What You Need To Know: Spooner Golf Club By Brian Weis

What You Need To Know: Spooner Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Frederick Friedman, GM/PGA Head Golf Professional

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 Frederick Friedman 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
The original 9-hole hole course was designed by Thomas Vardon, brother of six-time British Open champion Harry Vardon in 1930. In 1980 Dr. Gordon Emerson designed 9more holes that blended with the original nine holes created the course as it is today.
Spooner Golf Club is a very enjoyable golf course with risk /reward holes and some very challenging holes. There are many pines with the hardwood trees intermingled within them. We have a full driving range with a chipping green, as well a a putting green near the 1st tee.
There is a full service golf shop that offers many top labels. The bar and restaurant located in the upper level of the clubhouse and offer a wonderful view of the 9th hole. There is also a patio that offers outside seating.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
The golf course is playable for all levels of players. There are 4 sets of men's tees and 3 sets for the ladies. Don't let the yardages fool you! This par 71 from the tips is an outstanding golf course and has 4 very difficult holes!

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Always keep the ball below the hole and don't try to cut off too much on hole #3!! The trees are taller than they look!!

Any recent changes to the golf course? Or any upcoming changes?
We are changing a couple of tees and have added new tees as we try to accommodate all levels of players

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
The Wisconsin Department of Tourism selected the 408 yard 18th as the first hole in the state of Wisconsin with their release of The Dairyland Dream 18 holes.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Hole #18 is our Signature hole! It truly does have the "WOW" factor

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
I think from the black tees hole #3 is a great par 5. It has a lake on the left and OB on the right. The perfect drive would be down the left hand side to get a flat lie. The 2nd shot requires a very long and high shot to carry the trees and the pines. Depending on how much you try to cut off depends on your fate! The elevated green makes it hard to get the perfect distance and there is a very large green that is not difficult if your below the hole!

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
We offer food specials and on certain days we offer the Special of the Day!

For the traveling golfer, do you have lodging onsite or partner with any area hotels?
We would recommend The Best Western Spooner Riverplace. It is in downtown Spooner.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
The course record from the Blue tees is 65. Shot by Craig Zadra on August 2, 2012

Back Tee Stats
Par: 71
Yardage: 6066
Slope: 117
Rating: 69.3

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Spooner Golf Club
W6120 County Highway H
Spooner, WI, 54801
715-635-3580

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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.