Hawkshead Links

Hawkshead Links Overview

Why You Must Play Hawkshead

By Brian Weis

HawksHead Links, designed by world renowned golf architect Arthur Hills, is truly a masterpiece unique to Western Michigan. Variety is what makes a golf course memorable and we offer an extraordinarily beautiful links style layout, with large sandy waste areas and wispy fescue grasses with outstanding conditioning to challenge the experience golfer, while also providing an enjoyable round for the higher handicappers.

The following are a few questions for Greg Ruppert, General Manager, Hawkshead Links.

Q: What Are The Lodging Options At The Course?
A: On property is a 1920 Tudor Mansion with Nine large individual unique rooms with private baths. The lodging is ideal for couples but we do get "guys buddy trips" all the time. Staying here before or after golf has it benefits, we provide discount golf rates when staying at the inn.

Q: What makes you unique in comparison to the other courses in the area?
A: The quality of course and value and having a top quality restaurant in the inn

Q: Why should someone golf your course if they are vacationing in South Have?
A: Were the Best! Golf Digest 4 1/2 star rated and recently Rolex Top 1000 courses in the world one of only 13 in Michigan.

The statement by Greg sums it up - We Are The Best. Hawkshead is a Michigan Must Play!

More Information
HawksHead Links
523 Hawksnest Drive
South Haven, MI 49090
(269) 639-2121
http://www.hawksheadlinks.com

Article Tags: Hawkshead Golf Course, South Haven

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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.