Crag Course

Getting To Know: Heatherhurst Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Jeremy Jones, Head Golf Professional

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 Jeremy Jones 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
Heatherhurst Golf Club is home to 36 of the 90 holes of golf at Fairfield Glade Resort. The Brae and Crag courses were designed by Gary Roger Baird and are sure to provide an enjoyable experience to golfers of all abilities.

On the Brae course the front 9 provides the most challenge including a double dogleg fairway with two forced carries over Otter Creek on the 4th hole, said to be one of the toughest par 5's in Tennessee. The back 9 offers three par 3's, three par 4's and three par 5's with undulating fairways and encroaching bunkers. Number 10 is a par 5 that moves down hill to a green overlooking Lake Dartmoor. The Brae is the only course in the area with Zoysia grass fairways, optimal during the hottest summer months.

The Crag course is player-friendly with tee locations ranging from the most forward Green tees at 3,600 yards to the Blue tees at 6,200. Bent grass tees and greens, wide fairways-great for short hitters, and strategically placed bunkers add to the fun. The 17th is the Crag's signature hole. The teeing areas sit on an overlook that will have you pausing to take in the view. Although the 17th is a short hole, driving accuracy is important. A favorite among our furry and feathered friends, don't be surprised to see deer, turkey, squirrels or other passers by on the Crag course

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Heatherhurst is the perfect place for golfers looking to play two rounds in a day. Both courses operate out of the same clubhouse so you can enjoy two rounds of golf on two different course without the hassle of driving from course to course.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
The signature hole on the Crag course is #17. The tee sits 70 -80 feet above the fairway below. The views from the tee box are some of the best around.

On the Brae course their are two signature holes, one on each 9. On the front 9 #4 is a double dog leg par 5 with two forced carries over Otter Creek. This has been the site of many ruined rounds. Whether for the beauty of the hole with the Otter Creek and the covered bridge, or the difficulty everyone that has played #4 remembers it. The signature hole on the back nine of the Brae is #10. It is a 562 yard par five that plays down hill to a green situated on a peninsula surrounded by lake Dartmoor. The view for the fairway is one of the best you will find on any golf course.

Back Tee Stats
Par: Brae Course 72/Crag Course 72
Yardage: Brae Course 6499/Crag Course 6171
Slope: Brae Course 127/Crag Course 130
Rating: Brae Course 71.0/Crag Course 69.4

More Information
Heatherhurst Golf Club
421 Stonehenge Dr
Fairfield Glade, TN, 38558
931-484-3799
www.fairfieldglade.cc

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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.