Shanty Creek Resort Acquires Hawk's Eye Golf Club By Brian Weis

Shanty Creek Resort Acquires Hawk's Eye Golf Club

Among Top 10 Largest Golf Resorts in America

By Brian Weis

Northern Michigan's Shanty Creek Resort announces the addition of the Hawk's Eye Golf Club to its portfolio of golf courses. With the acquisition of Hawk's Eye, it is the fifth 18-hole championship course within Shanty Creek's now nearly 5,500-acre property. With 90 holes at one destination, Shanty Creek is now among the Top 10 Largest Golf Resorts in North America.

"The addition of Hawk's Eye [to our collection of courses] is huge-literally and figuratively," says Mike Mooney, Director of Golf for Shanty Creek. "Having five courses within an 8-mile radius adds significant appeal and prestige for golfers looking for a world-class getaway."

Since its introduction in 2004, Hawk's Eye has been named to several course rankings and listings including "Top Courses in Michigan" three times from Golf Advisor and among Michigan's "Best Public Courses" by Golf Magazine.

Shanty Creek CEO Pete Bigford adds, "In the wake of the corona virus, [the addition of Hawk's Eye] is a testament to the successes we've been experiencing here at Shanty Creek."

Within the past year, the resort has expanded and improved many of its amenities including the new Topgolf Swing Suite golf simulator in The River Bistro, a new fleet of golf carts, and the new CoffeeBAR coffee house at The Lakeview Hotel. "With the addition of Hawk's Eye," Bigford added, "an exclamation point has been added to Shanty Creek's bid to be Michigan's best golf resort."

Along with the annually top-ranked Tom Weiskopf-designed Cedar River course and Arnold Palmer's Legend, Shanty Creek now boasts three of the state's top courses-all in one location. "Add our Schuss Mountain and Summit courses and the variety of golf is unmatched," says Mooney.

The four-season golf and ski resort in Antrim County is located 31 miles northeast of Traverse City in Bellaire amid the Chain of Lakes region. For more information about Shanty Creek golf courses, tee times, or custom golf packages visit ShantyCreek.com or call (231) 533-2020.

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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.