The Orchards - Hole #16

Getting To Know: Orchards Golf Course

An Insightful Interview With Jack Jackson, Managing Partner

By Brian Weis

Whether you have played a course 20+ times a year or looking to play the course for the first time, insights from an insider can help enhance your golf experience. Below is an interview with Jack Jackson who shares some valuable tidbits about the course, memorable holes and must eats and treats at the 19th.

Give Our Readers An Overview of the Golf Course/Property
Voted Door County's #1 public course by the Milwaukee Journal and by Cybergolf.com. 2012 places to play for women by Midwest Golf Magazine. Door County's only all Bent Grass public course. The course is set among Cherry and Apple orchards bring a real Door County feel to everyround.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
With 5 sets of Tees to choose from every golfer can find the right challenge to meet thier game. The Orchards is free of develpoment on the course and with quiet electric carts it the perfect place to relax on your vaction. Orchards Bar & Grill is open to serveyou as you enjoy a panoramic view of the back 9 from our large outdoor deck.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Hole #16 was voted one of the par 5's on Northeast Wisconsin's top 18 holes. #17 is the most photographed due to it elevation change to a green surounded by water.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
#18 is a great finishing par 5. after teeing off over the water a good 2nd shot puts you in a positon to finish your round with a birdie. Many matches have turned here.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Orchards Munchie basket, washed down with a Stella on the Patio.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Jason Fitchett 64. I actually had the previlage of playing the round with him, it came during a practice round for the Cherryland Open. Eagle on 14, on #16 in two. is the best golf I have seen live.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 7206
Slope: 131
Rating: 75

More Information
Orchards Golf Course
8125 Heritage Lake Road
Egg Harbor, WI, 54209
920-868-2483
www.orchardsateggharbor.com

Article Tags: Orchards Golf Course, Door County Golf

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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.