Fairfield Glade’s Stonehenge to host State Senior Men’s Golf Open in May

Posted on April 27th, 2011 by Bob Weaver

FAIRFIELD GLADE-The Tennessee Senior State Open will be held at Stonehenge Golf Club here May 24-25, and officials say they expect the field to fill up quickly, as it did last year.

The City of Crossville will serve as the title sponsor for the Senior State Open, and Stonehenge is in the second year of a three-year agreement with the Tennessee Professional Golfers Association (TPGA) to host the event.

“Golf has been such an important part of the Crossville community for so long, and we look to continuing that tradition,” said Crossville Mayor J.H. Graham III. “It’s truly an honor for us to be able to again partner with the Fairfield Glade Community Club to host and sponsor the Senior Men’s Open, one of three TPGA championships held this year in Crossville, the Golf Capital of Tennessee.”

“The City of Crossville embraces these events, and really helps make them special,” said TPGA Executive Director Jeff Abbot. “Players told us that last year’s tournament was one of the best they participate in.”

TPGA Tournament Director David Olinger said the field, which will be capped at 78 players, is filling up fast, with the entry deadline set for May 18. Officials think the field will be filled long before the deadline.

The tournament is open to amateurs and professional golfers who will be at least 50 years old by the tourney’s opening day (May 24), live in the state of Tennessee, and have a 10 or better handicap. The tournament is a two-day, 36-hole, stroke-play event.

Entry fees are $200 for amateurs and TPGA “Players Club Members,” and $250 for TPGA “Non-Players Club Members” and non-TPGA professionals. Payment can be mailed to:

Tennessee PGA Section

400 Franklin Road

Franklin, TN 37069

Practice rounds will be available on the Monday prior to the event, and reservations for the practice rounds can be made by calling (931) 484-3731.

Crossville will also host the state Women’s Open and the Team Championship later this summer.

Stonehenge gets its name from walls of native stone found throughout the 6,549 yard, par 72 layout. Natural rock outcroppings come into play on multiple holes, with a stone retaining wall running along the left and rear of the signature downhill par 3, 14th hole. The course has been named the number one resort course in Tennessee.

Last year’s tourney

Old Hickory pro Harry Taylor fired two under-par rounds to win the inaugural Tennessee Men’s Senior State Open Championship at Stonehenge Golf Club.

Taylor’s rounds of 70 and 69 (five under) were good enough to top pro Rob Long of Clarksville by a single stroke. Long made a second-round surge, with a tournament-low 67, to challenge Taylor down the stretch.

Taylor was the only player in the field to break par in both rounds of the tourney, held May 25-26. Long shot 73 in the opening round. Amateur Danny Green of Jackson was the first-round leader, firing a 69. He shot 76 in the second round to wind up tied for fifth at one-over par.

Only Taylor, Long and amateur Steve Golliher of Knoxville (-1) were under par for the tournament. PGA pro Will Brewer of Franklin was even par for the tourney, finishing alone in fourth. Green tied with PGA pro Hunt Gilliland of Chattanooga for fifth at one-over.

Crossville amateur Eddie Wyatt was the low local player, tying for 16th at six-over.

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For more information on the Senior State Open, contact Olinger at (615) 790-7600 or visit www.tnsenioropen.com. You can also call Stonehenge PGA golf pro Warren Huddleston, at (931) 484-3731.

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