Golf Resort Overview: The Meadows at Mystic Lake By Brian Weis

Golf Resort Overview: The Meadows at Mystic Lake

An Interview With Mike Luckraft, Director of Golf

By Brian Weis

The ultimate golf vacation is staying and playing at a golf resort. Below is an interview with Mike Luckraft, Director of Golf at The Meadows who shares some valuable information about staying and golfing at The Meadows at Mystic Lake.

Give our readers an overview of the golf resort.
The Meadows at Mystic Lake is a premier, award-winning, public golf course that offers a unique, challenging, and scenic golf experience. A full-service golfing destination, The Meadows is enhanced by nearby food and entertainment venues including The Meadows Bar and Grille and Mystic Lake Casino Hotel. Book your tee time, shop our golf shop, and improve your game year-round, all at The Meadows at Mystic Lake.

Share with us your room accommodations configurations. What group sizes can accommodate?
All group sizes can be accommodated at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel with King and Two Queen rooms, Suites, and ADA accessible rooms.

What type of restaurants do you have on property and what type of dining experience can one expect?
Enjoy drinks, bar bites, burgers, fresh salads, and more after your round at Meadows Bar and Grille.

Fresh from the farm or straight from the sea, enjoy the finest prime beef and seafood offered in a welcoming setting at Mystic Steakhouse.

From hearty home-style breakfasts to comforting entrees, this classic all-American restaurant has it all. Feast on favorites like the hot turkey sandwich, buttermilk fried chicken sandwich, or build your own omelette at Minnehaha Cafe.

Sweet Temptations serves ice cream along with a full menu featuring house-made cookies, cupcakes and other sweet treats!

Beyond golf what are the top three amenities golfers and non-golfers can enjoy on property?
Follow the lights to the only place that brings nonstop gaming action, dining, drinks and entertainment together as part of the complete resort experience-Mystic Lake Casino Hotel.

Let's go see the stars shine. Mystic Showroom raises the curtain on fun with superstar country and pop performers, headlining comedians and big production Broadway musicals. The Mystic Showroom also boasts state-of-the-art acoustics, incredible sight lines and extra-wide seats with plenty of legroom. Which means more room for you and your friends to sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

Take a moment for yourself with a service from The Spa at Mystic Lake.

Please supply a sample itinerary for a long buddies weekend?
- Golf The Meadows at Mystic Lake
- Enjoy superior cuts of prime aged heritage beef, savory seafood, and fine wines at Mystic Steakhouse
- Relax and rejuvenate with a calming spa service from The Spa at Mystic Lake
- Catch a show at the Mystic Showroom or get in on the gaming action at one of the largest casino floors east of Vegas

Please supply a sample itinerary for a long couples weekend?
- Golf The Meadows at Mystic Lake
- Dinner and drinks at The Meadows Bar and Grille
- Catch a show at the Mystic Showroom or get in on the gaming action at one of the largest casino floors east of Vegas
- Enjoy superior cuts of prime aged heritage beef, savory seafood and fine wines at Mystic Steakhouse

What area tourist attractions might you recommend while in the area?
- 'Mdewakanton: Dwellers of the Spirit Lake' exhibit and gift shop at Hocokata Ti, cultural center
- Little Six Casino
- Renaissance Festival
- Valleyfair
- Cleary Lake Regional Park
- Mall of America
- Minnesota Zoo

Any recent or upcoming changes to the property/resort or golf course?
Construction of LaunchPad Golf's first US location is currently under construction on Mystic Lake Casino Hotel property set to open in 2025!

How can golfers inquire about golf packages for your resort?
Call The Meadows Golf Shop at 952.233.5533 or visit mysticlake.com/deals-and-offers.

Courses at Resort
Number of Course: 1
Number of Holes: 18

More Information
The Meadows at Mystic Lake
2400 Mystic Lake Blvd
Prior Lake, Minnesota, 55372
763-353-0024

www.golfthemeadows.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.