Christmas Mountain - The Oaks #14

Getting To Know: Christmas Mountain Village

An Insightful Interview on the Property

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 multiple staffers who share 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
Etched into the rolling hills of Wisconsin Dells, Christmas Mountain offers 27 holes of championship golf. The golf courses at Christmas Mountain were awarded 4 stars by Golf Digest's "Best Places to Play" and we consider it the "Best Golf Value in Wisconsin Dells."

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
We are priced about $20 less than Trappers Turn & Wild Rock and the Oaks course at Christmas Mountain can rival either one. Christmas Mountain is always in fantastic shape and the views on the back nine are breathtaking.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
It's pretty straight forward so you can play well the first time you play it as long as you keep it in the short grass!

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Rated 4 stars by Golf Digest's "Best Places to Play"

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
The back nine of the Oaks course is our signature course. It is very demanding and has some incredible views.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
My personal favorite is Oaks #14. It measures 413 from the tips and you have to be on the right side of the fairway to have an angle at the green. A fairway wood or hybrid aimed at the fairway bunker is the play. From there you will leave yourself about a 160-170 yard uphill shot to a green that runs away from you and you cannot see the putting surface. The hole is guarded by 3 huge oak trees on the left side of the fairway that will block you out if you are left of center off the tee.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
The buffalo chicken wrap is fantastic.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
We are unsure on what the exact course record is. I have heard of 3 different 64's that have been recorded but none in tournament play.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 6786
Slope: 133
Rating: 72.9

More Information
Christmas Mountain Village
S944 Christmas Mountain Road
Wisconsin Dells, WI, 53965
608.254.3971
ChristmasMountainVillage.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.