Jack Nicklaus Helps Reopen Golf Course at Bear Lakes Country Club By Brian Weis

Jack Nicklaus Helps Reopen Golf Course at Bear Lakes Country Club

By Brian Weis

The Lakes Course at Bear Lakes Country Club has a new look with new challenges. Golf legend Jack Nicklaus helped design the original 18-hole golf course when the club opened in 1984. On Friday, November 19, the first couple of golf cut the yellow ribbon to reopen the renovated course.

The Lakes Course will display a plaque recognizing The Golden Bear for his influence on Bear Lakes Country Club, which features two Jack Nicklaus Signature golf courses. Bear Lakes Country Club also honored Jack and Barbara Nicklaus with a donation to support the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation, which helps to provide world-class pediatric care to children locally and globally.

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the Publisher of GolfTrips.com, a network of golf travel and directory sites including GolfWisconsin.com, GolfMichigan.com, ArizonaGolfer.com, GolfAlabama.com, etc. Professionally, Brian is a 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). In 2016, Brian won The Shaheen Cup, an award given to a golf travel writer by his peers.

All of his life, Brian has been around the game of golf. As a youngster, Brian competed at all levels in junior and high school golf. Brian had a zero chance for a college golf scholarship, so he worked on the grounds crew at West Bend Country Club to pay for his University of Wisconsin education. In his adult years, his passion for the game collided with his entrepreneurial spirit and in 2004 launched GolfWisconsin.com. In 2007, the idea for a network of local golf directory sites formed and GolfTrips.com was born. Today, the network consists of a site in all 50 states supported by national sites like GolfTrips.com, GolfGuide.com and GolfPackages.com. It is an understatement to say, Brian is passionate about promoting golf and golf travel on a local, regional, national and international level.

On the golf course, Brian is known as a fierce weekend warrior that fluctuates between a 5-9 handicap. With a soft fade, known as "The Weis Slice", and booming 300+ drives, he can blast it out of bounds with the best of them.