The Gallery

Getting To Know: The Gallery Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Jeff Beier, Director, Sales & Marketing

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 Jeff Beier 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 Gallery Golf Club features two highly acclaimed courses offering members the finest in desert golf. Keeping your focus is a challenge on the picturesque North Golf Course with sweeping views of the high Sonoran desert landscape. Subtle elevation changes and views in all directions among thousands of giant saguaros provide members with an all-together different experience on the South Golf Course. The exceptionally maintained courses are set in a lush and natural desert environment and highly enjoyable for all skill levels.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
We are built into Dove Mountain so there is a natural 'lay of the land' where everything breaks just West of Tucson. But don't over read the greens!

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Hole 9, North Course, 700 yards.

Finishes looking at the clubhouse and the a beautiful view of West Tucson.

The only person to reach the green in two was John Daly.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
I prefer the 8th hole on our North Course. It forces the golfer to hit a long iron or hybrid off of the tee. The landing area is landscaped with a large waterfall, built right into the mountain. The wedge shot from there isn't any easier as the green is two-tiered and is very demanding. A great short, beautiful hole.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Onion rings and a Margarita are a must!

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Joe Durant shot a 61

Tucson Open Pro-AM

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 7468
Slope: 145
Rating: 74.5

More Information
The Gallery Golf Club
14000 N Dove Mountain Blvd
Marana, Arizona, 85658
480-440-6595
www.gallerygolf.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.