RSS Feed Get to know the 2023 TGA InternsThe Tennessee Golf Association is excited to welcome five interns for the 2023 season. 74th Tennessee State Open returns to GreyStoneGreyStone Golf Club welcomes back the Tennessee State Open for a record ninth time in the tournament's 74-year history. Snedeker Back after Pushing Boundaries of Modern MedicineBest of luck to our own Brandt Snedeker this week at The Memorial! The Nine-time Tour winner returns after surgery that almost didn't happen - by Rex Hoggard, Golf Channel Denman, Armstrong kick off 2023 season with a winThe former Middle Tennessee Blue Raider teammates put together a stellar performance to win their first Mid-Amateur Four-Ball title. Team Tennessee retains the Simmons Bank CupThe Simmons Bank Cup will stay in the Volunteer State with Team Tennessee's defeat of Team Arkansas in the 2nd Simmons Bank Cup matches. In 2024, winning a TGA event could get you into USGA championshipsThe USGA announced big changes to their qualifying procedures, including automatic exemptions for TGA champions. Scott Stallings Kids Play Free Junior Golf Initiative Expanding to Chattanooga AreaThe Scott Stallings Kids Play Free Junior Golf Program is expanding. Beginning April 4, 2023, the program will be offered at three courses in the Chattanooga area – Bear Trace at Harrison Bay, Flagstone and Falcon Pointe. Kids ages 14 and under will be able to play golf for no charge at these courses Monday through Friday (excluding holidays). What Rule 25 means for Tennessee's adaptive golfersBrandon Rowland, a Jackson native and competitor in the Inaugural US Adaptive Open, explains what Rule 25 means to adaptive golfers like himself. Scott Stallings 2023 Birdie Pledge CampaignPledge for every birdie made by Scott Stallings from The Masters to the Wyndham Championship in August and ALL proceeds will benefit the Kids Play Free Initiative, which has provided over 40,000 free rounds of golf to more than 3,000 kids in Tennessee since 2018. www.pledgeit.org/Stallings2023 2022 Tennessee Golf Association Players of the YearHear from the 2022 Tennessee Players of the Year in their own words about what this honor means to them. Key rules changes in 2023The new year brought changes to the Rules of Golf. Five of the key changes are explained here. First Tee of Tennessee-Chattanogoa adds Program DirectorThe Tennessee Golf Foundation is pleased to announce that Tim Haralson has been hired as the new Program Director for First Tee of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Haralson replaces long-time First Tee of Tennessee-Chattanooga Program Director Kathleen McCarthy, who retired at the end of 2022. TGA announces the 2023 Championship ScheduleHere's a look at where the TGA Championship Season will venture in the new year. Registration opens on March 1, 2023. What goes into a Course Rating?The Tennessee Golf Association's Director of Course Rating Nathaniel Hantle takes you through the elements of creating a course rating. TGF Releases 2022 Progress ReportOn behalf of the entire Golf House Tennessee family, we thank you for your continued commitment to growing the game of golf in Tennessee! We hope you'll enjoy learning about our programs and plans for 2023! Rob Long to be Inducted into TN Golf Hall of FameClarksville's Rob Long to be inducted into the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame in March 2023. 2022 Tennessee Players of the YearLearn more about the six winners of the Tennessee Golf Association's golfers of the year. TGF to partner with Metro Parks Nashville, Friends of Warner Parks for Percy Warner renovationPercy Warner Golf Course will be closing in November as Metro Parks and Recreation, the Tennessee Golf Foundation, and Friends of Warner Parks partner to restore the golf course and surrounding landscapes, with a tentative grand opening date of September 2023. Poe secures an emotional victory, Baird repeats as championLoudon’s Mike Poe reached the mountain top in the Senior Match Play Championship at Signal Mountain Golf & Country Club while Signal Mountain’s Tom Baird successfully defends his Super Senior title. Cropper, Switzer-Nadasdi, Scott take home hardware at The Links at KahiteNashville’s Andrea Cropper and Cleveland’s Maggie Scott both added to their trophy collection while Nashville’s Rhonda Switzer-Nadasdi captured her first TGA title.