COURSE PROFILE INTERVIEW: Oakcreek Country Club By Brian Weis

COURSE PROFILE INTERVIEW: Oakcreek Country Club

What You Need To Know: Oakcreek Country Club

By Brian Weis

An Insightful Interview With Heather, Head Golf Professional

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 Heather 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
Arizona's Best Overall Golf Experience - Year Round, where guests are treated like members, and members are treated like guests. Open to the public, this 18 hole superbly manicured championship golf course was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and Jr. Oakcreek Country Club is a delight to play for all levels of golfers with five sets of tees ranging from 4,419 to 6,824 yards. Come and enjoy the beauty of Sedona's red rocks and play an equally spectacular and entertaining golf course. Our professional staff is committed to exceptional service and to make your visit with us a pleasurable experience. If you are going to play golf in Sedona, don't miss playing Oakcreek Country Club.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Best course conditions, views and price in the area.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Everything greens and fairways break away from the Red Rocks.

Any recent changes to the golf course? Or any upcoming changes?
No

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Voted Readers' Choice "Best of the Best" in the Best Golf Course category.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
#13 Beautiful par 3. The green is set back into the famous Red Rocks of Sedona. Most of our weddings are held on the 13th tee.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
My Favorite hole is #2. Again with breathtaking views of the red rocks. It is a short par 4 with a large angulating green, protected by large bunkers.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Peddler's Biergarten and Haus https://peddlersbh.com/
Best KOLSCH Beer and BRATS around!

For the traveling golfer, do you have lodging onsite or partner with any area hotels?
No onsite accommodations. Nearest hotels - Holiday Inn Express, The Element and The Hilton
https://www.oakcreekcc.com/stay-play/

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Steve Alker 61! During the Sedona Open (hosted by the Outlaw Tour) October 2018.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 6824
Slope: 131
Rating: 71.5

More Information
Oakcreek Country Club 690 Bell Rock Blvd SEDONA, AZ, 86351-8621 9282841660

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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.