Getting To Know: Arthur Hills Golf Course at Boyne Highlands Resort

An Insightful Interview With Joshua Richter, Head Golf Professional

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 Joshua Richter 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
Modern golf course with large fairways, waste bunkers, and dramatic changes in elevation.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Very memorable with change in elevation and great views. Very friendly off the tee with large fairways and greens.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
To focus on specific targets, its important to target certain sides of fairway for success in approach shots.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Hole #13, it is very elevated and has a wonderful view of the valley. You can also see a couple other holes of the golf course.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It? Hole #5, very classic northern Michigan hole cut through the hardwood trees. Best tip is too hit it long, makes the approach shot much easier!

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Country Club of Boyne Mojito

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
65 by Steve McKalko during the GAM Mid AM. Great round of golf in tournament conditions.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 73
Yardage: 7312
Slope: 144
Rating: 75.4

More Information
Arthur Hills Golf Course
600 Highland Drive
Harbor Springs , Michigan, 49740
231-526-3028
www.boyne.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.