Upcoming 2024 Senior State Open on June 10 & 11 By Brian Weis

Upcoming 2024 Senior State Open on June 10 & 11

By Brian Weis

The 2024 Senior State Open is Sponsored by Fairfield Glade and will be held on Monday, 6/10 and Tuesday, 6/11
- for the 15th consecutive year at Stonehenge Golf Club, consistently ranked as one of the "best courses you can play in Tennessee."

The 36-hole tournament welcomes 126 seniors from around the state.

Crossville's Kip Henley is the 2023 defending champion, pulling off a one-stroke win on the 18th hole.
- Henley was a golf professional in Fairfield Glade in the 80's and the original Head Professional at Heatherhurst from 1987-1998.
- Henley became the first amateur to win the Tennessee Senior State Open since 2015.

6 other players from Crossville will compete this year as well: Kelvin Burgin (former Sr State Open champ), John Bradshaw, Tim Rich, Gary Sult Jr., Eddie Wyatt, Greg Wyatt

Other former Sr State Open champs will compete again this year:
- Tim Jackson, Williston, TN, 2012 Inductee to the TN Golf Hall of Fame, 2011 TN Senior State Open Champion, 2-time US Mid-Amateur Champion, 2003 US Men's State Team Champion, All-time leader in wins in TN Golf Association state events with 27 victories, 11-time Men's Amateur Golfer of the Year, 8-time Men's Senior Amateur Golfer of the Year
- Bill Breen, PGA, Nashville - 4-time TN Senior State Open Champion, 2020 TN Senior PGA Professional Champion and 2016 & 2022 TN PGA Senior Player of the Year
- Gibby Gilbert III, Ooltewah - 3-time Senior State Open Champion, Former PGA TOUR & Champions TOUR Member
- Cliff Kresge, Knoxville - 2021 Senior State Open Champion, Former PGA TOUR & Champions TOUR Member

Come out and enjoy this exciting tournament at the beautiful Stonehenge Golf Club and let's show everyone why Crossville is proud to be the Golf Capital of Tennessee!

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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.