Brad Redding has achieved something most golfers only dream of. He’s made a living playing and teaching the sport he loves.

Brad Redding

Redding now is a teaching instructor at Target Golf, a practice and driving range at 5311 W. Beaver Creek in northwest Knox County. He travels for weekend sessions at courses in South Carolina and Virginia.

Brad loves to play golf, teach golf and talk golf. He got his start as a youngster, playing with his dad, the late Bill Redding, on his home course at Holston Hills Country Club. Bill was club champion there twice and was Knoxville city champion in 1960. Bill had fallen in love with Knoxville while playing on the golf team of Purdue University. “He saw the natural beauty of East Tennessee and decided he wanted to live here,” Brad says. Bill Redding worked in personnel at Rohm and Haas and then at the Knoxville News Sentinel Co.

Brad Redding did not play college golf. He moved into the pro ranks straight out of high school. But he is a scholar of golf, claiming a library of 2,500 books and magazine articles on the subject.

His trademark is “Staying on Plane.” He is a seven-time PGA Section Teacher of the Year, and a Golf Channel “Golf Academy Live” and “Your Game Night” instructor.

Farragut residents Brad and his wife, Kimberly, have been married for 32 years. Their son, Miller, is married with a child, making Brad a happy grandpa.

The Zen of Golf

Brad Redding’s golf library is extensive. His oldest book is from 1856, and he finds the older books more enjoyable to read. Here’s an example:

Earnest Jones, a golf instructor from 1945, said, “Sir Walter Simpson explained 60 years or so ago, that there is only one categorical imperative in golf, and that is: to hit the ball.” Golf is about the hands. When other body parts (think shoulders and arms) try to help “too strenuously and too soon,” Jones just treated them “as wholly admirable followers.”

The Earnest Jones method is simple: The golf swing is one movement under one control – the hands.

When golfers asked Jones for help with their swing, he would not even look at their existing swing; instead, he showed them his version of the correct swing. Good golfers are those who practice good technique. Or as Earnest Jones put it:

“The whole point is to know what, and how, to practice. I am so sorry to have to say to many who come to me, ‘You must have worked very hard to get as bad as this, when the right way can be so enjoyable if you will only have the courage and trust in what is right.’ Truth is simplicity, although it is elusive.”

Brad Redding has an extraordinary knowledge of the game and the golf swing. He may quote Earnest Jones from 1945 or get you on the latest technology. He communicates his knowledge effectively to all levels of golfers. And he’s always looking for more golf enthusiasts to teach “Staying on Plane.”

Target Golf is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week. Contact Brad at bradreddinggolf.com or email him at brad@bradreddinggolf.com.

HomeSource to open four apartments for seniors

Jackie Mayo

HomeSource East Tennessee invites community leaders and neighbors to the grand opening of a newly built fourplex at Holston Village on Monday, August 24, 2026, at 10 a.m. The four new apartment homes, each with one bedroom and one bathroom, were purpose-built for adults 62 and older and for people living with disabilities, adding much needed accessible, affordable housing in the heart of East Knoxville, per a press release.

Holston Village sits in an East Knoxville neighborhood where community roots run deep. As housing costs continue to climb across the region, these four homes give residents a place to live independently, close to the people and places they already know. The grand opening celebrates neighbors welcoming neighbors and marks another step in expanding the range of housing choices available across East Tennessee.

Jackie Mayo, chief executive officer of HomeSource East Tennessee, said, “Every neighbor deserves a home that fits their life. These four homes mean four households can stay rooted in East Knoxville, living independently and with dignity, in a place built with them in mind.”

True Metal Supply ranks high in Inc. Magazine list

Adam Clark, Mason Burchette of True Metal Supply.

True Metal Supply, a Southeast-based manufacturer of American-made metal roofing and siding with facilities in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Asheville, North Carolina, has been ranked No. 33 on the 2026 Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine’s annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The company also ranked No. 1 in the manufacturing category, making it the fastest-growing private manufacturer in the United States.

The placement puts True Metal Supply in the top one percent of the 5,000 honorees – and ahead of every other manufacturer on the list – just four years after the company was founded in 2022.

“As founders, we have the honor and responsibility to serve our team, our customers, our vendors and our community,” said Adam Clark, CEO and co-founder of True Metal Supply. “We’re a Kingdom-minded company, and we believe we’ve been called to serve with excellence in everything we do.”

KCDC promotes Randall Brown to CFO

Randall Brown

Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) has promoted Randall Brown to the position of chief financial officer (CFO) to oversee the financial operations for the agency. Brown has more than 20 years of experience in real estate finance and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) accounting and has developed extensive expertise in financial reporting, regulatory compliance, budgeting, audits and the financial management of affordable housing and HUD-funded programs.

“Randall fully understands the complexities of securing financing for a multitude of development initiatives, including affordable housing, that requires public and private partnerships,” said Ben Bentley, executive director and CEO of KCDC. “He has been at KCDC for more than 10 years and has a full grasp on our internal and external processes. I congratulate him for a well-earned promotion.” Brown earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Tennessee Technological University. He and his wife and daughter reside in the Knoxville area.

HPUD gets award for sewer interceptor project

Hallsdale-Powell Utility District has received the 2026 Project Excellence Award from the KY/TN Water Professionals for its Beaver Creek sewer interceptor project. This award notes projects that demonstrate innovation, sustainability, effective problem-solving, long-term value to the water sector and a meaningful contribution to the communities they serve.

The improvements have helped significantly reduce sanitary sewer overflows, decrease excess water entering the wastewater system, improve operational efficiency, provide additional capacity for future growth and better protect Beaver Creek and the surrounding environment, HPUD said in a social media post.

“Projects like this represent what infrastructure investment is all about, solving today’s challenges while building a stronger, more sustainable system for tomorrow.”

At left, Cody Humphrey of HPUD accepts award from official of KY/TN Water Professionals at its July 21 convention in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Mahan Multimedia)

Notes & quotes

Bluegrass Festival at Big Ridge State Park is set for Friday, August 21, 6-10 p.m. Free admission, food trucks, craft vendors and music by five local groups. Bring your lawn chair. Info and updates here.

Knox Asian Festival is Sunday, August 30, 2026, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. at World’s Fair Park. Tickets and details here.

Sheriff Tom Spangler was interviewed by WBIR-TV anchor John Becker for Inside Tennessee. Spangler, battling cancer, was candid, and Becker asked thoughtful questions. Excellent interview as “Spanky” wraps up his eight-year career as sheriff and 40-year career in law enforcement. Watch the interview here.

The Beck Cultural Exchange Center will be closed Wednesday through Saturday, August 19-22, 2026, as the staff attends the Association of African American Museums conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The conference has reached venue capacity and closed registration. Beck will reopen on Tuesday, August 25.

Rural hospitals are at risk for closing in nearly every state, but Tennessee ranks high among closures. The state lost 10 rural hospitals since 2015. Only Texas has seen a greater number of hospital closures in that time period: 14. And we’ve got another 12 at risk. Reporter Anita Wadhwani posted a story on August 17, 2026.

Quote: “Dishonest, which is Hillary Clinton in the eyes of the American people, beats crazy. Dishonest loses to normal. So, let’s just pick somebody out of the phone book if we have to.” – Lindsey Graham, January 21, 2016, in an interview with Chris Hayes. Statement came after Graham withdrew from the GOP Primary for president.

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