Stonehenge Golf Course

Getting To Know: Stonehenge Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Jeff Houston, Director of Golf

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 Jeff Houston 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
Stonehenge golf course opened in 1984 and is designed by Joe Lee. Stonehenge has for many years voted one of Tennessee's best public courses you can play. We are ranked #3 in 2016 by Golf Magazine. We host 4 state events each year. The Tennessee Senior Open, Tennessee Father/Son, Tennessee Women's Open and Tennessee Challenge Cup Matches.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Stonehenge is a true championship course that offers bent grass tees, fairways and greens. Our signature hole is the number 14 hole that has a 95 foot drop from the tee to a green that sits by Lake Dartmoor. It is certainly the signature hole of the resort.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
The length is not overwhelming at 6500 yards but hitting the fairways is a must so you have control of the distance for your shots into the green. Also, staying under the pin is a must when you are coming to our finishing holes.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Stonehenge was ranked #3 by Golf Magazine in the best courses you can play in 2016.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Hole #14 is our signature hole. It's a scenic par 3 with 95-foot elevated tee and yardages of 161 yards from the back tees.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
Hole #15 is a 501 yard par five that plays from an elevated tee to a landing area beside Lake Dartmoor. The longer hitters can challenge the carry over the water to a reachable distance to get home in two. The shorter hitters will lay up for a true 3 shot par five. The last carry must be over a creek guarding the front of the green.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
The nacho salad is the thing to have on the menu. You better have help.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
64

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 6549
Slope: 136
Rating: 71.8

More Information
Stonehenge Golf Club
222 Stonehenge Blvd.
Fairfield Glade, TN 38558
(931)484-3731
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.