Most golfers can't do both, but Bill Breen is the rare combination of both player and coach. A PGA member since 1989, Bill has taught tens of thousands of golfers from the beginner to the tour level professional for more than 30 years.
Bill is a successful competitor in the PGA. He has won the Tennessee State Senior Open Championship five times (2013, 2016, 2020, 2022 and 2026), and is the only player to have won this tournament more than three times. Bill played in the US Senior Open in 2014, and 2018 (making the cut to play the weekend in 2018). Three weeks after the 2018 US Senior Open, he qualified for the British Senior Open and played The Old Course for the first time in his life - in a senior major competition. In 2022 he made the British Senior Open for a second time at Gleneagles Golf Club in Auchterarder Scotland.
In 2020 Bill won every tournament in the Tennessee Section PGA in addition to the Iowa Senior State Open. In 2021 he won the Arizona Senior State Open and went on to compete in the Senior PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma that same year.
In 2022 Bill won the Quarter Century Championship at PGA Village in Port Saint Lucie, Florida.
Bill's goal for his students is to see an improved, more repetitive ball flight, lower scores and more enjoyment from the game.
Bill currently teaches private lessons at Harpeth Valley Golf Center in Bellevue, Tennessee.
Tournaments
Bill is one of the top Senior Professional Golfers in the state of Tennessee because of his performance in local, regional and national tournaments. He brings that experience to his lessons to help his students learn the skills necessary to play well on the course under pressure.
Bill wins a lot. Check it out…
2026
PGA Quarter Century Championship: January 7-8; 74/68; 7th Place
PGA Senior Stroke Play - January 12 - 14; 71/69/730; 16th Place
Local qualifier, US Senior Open; April 22; 68 ; 1st place (Medalist)
Arizona Senior Open; Verde River Golf Club, Rio Verde, AZ; May 4-6 75/71/75; tied 11th
Tennessee State Senior Open; June 15-16; Stonehenge Golf Club; 72;67; 1st Place (for the FIFTH time)
Players Championship, June 29-30; Oak Ridge Country Club; 66/68; 3rd Place
Morristown Pro-Am; July 6-7; The Country Club of Morristown; 76/67; 3rd Place
2025
PGA Quarter Century Championship: January 8-9; Shot 68 the first day then withdrew because Notre Dame was playing Miami in the Orange Bowl two hours away. We have our priorities well in hand.
PGA Senior Stroke Play - January 12-14; 69/67/70; 5th Place
The Classic at Chickasaw - April 21,22; 69/67; 1st Place
Lake Tansi Pro-Am - May 12-13; 68/69; 2nd Place
Kentucky Senior State Open - September 3-4; 68/69; 4th Place
Foothills Invitational 71/68
Challenge Cup; October 27-28; Member of winning team
2024
PGA Quarter Century Championship: January 10-11; 69/70; Tied for 2nd
Players Championship, Stones River Country Club; June 24,25; 68/70: 3rd Place
2023: Bill played a few tournaments but due to a family illness he didn’t play as many as in the past - we didn’t keep up with it here.
2022:
PGA Quarter Century Championship: January 5-6; 66/66; 1st Place
City of Crossville Team Championship: June 13-14: 68/74; 2nd Place
Tennessee Senior State Open: June 13-14; 69/72; 1st Place (for the 4th time)
Players Championship: June 27-28; 69/71; 1st Place
British Senior Open Qualifier - Glenbervie; July 18; 70; Eagle on playoff hole to qualify
British Senior Open - Gleneagles; July 21-22; 69/74; Missed Cut by 1 stroke
2021:
Arizona Senior Open: April 20-21; 70/70; 1st Place
KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship: May 27-30; 76/78
US Senior Open Qualifier: June 1; 71; 2nd Alternate
Yamaha Players Championship; June 28-29; 68/67; 3rd Place
Arizona Open: August 2-3; 75/69
Mid Tenn Chapter Championship: August 23; 66; 2nd Place
Tennessee Senior PGA Professional Championship: August 30-31; 3rd Place; QUALIFIED for National Club Pro Championship
2020:
Arizona Senior Open: Sept 21-22; 70/74; 11th place
Colorado Senior Open: Aug 26-28: 72/68/72; Tied for 5th place
Iowa Senior Open: July 31-Aug 2: 74/72/72; 1st place
Take Charge Pro Am, Morristown, TN; July 20-21; 68/68; 1st place (in both senior and overall)
Tennessee Senior Professional Championship, Nash Golf & Athletic; July 7-8; 69/64; 1st place
Yamaha Players Championship, Oak Ridge Country Club; June 29-30; 66/68; 1st place overall senior
Foothills Invitational, Alcoa, Tennessee: June 2020; 64/68; 1st place overall senior
Tennessee State Senior Open, Crossville, TN: June 2020: 66/72: 1st place (for the third time!)
