Scottsdale Courses, Resorts Raking Up The Accolades

By Brian Weis

Golfweek magazine recently debuted the 2010 list of "Best Courses You Can Play."

Fourteen Scottsdale area courses of the 25 featured in Arizona made the cut with We-Ko-Pa Golf Club's Saguaro Course securing the top spot.

Other courses honored include Troon North (Monument, No. 3), We-Ko-Pa (Cholla, No. 4), TPC Scottsdale (Stadium, No. 5), Talking Stick (North, No. 7), Troon North (Pinnacle, No. 8), Boulders (North, No. 11), Grayhawk (Raptor, No. 15), Longbow (No. 17), Boulders (South, No. 18), Talking Stick (South, No. 19), SunRidge Canyon (No. 22), Grayhawk (Talon, No. 23) and TPC Scottsdale (Champions, No. 24).

Two Scottsdale resorts - The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa and The Fairmont Scottsdale - were both honored with the "Premier Resorts: Silver Medal" by Golf Magazine. And for the third consecutive year, Kierland Golf Club was ranked one of the "100 Best Golf Shops" by Golf World magazine.

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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.