Tommy

Fun Interview Question With Tommy Gainey

A.K.A Two Gloves

By Brian Weis

My favorite questions to ask Touring Golf Professionals is one simple, but sometimes hard to answer, question. If they could golf with anyone, who would be in their dream foursome? I usually follow up with asking the same question but extending it to anyone living or dead. I recently interviewed Tommy, Two Gloves, Gainey, the Pro who launched his career on The Big Break and is now playing on the PGA Tour.

When I first asked the question, he paused and said "Wow, I have never been asked that one."

After another long pause, he rattled of the following in his thick southern drawl, "Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus."

I dove deeper and asked him the follow up. "What is his dream foursome made up of anyone living or dead?"

He came up with Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. Tommy grinned and said, "if they let me play, it would be one hell of a fivesome."

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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.