This feature is a question-and-answer session with a Blount County Chamber member. So, here we go with our 241st installment visiting with Stan Norris, assistant tournament director for the Smoky Mountain Championship presented by Food City.
Tell me about the Smoky Mountain Championship. I am part of an event management company that specializes in running professional golf tournaments and events across the country and specifically one in Blount County at Green Meadow Country Club. We strive to operate high quality events with a positive financial and charitable impact for the communities that we serve.
How did you get started? I got started as an intern with one of our tournaments in Knoxville in 2014 and 2016 and was hired by the PGA Tour but paired with our group in a training program on how to run professional golf tournaments from 2017-2020 and then was officially hired by our company in July 2020.
Describe your clients. Our client is any business who is looking to build relationships with clients or prospects outside of the office, reward employees, or who want to promote their brand in the area through our professional golf tournament.
What are three things you wish you knew when you started? How detailed you have to be to run a successful event, how different each day is working in this business, and how much time goes into finding the right people to partner with for our events.