Senior Stroke Play, Port St. Lucie, FL: January 2020; 70/72/68: 2nd place
PGA Winter Championship Quarter Century, Port St. Lucie, FL: January 2020; 70/76; 3rd place
2019:
Senior PGA Professional Championship, Austin, TX, October 2019: 67/71/71/70 (all 4 days under par): 12th place out 264. Qualified for Senior PGA Professional Championship!!!
Nebraska Senior State Open: 71/72/73; 1st place
Senior Section Championship; 69/71; 3rd place (we think)
Yamaha Players Championship: 68/71; 1st Place
Harold Eller Pro-Am: 68: 1st place
Turnkey Pro-Scratch: 65: 1st place, Senior Division
Millstone Pro-Am: 62//64: 1st place
Spring Creek Ranch: April 8-9; 69/68: 1st place
Rapiscan Pre-qualifier: Qualified for next stage
Senior Stroke Play, Port St. Lucie, FL: January 2019; 70/73/70: 7th place
PGA Winter Championship Quarter Century, Port St. Lucie, FL: January 2019; 69/70; 4th place
2018
The British Senior Open: The Old Course, St. Andrews; July 26-29; Bill qualified and played his first round ever on the Old Course in competition.
The British Senior Open Qualifier, Kittocks, St. Andrews; July 23; 71; Qualified
US Senior Open, The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, CO: June 28-July 1; 73/72/75/80
US Senior Open Qualifier, Hillwood Country Club, Nashville, TN; June 7, 2018; 68; 1st place, Medalist, Qualified
Colorado Senior Open, Green Valley Ranch, Denver, CO; May 30 - June 1; 67/73/70; 6th Place
The Classic at Spring Creek, Memphis, TN; April 9-10, 2018; 71/76; 3rd place
Chapter Championship, McCabe Golf, Nashville, TN; March 26, 2018; -5 (27 holes); 1st Place
Senior Stroke Play, Port St. Lucie, FL: January 7-8; 77/74
PGA Winter Championship Quarter Century, Port St. Lucie, FL: January 4-5, 2017; 75/70; 4th place
2017
The Classic at Spring Creek, Memphis: April 10-11, 2017; 74/68; 1st place
PGA Winter Championship Quarter Century, Port St. Lucie, FL: January 4-5, 2017; 68/70; 4th place
He played and won a lot more than this but we got lazy and didn’t keep track. Sorry.
2016
Hawaii State Open, Kona Lao: Dec. 16-18, 2016: 69/74; 2nd place
National Senior Pro Championship, Port St. Lucie: Nov. 17-20, 2016; 77/66, 73/77; 45th place
Yamaha Player's Tournament, Foxland Harbor: Sept. 19-20, 2016; 67; 1st place
Tenn Senior Section Championship, The Virginian: Sept. 12-13, 2016; 69/67; 2nd place
Patricia Neal Classic; Holsten Hills Pro-Am; Aug. 22, 2016; 69; 3rd place
Honors Council Fire Pro-Am; Aug. 15-16, 2016; 72/68; 3rd place
Firehawk Pro-Am, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; July 18, 2016; 68; 1st place
Ira Templeton, Chattanooga; June 27-28, 2016; 66/68; 1st place
Capital City, McCabe; June 20-21, 2016; 65/72; 2nd place
Tennessee Section PGA, Arrington Vineyards; May 16, 2016; 65; 1st place
Tennessee Senior State Open, Stonehenge, Crossville; May 9-10, 2016; 73/69; 1st place
The Classic at Spring Creek, Memphis; April 12/2016; 70; 1st place
PGA Winter Sr. Stroke Championship; January 12-14; 71/77/72
PGA Winter Championship Quarter Century; Port St. Lucie; January 6-7, 2016; 71/71; 12th place