Sundance Hole 9

Getting To Know: Agaming Golf Resort

An Insightful Interview With Mike, Brown

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 Mike 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
Agaming Golf Resort has 3 amazing and different courses to choose from, as well some of the nicest lodging accommodations in all of Northern Michigan. The Sundance golf course was rated 3rd best new golf course in the country when it opened in 2006, The Torch course and Antrim Dells are both 4 star Golf Digest rated with great views of Torch Lake and Lake Michigan. This is the best collection of quality golf with great pricing that you will find anywhere.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Sundance has been one of the most popular golf courses in all of Michigan since it opened, it is very fair and playable but can be played from the tips at 7000 yards and become very tough especially if the wind is up. Torch is one of the most scenic golf courses in all of MI, with spectacular views of Torch Lake with it's crystal clear blue waters, it was voted 2cd most scenic course only to Arcadia Bluffs by Traverse the magazine. Antrim is a parkland style course with very nice views of Lake Michigan, the back nine is more traditional Northern MI course through the trees and front nine is somewhat open to start you off, the course is always in great shape with some undulating greens that break to the Lake.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Sundance was voted b3rd best new courses in the country in 2006 and is 4.5 stars by golf Digest.

Torch was voted 2nd only to Arcadia Bluffs for most scenic course in Northern M.

Antrim Dells is rated 4 stars by Golf Digest

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Torch number 7 , a par 3 looking straight out over the beautiful Torch Lake.

Sundance number 18 with a peninsula green or number 9 a 600 yard par 5 with 13 bunkers is visually amazing.

Antrim Dells number 12 is a great par 5 with a creek crossing the fairway or number 13 a par 3 with a elevated tee box , great views

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
The must have food at Agaming Golf Resort is many, the breakfast at Agaming is awesome, the omelets or the Scramble delight is a great way to start your day. For lunch the Reubens are fantastic with Boars head lunch meat.

Dinners are served at Antrim Dells and the prime Rib and Whitefish are the most popular. I love the Parmesan crusted whitefish, it is very hard not to order this amazing fresh fish every time. The Lake Trout and Perch are also right up there, any one that loves fish won't be disappointed by Chef Johns creations.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
I believe its is still Chick Harbert who is one of the old owners and a famed PGA golfer, he was a Ryder Cup Captain twice and won the PGA Championship in 1953 for Torch, Sundance and Antrim I am not sure but will go for it my next time out !!!

More Information
Agaming Golf Resort
627 Agaming Drive
Kewadin , mi , 49648
231-264-5081
www.agaminggolf.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.