The Links at Lawsonia By Brian Weis

The Links at Lawsonia

Top Fun Courses To Play

By Brian Weis

Golf Digest recently released America's Top 50 Fun Courses To Play. The new list puts less emphasis on design features, distance and the awe factor and more on playability of a course and the intangibles that make a round fun.

When Wisconsinites review the list, they will see just one course from the Badger State. The links of Lawsonia ranked 13th, and deservingly so. I admit I am biased, the Links Course feels like home. Largely, because William Langford also designed the course I grew up on, West Bend Country Club.

After the publishing of the list, I realized I needed to make one more pilgrimage to Lawsonia this season. I will save you all the details of my round and sum it up with saying the course was an absolute Autumn treat. The fall colors were brilliant, the setting peaceful and conditions would rival any course in the state.

Before my round, I said hello to Jeff Klienke, Director of Golf. While checking in he mentioned that the greens are immaculate. Because of the list, they have had a ton of play from Midwest and national golf travelers. He has repeatedly heard that their greens rival any course in the state and even the midwest. I echoed his statement after the round.

Congratulations Lawsonia for cracking the list and living up to the hype!

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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.