Getting To Know: Dorchester Golf Club By Brian Weis

Getting To Know: Dorchester Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Jack Sixkiller, PGA 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 Jack Sixkiller 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
Dorchester Golf Course was opened in 1980 and designed by Bobby Greenwood PGA. By today's standards the course is not long, but the bent grass greens, narrow tree-lined fairways, strategically placed bunkers, and water on 6 of the 18 golf holes makes Dorchester Golf Club a challenge for even the most skilled golfer.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Fairfield Glade is a Resort/Retirement community located on the Cumberland Plateau near Crossville, Tennessee. Situated between Knoxville and Nashville, it is home for about 8,000 residents. Fairfield Glade is home to 5 championship golf courses with long histories of hosting state events.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
A mistake a lot of people make with Dorchester is to look at the yardage on the scorecard and think its an easy course and quickly find out that it requires more strategy than distance off the tee. It is a good test of golf for all levels of players with the 5 different sets of tees available.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Dorchester Golf Club completed construction of a new clubhouse in August 2015, with expanded grille seating and covered outdoor patio area that allow it to host more functions and events as well as providing golfers a relaxing area to enjoy the scenery, lunch and beverages with friends after their round of golf.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Hole #13 is the most talked about hole at Dorchester. It is a par 3 measuring 141 yards from the back tees that has a dramatic 100 foot elevation drop from tee to green with a creek running behind the green.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
Hole #14 is a favorite. A beautiful dogleg left par 5, measuring 525 yards from the back tees. #14 also has a dramatic 100 foot elevation change from the back tees down to the fairway. With a creek running along the right side of the fairway then cutting across the fairway at a distance of 300 yards form the back tees. This same creek then continues up the left side of the fairway and forming a pond directly in front of the green with a very pretty natural waterfall. After the tee shot, players can lay up to the pond in front of the green on their 2nd shot or be brave and try to go for it with a bold shot that must carry over the pond to land on the narrow green. A risk/reward hole where even the cautious approach has its challenges.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
With the new club house and expanded grille area, we also have a much expanded menu for golfers and non golfers to enjoy for lunch. We recommend it all.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Gibby Gilbert-64 form the back tees.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 6400
Slope: 127
Rating: 70.6

More Information
Dorchester Golf Club
576 Westchester Dr.
Fairfield Glade, Tennessee, 38558
931-484-3709

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.