professional of the Year award will be held as a model Golf Professional.

The awards ceremony luncheon took place in Knoxville on December 13th. These four winners of the Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee PGA will continue on to the Tennessee PGA Awards competition where they will compete with other chapter winners. Only one winner win each category will be presented at the state level.

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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.