Frank Romano

Interview With Frank Romano Co-owner of Blackstone Creek GC, Fire Ridge GC, and Scenic View GC

A Light Hearted Golf Q & A Interview

By Brian Weis

Below is an interview with Frank Romano the Co-owner of Blackstone Creek GC, Fire Ridge GC, and Scenic View GC. Frank is also a Board Member of National Golf Course Owners Association since 1997.

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?
Age 5, my father got me started.

What is your current home course?
Any that will have me. :)

To date, what is your proudest golf accomplishment?
Voted "Top 20 Golf Operator in the World" by Golf Inc. magazine

What is your biggest golf pet peeve on or off the course?
Players who whine about slow play. Relax and enjoy yourself, life is too short.

What is your favorite golf destination?
Pebble Beach and El Tamerindo near PV, Mexico

What course is on your bucket list that you have not played yet?
The White House Putting Green

If you woke up tomorrow and could play one course you played before, where would you play?
University of Oklahoma Golf Club with my Fraternity Brothers

If you could change one aspect, rule or thing about golf, what would it be and why?
I would make the government liquidate their position as owner/operators of golf courses.

Dream foursome (living)?
Bill Clinton, Bill Murray, Barry Switzer, Me And four girl caddies with lots of cold Frazenskanner Beer

Dream foursome (living or dead)?
Ike, Arnie, George W, me

18 Rapid Fire, Off The Cuff Questions

1) Hitting Long Drive OR Sinking Long Putt?
Putt

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

3) Golfing at the crack of dawn OR twilight?
Both

4) Hit a power fade OR power draw?
What's that?

5) Beverage cart OR halfway house?
Please, see www.missbeercart.com

6) Bathroom OR bushes?
Never on the course, only dirt-bags do that.

7) Hot dog OR wrap?
Wrap

8) Around the green, being in sand OR thick rough?
Sand

9) Walking OR riding?
Walking next to the cart

10) Do you carry traditional 3 iron OR hybrid?
Hybrid's are for old guys

11) Do you prefer long par 3 OR long par 5?
Double bogey either way.

12) Pants OR Shorts?
Knickers and a tie

13) Palmer OR Nicklaus?
Arnie, me and two mait. guys from Latrobe

14) Beatles OR Elvis?
Imagine there is no discount fees, its easy if you try

15) Play for fun OR play for money?
Beer and buddies=fun

16) Bump and run OR flop shot?
Scenic is all bump and run baby, flop is for the white collar guy

17) Lay up OR gamble?
Tin Cup is my hero

18) 18 holes OR 36?
Please pay for 36 and play 18

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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.