Paul Adams, PGA Director of Golf, Tucker's Point Club

Interview With Paul Adams, PGA Director of Golf, Tucker's Point Club

A Light Hearted Golf Q & A Interview

By Brian Weis

Below is an interview with Paul Adams, PGA Director of Golf, Tucker's Point Club at Rosewood Tucker's Point in Bermuda. He also has coached golf for 20 years and has a passion for everything involved with golf.

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?
My Father 30 years ago, but he didn't really play

What is your current home course?
Tucker's Point, the best course in Bermuda!

To date, what is your proudest golf accomplishment?
I do not have one but getting people that struggle with a particular shot to be able to perform is very exciting!
I especially enjoy helping players that find golf difficult!

What is your biggest golf pet peeve on or off the course?
A lack of respect for others, be it slow play or damaging the course by driving carts in the wrong place.

What is your favorite golf destination?
Bermuda of Course!

What course is on your bucket list that you have not played yet?
Pebble Beach and 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?
Not so much change but add more beginners type courses, where I am from in near London we had lots of cheap short 9 hole courses ideal for new players, juniors and quick rounds of golf, these don't seem to be around anywhere apart from Ireland

Dream foursome (living)?
My dad, Ian Poulter (because he is a British PGA professional like me), John Daly

Dream foursome (living or dead)?
Seve, Payne Stewart, Ben Hogan

18 Rapid Fire, Off The Cuff Questions

1) Hitting Long Drive OR Sinking Long Putt?
Putt, I can already hit a long drive!

2) Having Round of Life OR Hole in One?
Round of my life, although I have not had a hole in one for 20 years

3) Golfing at the crack of dawn OR twilight?
In Bermuda the mornings are magical, in the UK the evenings are a great time to play.

4) Hit a power fade OR power draw?
Fade, Hook is my bad shot

5) Beverage cart OR halfway house?
You can't beat a nice beverage cart girl!

6) Bathroom OR bushes?
Bathroom

7) Hot dog OR wrap?
Hot Dog

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

9) Walking OR riding?
Riding in Bermuda, Walking when cooler and flatter

10) Do you carry traditional 3 iron OR hybrid?
Both, Just got the new Callaway RAZR which are awesome

11) Do you prefer long par 3 OR long par 5?
Short Par 5

12) Pants OR Shorts?
Bermuda Shorts

13) Palmer OR Nicklaus?
Nicklaus

14) Beatles OR Elvis?
Beatles

15) Play for fun OR play for money?
Money, just enough to keep it interesting

16) Bump and run OR flop shot?
Flop in Bermuda, Bump in the UK

17) Lay up OR gamble?
Always gamble, play fast take chances

18) 18 holes OR 36?
I love to play 36 but would struggle to play 36 nowadays as I play less golf.

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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.