Golf Course Overview: Evergreen Resort - Spruce Course By Brian Weis

Golf Course Overview: Evergreen Resort - Spruce Course

An Insightful Interview With Elliott Oscar, PGA Director of Golf

By Brian Weis

Golf Course Overview: Evergreen Resort "Spruce"

Insights From An Insider With Phil Himes, Director of Golf Philh@evergreenresortmi.com

Local and traveling golfers love to research courses before playing them, whether it is to gain some local knowledge or to set an expectation before their upcoming round. Below is an interview with Phil Himes who shares some valuable insight about the property, its most talked about holes and the signature dish/drink to consume at the 19th hole.

How Does Your Course Differ From The Others In The Area?
Where the Up North michigan golf course you look for when you head this way. the course or new links style course, all very unqiue in there own rights. 7 courses within 15 min. of the resort.

What is your course's answer to Amen Corner? (Describe your best/hardest 3 back/back/back holes)
The last four holes, 2 par 5's and a great par 4 16th, and closing par 3 the 18th. These holes will add to your score, if not your not hitting the ball well.

What is your course's claim to fame, or is there a little known fact that golfers should know about the property?
The resort is set up for you to grab your in the morning and use it all day, you do not have to drive your the whole weekend when your here.

Besides golf, what other amenities do you offer if a golfer wants to spend most of the day at your facility?
Indoor Pool and Hot tub, Lighted Tennis courts, Terrace room and Curly's sports bar, for all of your dinning needs, Great shopping downtown Cadillac. Driving range.

Signature sandwich or drink?
Curly's Burger a must have, also the Prime rib. Sunday Brunch is a big year round.

Contact Course
Evergreen Resort "Spruce"
7880 Mackinaw Trail
Cadillac, Mi, 49601
231-942-7021
www.evergreenresortmi.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.