The Tennessee Golf Association

Matt Vanderpool serves as the Executive Director of the TGA. A native of Middle Tennessee, Matt began working at Golf House Tennessee in 1997 shortly after graduating high   school. He worked for two years assisting Lissa Bradford with the Junior Tour, before being hired by the TGA in 1999. Matt served as a USGA Boatwright Intern for two years  (1999-2001) before serving as the TGA's first Manager of Administration and Website Development. Matt was promoted to Assistant Executive Director in 2002 and replaced long-time Executive Director, Dick Horton, on January 1, 2008. Matt graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in Business Administration. Matt and his wife, Vikki, who is a PGA Member, currently reside in Murfreesboro.

Lynne Howd was born in Clarksville and serves as the Director of Handicapping. She attended Clarksville High School and Austin Peay State University. Lynne worked as a Pro Shop Assistant at Clarksville Country Club for seven years through high school and college. She married her husband, Jim, in 1984 and moved to Nashville, where she went to work for Nashville Golf and Athletic Club for two years before joining the Tennessee Golf Association and Tennessee PGA. She and her husband have three daughters: Lindsey, Brooke and Hailey, and a boxer named Harley. Lynne enjoys all sports, genealogy, photography and drawing.

Dori Paschall has worked for the TGA since May 2001 and currently serves as the Director of Women's Golf. She started with the TGA as a USGA Boatwright Intern immediately after graduating from Tusculum College. At Tusculum Dori lettered all four years on the Tusculum Women's Golf Team. Her Pioneer squad captured back-to-back South Atlantic Conference titles in 1999 and 2000. Her degree is in Biology, with a minor in Environmental Science. Her golf tournament operation skills were also developed in college as she interned during her summers for the Vince Gill TPGA Junior Tour (now the Toyota TGA Junior Tour). Dori grew up in Athens, TN - home to Mayfield Dairy!  She now resides in Franklin with her husband, Paul and dog, Paisley. 


Carter Page serves as the TGA's Manager of Course Rating and Member Services. He was born and raised in Nashville and played college golf at Lipscomb University from 2001-2003 before transferring to Middle Tennessee State University where he majored in Accounting. Carter started working for the TGA Junior Tour in May of 2006 and the following August was hired on as the P.J. Boatwright intern for the TGA where he served a two-year internship before being hired on full time in August of 2008. Carter is often the life of the party, always smiling and laughing. He is a sports fanatic and bleeds Volunteer Orange and Titan Blue in the fall and winter and BoSox red in the summer, yet his favorite color is green. Carter is completely obsessed with music of all kinds and whether he's listening, writing, or playing it is a big part of who he is. He also loves spending time with family and friends, and tries to live life to the absolute fullest. Carter resides in Franklin with his Lhasa Apso named Putter!

Nathaniel Hantle currently serves as the Manager of Rules & Competitions for the TGA. 2010 marks his fourth year working for the TGA. Previously he was a USGA Boatwright Intern for the TGA Junior Tour & Special Olympics TN. Prior to coming to Tennessee, he attended Murray State University where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in marketing in May 2005. After searching the job market, he decided to return to Murray State where he received a M.B.A. in Marketing in December 2006. During the summer of 2006, he worked as a USGA Boatwright Intern for the Kentucky Golf Association, where he helped run their Pepsi/GenNEXT Junior Tour. Nathaniel is an avid sports fan in all senses of the word; there is not a sport that he will not watch. Like most of the TGA staff, he is an avid golfer but he also enjoys basketball, baseball/softball, and volleyball. His favorite teams are the St. Louis Cardinals, Indiana University and Murray State University basketball, Oklahoma Sooners football, and of course our Tennessee Titans and Nashville Predators. Nathaniel's parents, brother, and sister live in Kentucky where his siblings are attending college.

Jenny Deathridge began working for the TGA in August of 2008 as a USGA Boatwright Intern. She started the Monday right after she graduated from completing her Masters in Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University.  Just one year earlier she graduated from the same alma matter with her bachelor degree in Mass Communications. While studying sports and entertainment media, she really took up a love for the game of golf. Originally from Hendersonville, Jenny and her little dog, Bogey, now call Nashville home.  Besides her love for the game and her job, her heart also belongs to her beloved Alabama Crimson Tide.  Jenny is really enjoying her time at Golf House Tennessee, even though there are some rough days when she finds her framed picture of Alabama’s head football coach, Nick Saban, with graffiti on his face.

John Barkhurst is currently serving as a USGA Boatwright Intern for the TGA while he completes his Masters in Sport Administration at Belmont University.  Prior to moving to Nashville to go back to school, John lived in Cedar Falls, Iowa where he played an integral part in the establishment of two investment risk management and consulting companies.  John graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in 2003 with a degree in Business Administration.  While at UNI, he was a member of the Panther men’s basketball team.  John is originally from Ohio where his parents and sister still call home.  John is an avid sports fan and enjoys playing or watching just about anything.  In addition, he just completed his seventh season of officiating high school and collegiate basketball and hopes to one day officiate in a Final Four.