Local Rules: Nashville

Brunch hats, cowboy boots, and neon honky tonks on Broadway. If this is what comes to mind when you think of Nashville, TN, then you only know a fraction of Music City’s story. In the first installment of Local Rules, TGJ Films embeds alongside three locals to explore how hot chicken restaurants, literature classes, and guitar licks combine with thriving public golf and a handful of world-class routings to create a one-of-a-kind golf scene.

Part I: Drew Holcomb, Singer/Songwriter

Home course: Golf Club of Tennessee

“I don’t have a casual me and the boys drinking beer, listening to music, dog, and our wives, relationship to the game. I don’t play golf to escape the tribulations of home, or touring, or life. I play golf to digest and reflect upon those things with people that I trust.”

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Part II: Nick Bishop Jr., Co-Founder, Hattie B’s

Home Course: Vanderbilt Legends Club

“It’s chicken on a plate, but it’s something bigger to us. I’m so grateful that while we were growing Hattie B’s, I also fell in love with golf. it’s given me something that I find a ton of beauty in but also a lot of peace in.”

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Part III: Robbie Matz, Professor, Belmont University

Home Course: Vinny Links

“I teach a class called Ways of Knowing: Golf Life Lessons and Society. When students look at the class title and come in, they’ll be like, ‘Well, I thought we were going to talk about the PGA Tour,’ and that’s the furthest from the truth.”