Tennessee National Golf Club : Management & Staff

	A World-Class Team for an Unparalleled Member Experience
	Adam Foegen, PGA : Director of Golf After an exhaustive search, Tennessee National named the golf club’s first head golf Professional, Adam Foegen. Foegen makes the move to East Tennessee after working 12 years at Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Fl. This marks the second Greg Norman designed golf course Foegen has been a part of during his career. In a collaborative effort, Norman and Pete Dye each had a hand in designing the Medalist Golf Club where Foegen most recently served as the assistant golf professional. While there, he was responsible for the entire golf operation at the private member golf club. Among his numerous duties, Foegen assisted in producing the Shell Wonderful World of Golf match between Greg Norman and Nick Price.
Because of Adam’s affiliation with Medalist Golf Club he was able to forge some great and lasting relationships with many of the top instructors and players in the world. He earned his P.G.A. membership in 1993 and continues to be an active member in that organization. His mission statement is to continue protecting the traditions of the game and help pass them along to our youth while making the game of golf fun for all. Adam has been married to his wife Stacy for three years and together they have a son named Tyler who is 22 months old. Golf is his passion, but he also enjoys the outdoors, fine clothes, NASCAR, being on the ocean, deep sea fishing, traveling abroad, movies and relaxing at fine resorts.
	Mark T. Fronczek, CGCS : Tennessee National Golf Course Superintendent Mark is a certified golf course superintendent with over twenty-one years experience in golf course management, reconstruction, and maintenance. He began his career in High School at area Chattanooga courses. He worked internships at Augusta National, Atlanta Country Club, and Vestavia Country Club while he earned his degree from Lake City Community College, where he graduated Suma Cum Laude. Mark was the recipient of the Toro Scholarship and Achievement Award for his outstanding achievements while attending school. He received his certification as a Certified Golf Course Superintendent through the Golf Course Superintendent Association of America in 2000.
Mark has an extensive experience in all facets of golf course operations including construction, grassing, renovation, irrigation installation, budgeting, purchasing, landscape installation and care, and staff scheduling and supervision. His expertise also includes equipment purchasing and maintenance, golf cart fleet purchases and maintenance, club house maintenance and repair, design and maintenance of all plantings, and implementation and regulation of safety procedures. Mark has been in his current position as Golf Course Superintendent at Tennessee National, a private Greg Norman waterfront golf course community in Loudon, Tennessee for two years. Prior to that Mark held the position of Director of Grounds and Landscape at Indian Hills Country Club, a private club in Marietta, Georgia. He was Golf Course Superintendent at Hidden Hills Country Club, another fine private club in Stone Mountain, Georgia. He was the Senior Assistant Superintendent at Brookstone Golf and Country Club, a private club in Acworth, Georgia. Mark is an active member of GCSAA, TTA, and TGCSA. Mark has been married to his wife Tammy for thirteen years. Their son Zack is 5 years old. Mark enjoys the great outdoors, likes to hunt, golf, fish, and shoot skeet.

	Tyler Thomann Tyler most recently worked at the Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Florida, Greg Norman's home club. Thomann grew up in Alpharetta, Ga. After graduating from the University of Georgia, he moved to South Florida where he played an instrumental role in the opening of Abacoa Golf Club in Jupiter, FL. He and his wife Melissa live in Farragut. BACK TO TOP

Photo courtesy ASEN Marketing	James Mott : Food and Beverage Manager James is a 2005 graduate of The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park New York, where he graduated with Honors with a degree in Culinary Arts. At CIA he received numerous named scholarships including the High Impact Leader Scholarship, the Master Chef Scholarship, and the Carlton Company Scholarship. James has a varied background in the food and beverage industry, dating back almost a decade, beginning as college jobs while studying the sciences, James also has a Bachelors of Science Degree in Biology, Physics and Philosophy from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville Tennessee. He has worked in everything from college diners, high end family dining, private catering in New York and New Jersey, and most recently in both the Front and Back of the House at Club LeConte in Knoxville Tennessee.
James recently married and has a new born son. He enjoys reading, studying fine wines and cooking. He is a native of Loudon County .