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Interview With Corey Feller, Shamrock Heights

A Light Hearted Golf Q & A Interview

By Brian Weis

Below is an interview with Corey Feller, Owner/PGA Professional at Shamrock Heights in New London, Wisconsin. The following are a few traditional and non traditional golf centric questions that I love to ask influential people in the golf industry.

When did you start golfing and who introduced you do the game?
At age 5, my grandpa and uncle were very influential in my introduction to golf. We also lived on a golf course.

What is your current home course?
Shamrock Heights

To date, what is your proudest golf accomplishment?
Owning my own golf course

What is your biggest golf pet peeve on or off the course?
People talking on the other end of the phone when I answer and they called me.

What is your favorite golf destination?
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail

What course is on your bucket list that you have not played yet?
Pebble Beach

If you woke up tomorrow and could play one course you played before, where would you play?
Whistling Straits

If you could change one aspect, rule or thing about golf, what would it be and why?
Relief from a divot in a fairway. A good shot ruined!

Dream foursome (living)?
Aaron Rodgers
Brett Favre
Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson

Dream foursome (living or dead)?
Vince Lombardi
Tiger Woods
Aaron Rodgers
Brett Favre

18 Rapid Fire, Off The Cuff Questions

1) Long Drive or Long Putt?
Drive for show putt for dough.......Putt

2) Having Round of Life OR Hole in One?
Round of Life...cheaper.

3) Golfing at the crack of dawn OR twilight?
Twilight....not a morning person.

4) Hit a power fade OR power draw?
Draw...more distance.

5) Beverage cart OR halfway house?
Bev Cart....like to see more.

6) Bathroom OR bushes?
Bushes...can't always wait.

7) Hot dog OR wrap?
Dog...ketchup and onions

8) Around the green, being in sand OR thick rough?
Thick rough...magical with my wedge

9) Walking OR riding?
Ride....getting old :)

10) Do you carry traditional 3 iron OR hybrid?
Hybrid...more versatile

11) Do you prefer long par 3 OR long par 5?
Par 5....more birdies

12) Pants OR Shorts?
Shorts...the hotter the better.

13) Palmer OR Nicklaus?
Jack

14) Beatles OR Elvis?
Beatles

15) Play for fun OR play for money?
A little cash is always fun.

16) Bump and run OR flop shot?
Flop all the way

17) Lay up OR gamble?
Let the big dog hunt

18) 18 holes OR 36?
All day if possible

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying 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), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.