Tennessee Voices, Episode 346: Panel discussion on public golf courses in Nashville

David Plazas, Nashville Tennessean
·1 min read

The topic for this episode of the Tennessee Voices is public golf courses.

The participants were:

  • Whit Turnbow, president of the Tennessee Golf Foundation

  • Jenny Hannon, president, Friends of Warner Parks

  • Bruce Hepner, principal owner Hepner Golf Design, which is redesigning Percy Warner Golf Course

  • Hannah Paramore Breen, public course golfer in two women's leagues and married to golf pro Bill Breen

We talked about the impact and origins of the sport, the landscape for public golf courses, Metro Nashville parks and even the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia.

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David Plazas is the director of opinion and engagement for the USA TODAY Network - Tennessee. He is of Colombian and Cuban descent, has studied or worked in several Spanish-speaking countries, and was the founding editor of Gaceta Tropical in Southwest Florida. He has lived in Tennessee since 2014. Call him at (615) 259-8063, email him at dplazas@tennessean.com or tweet to him at @davidplazas.

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