What You Need To Know: Wildflower Golf Course By Brian Weis

What You Need To Know: Wildflower Golf Course

An Insightful Interview With Emily Meyers, Director of Operations

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 Emily Meyers 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
Built in the tradition of seaside golf in Scotland, Wildflower captures the spirit of this land where tall grass prairies and rolling hills meet the lakes and hills of northwest Minnesota. Wildflower is a "prairie links" style course designed by Joel Goldstrand. With over 90 feet in elevation changes and with beautiful Pelican Lake in the background, Wildflower has no shortage of spectacular views and will challenge golfers of all skill levels and our driving range is the best in the area.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Wildflower is a unique golf course where every club in your bag will be tested. Some courses you may be able to get away with hitting your driver and then your short irons and wedges all day long. But not at Wildflower. There will most likely always be wind with / against / or across you and your shot. Your game will be challenged between the big, fast, and firm greens as well as all of the uneven lies you will get with the ball either above or below your feet on almost every approach shot. Superintendent Reed Bohm has done a great job to have our greens rolling fast and firm, but most importantly very true! If you read the green correctly and give it the right speed expect the ball to go in without any unexpected bounces to the left or right!

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Factor in the wind on all of your shots. Pull a few pieces of grass and toss the grass in the air to see which way the wind is blowing.. From there, get a good yardage to the pin and commit to the desired shot you'd like to hit!

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Right now, I would have to say it's our greens. Golf is always much more enjoyable when the greens are fast and true. At Wildflower we have both!

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Number 4 is talked about a lot due to its difficulty when playing into the wind. The hole is just under 400 yards, however, it is all uphill and on most days it is into the wind. Hole number 1-3 are fairly easy so expect your first test on number 4 when the wind is blowing!

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
My favorite hole is number 12. Even though this hole can be difficult at times depending on where the pin is and where the wind is blowing, I love the view you get from the tee box! A big drive is always rewarded on this long par 5.

For the traveling golfer, do you have lodging onsite or partner with any area hotels?
Fair Hills Resort is located just across the road from the course. With over 100 cabins we have room for everyone.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Kane Hanson holds the course record of 62. He set the record on July 24, 2008.

Back Tee Stats
Par:
Yardage: 7000
Slope: 74.0
Rating: 138

More Information
Wildflower Golf Course
19790 County Highway 20
Detroit Lakes, MN, 56501
888-752-9945
www.wildflowergolfcourse.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.