Golfweek Magazine Names Two Fairfield Glade Golf Courses to the Top Five 2022 Best Courses You Can Play in Tennessee

By Brian Weis

Fairfield Glade, TN, June 8, 2022- Fairfield Glade is pleased to announce that Stonehenge Golf Course has been ranked #2 and Heatherhurst Brae Golf Course #5 as Golfweek Magazine's "Best Courses You Can Play in Tennessee." Each year, Golfweek Magazine ranks golf courses state-by-state. Stonehenge Golf Club has placed in the top five over 10 years and this is the 4th year in the past six to have the Brae course at Heatherhurst included on this prestigious list. This is the 25th year of Golfweek's rankings. Golfweek has golf course raters who travel the world playing and ranking courses each year. The golf course rankers have 10 criteria's to go by:
1. Ease and intimacy of routing
2. Quality of feature shaping
3. Natural setting and overall land plan
4. Interest of greens and surrounding contours
5. Variety and memorability of par 3s
6. Variety and memorability of par 4s
7. Variety and memorability of par 5s
8. Basic quality of conditioning
9. Landscape and tree management
10. "Walk in the park" test. (This is the degree of which the course ultimately is worth spending a half-day on as a compelling outdoor experience.)

See rankings: https://golfweek.usatoday.com/lists/best-public-golf-courses-2022-state-by-state-ranking-public-access/

Stonehenge Golf Course gets its name from walls of native stone found throughout the 6549yard, par 72 layouts. Natural rock outcroppings come into play on several holes, with a 15-foot layered stone retaining wall running along the left and rear of the signature downhill par 3, 14th hole. The course is proud to feature bent grass tees, greens and fairways and hosts the Tennessee Senior State Open, Tennessee Golf Association Father-Son Championship and the The Golf Capital of Tennessee Women's Open. The Brae Course at Heatherhurst, named for the Scottish term for a hillside by a body of water is a 6,499 yard par 72 layout designed by Gary Roger Baird. The front 9 provides the most challenge, including the 4th hole which requires two forced carries over Otter Creek to a green perched on top of a beautiful, stacked stone wall. The back 9 is unique in that it has three par 3's, three par 4's and three par 5's. The par 5 10th hole is the signature hole playing 562 yards downhill to the green positioned at the edge of beautiful Lake Dartmoor. The Brae is the only course in the area to feature Zoysia fairways that provide unmatched fairway conditions. (See photos attached for Stonehenge & The Brae)

Fairfield Glade is home to five beautiful championship golf courses and is open to the public for an amazing golf experience. To book a tee time at any of Fairfield Glade's five golf courses, you may call Central Tee Times at (931) 484-3729. Golf package information can be found on the Fairfield Glade web site: www.fairfieldgladeresort.com/golf-package-info

For more information please contact Jeff Houston, Director of Golf at (931) 707-2158.

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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.