Washington County Golf Course #14

Washington County Golf Course

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By Brian Weis

Ask the average golfer in the Badger State to name the top courses in Wisconsin and instantly they will spout off - Whistling Straits, Black Wolf Run and Erin Hills. While these courses are on golf magazine's perennial rankings, most would never guess Wisconsin boasts one of the top municipal courses in the country. Washington County Golf Course, an The Arthur Hills design, received a 4 1/2-star rating and is ranked second in the nation among municipal courses by Golf Digest. Golf Week also rated the course the top muni in the state and 29th overall.

Notable Holes

#7 - John Statz, PGA Professional Club Supervisor, shares that everyone remembers this hole, because of the high number everyone posts. To tackle the 524 yard hole, (545 from tips) steer clear of the large pond on the entire left side. Water also comes into play on the approach shot with a marshy pond guarding the elevated green. One piece of advice, layup! The green is the shallowest green on the course just under 25 yards deep. Going for this in two spells nothing but bogie. Layup to 100 yards for the best chance for birdie/par.

#14 - To conquer the signature par-3 check pin placement. A menacing marsh comes into play the deeper the hole is on the kidney shaped green. An accurate iron is needed as there is no bailout to the right either with mature trees and a sand trap protecting the right side.

#15 - John loves the dog left, 369 yard uphill par-4. "The hole is just a great design and offers many different looks depending on your tee shot and pin placement. When the prevailing winds is strong you have a long iron into the green with a big false front. I really like number 15," shared Statz.

The Skinny
4 Tees: 7048, 6587, 6198 and 5200 Yards
Slope/Rating: 134/73.6
Weekend Rate: $53 includes cart

Washington County Golf Course
6439 Clover Road
Hartford, WI 53027
262-670-6616
www.golfwcgc.com

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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.