Tom Sutton is All Smiles on the Course!

Interview With Interview With Tom Sutton, Host of Midwest Classic Golf TV

A Light Hearted Golf Q & A Interview

By Brian Weis

Below is an interview with Tom Sutton, Owner and host of Midwest Classic Golf TV and ESPN Radio show.
Tom spent the last 34 years in TV and Radio, the last 23 at WISN In Milwaukee and then left to form his own company. He has had a great ten year run covering a game that gives him passion for life

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?
It was back in late high school...I was football, basketball and track until my senior year. Never got heavily into golf until I was in my middle to later 20"s

What is your current home course?
Geneva National in Lake Geneva Wi.

To date, what is your proudest golf accomplishment?
3 double eagles, and the chance to play golf with Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Gary Player, Johnny Miller and Sam Snead. Snead had some great stories, then again so did Gary Player.

What is your biggest golf pet peeve on or off the course?
Slow Play!

What is your favorite golf destination?
Scotland, Old Course Hotel, The Old Course and Carnousti. Afterwards, the bar overlooking the course!

What course is on your bucket list that you have not played yet?
Augusta National. I missed my chance about 20 years ago, as I was scheduled to cover the Masters, couldn't go...and they pulled my replacement's name out of the hat from the media group to play on Monday with the Sunday pin placements. Never will forgive myself for that one.

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

If you could change one aspect, rule or thing about golf, what would it be and why?
Someone else's divot in the fairway is "ground under repair" ! You should be able to lift clean and place and go on with your round. Chi Chi was right..most rules in golf are stupid!

Dream foursome (living)?
Tiger Woods, Charlie Sheen and Kid Rock! These guys can score!

Dream foursome (living or dead)?
Natalia Gulbis, Faye Dunaway,and Kim Bassinger in their prime. Lindsey Lohan is driving the bev cart and Jackie Gleason is my caddy....."and away we go"

18 Rapid Fire, Off The Cuff Questions

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

2) Having Round of Life OR Hole in One?
round of your life....Hole in Ones are for lucky SOB's.

3) Golfing at the crack of dawn OR twilight?
Twilight, that way I have a better chance of making my tee time

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

5) Beverage cart OR halfway house?
Cart Babes Rule!!!

6) Bathroom OR bushes?
Whatever

7) Hot dog OR wrap?
What? no Sushi?

8) Around the green, being in sand OR thick rough?
In the Sand....because if I'm in thick rough...I'll be in the sand on the next shot...so let's just play it forward

9) Walking OR riding?
Walking...but I need a caddy

10) Do you carry traditional 3 iron OR hybrid?
4 iron and up...no hybrid

11) Do you prefer long par 3 OR long par 5?
Long 5's

12) Pants OR Shorts?
Pants

13) Palmer OR Nicklaus?
Arnie

14) Beatles OR Elvis?
Eric Clapton

15) Play for fun OR play for money?
Never have that much money on me

16) Bump and run OR flop shot?
Bump and run....love it in Ireland and Scotland

17) Lay up OR gamble?
I get golf balls for free......we're gambling!

18) 18 holes OR 36?
All depends on how the Cart Babes are treating me!

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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.