Matt Fields

Interview With Matt Fields, Director of Golf at Hank Haney IJGA

A Light Hearted Golf Q & A Interview

By Brian Weis

Below is an interview with Matt Fields, Director of Golf at Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy. The following are a few traditional and non traditional golf centric questions that I love to ask influential people in the golf industry.

When did you start golfing and who introduced you do the game?
1983. Introduced to the game by my dad

What is your current home course?
Pinecrest Golf Club, Island West, and Colleton River Plantation. Homes of the Hank Haney IJGA.

To date, what is your proudest golf accomplishment?
Coaching one of my students in a major.

What is your biggest golf pet peeve on or off the course?
I have many but if I had to pick one it would be players marking their ball on the green with a tee.

What is your favorite golf destination?
Pinehurst, N.C.

What course is on your bucket list that you have not played yet?
Pine Valley

If you woke up tomorrow and could play one course you played before, where would you play?
Augusta National

If you could change one aspect, rule or thing about golf, what would it be and why?
Having to play from a divot in the fairway. It should be ground under repair.

Dream foursome (living or dead)?
My Dad, Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan

18 Rapid Fire, Off The Cuff Questions

1) Hitting Long Drive OR Sinking Long Putt?
Long Putt

2) Having Round of Life OR Hole in One?
Round of Life

3) Golfing at the crack of dawn OR twilight?
Twilight

4) Hit a power fade OR power draw?
Power Draw

5) Beverage cart OR halfway house?
Halfway house

6) Hot dog OR wrap?
Wrap

7) Around the green, being in sand OR thick rough?
Sand

8) Walking OR riding?
Walking

9) Do you carry traditional 3 iron OR hybrid?
Hybrid

10) Do you prefer long par 3 OR long par 5?
Long par 3

11) Pants OR Shorts?
Pants

12) Palmer OR Nicklaus?
Palmer

13) Beatles OR Elvis?
Beatles

14) Play for fun OR play for money?
Money

15) Bump and run OR flop shot?
Bump and Run

16) Lay up OR gamble?
Gamble

17) 18 holes OR 36?
36

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the Publisher of GolfTrips.com, a network of golf travel and directory sites including GolfWisconsin.com, GolfMichigan.com, ArizonaGolfer.com, GolfAlabama.com, etc. Professionally, Brian is a 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). In 2016, Brian won The Shaheen Cup, an award given to a golf travel writer by his peers.

All of his life, Brian has been around the game of golf. As a youngster, Brian competed at all levels in junior and high school golf. Brian had a zero chance for a college golf scholarship, so he worked on the grounds crew at West Bend Country Club to pay for his University of Wisconsin education. In his adult years, his passion for the game collided with his entrepreneurial spirit and in 2004 launched GolfWisconsin.com. In 2007, the idea for a network of local golf directory sites formed and GolfTrips.com was born. Today, the network consists of a site in all 50 states supported by national sites like GolfTrips.com, GolfGuide.com and GolfPackages.com. It is an understatement to say, Brian is passionate about promoting golf and golf travel on a local, regional, national and international level.

On the golf course, Brian is known as a fierce weekend warrior that fluctuates between a 5-9 handicap. With a soft fade, known as "The Weis Slice", and booming 300+ drives, he can blast it out of bounds with the best of them.