Frank Romano

Interview With Frank Romano Co-owner of Blackstone Creek GC, Fire Ridge GC, and Scenic View GC

A Light Hearted Golf Q & A Interview

By Brian Weis

Below is an interview with Frank Romano the Co-owner of Blackstone Creek GC, Fire Ridge GC, and Scenic View GC. Frank is also a Board Member of National Golf Course Owners Association since 1997.

The following are a few traditional and non traditional golf centric questions that I love to ask influential people in the golf industry.

When did you start golfing and who introduced you do the game?
Age 5, my father got me started.

What is your current home course?
Any that will have me. :)

To date, what is your proudest golf accomplishment?
Voted "Top 20 Golf Operator in the World" by Golf Inc. magazine

What is your biggest golf pet peeve on or off the course?
Players who whine about slow play. Relax and enjoy yourself, life is too short.

What is your favorite golf destination?
Pebble Beach and El Tamerindo near PV, Mexico

What course is on your bucket list that you have not played yet?
The White House Putting Green

If you woke up tomorrow and could play one course you played before, where would you play?
University of Oklahoma Golf Club with my Fraternity Brothers

If you could change one aspect, rule or thing about golf, what would it be and why?
I would make the government liquidate their position as owner/operators of golf courses.

Dream foursome (living)?
Bill Clinton, Bill Murray, Barry Switzer, Me And four girl caddies with lots of cold Frazenskanner Beer

Dream foursome (living or dead)?
Ike, Arnie, George W, me

18 Rapid Fire, Off The Cuff Questions

1) Hitting Long Drive OR Sinking Long Putt?
Putt

2) Having Round of Life OR Hole in One?
Hole in One

3) Golfing at the crack of dawn OR twilight?
Both

4) Hit a power fade OR power draw?
What's that?

5) Beverage cart OR halfway house?
Please, see www.missbeercart.com

6) Bathroom OR bushes?
Never on the course, only dirt-bags do that.

7) Hot dog OR wrap?
Wrap

8) Around the green, being in sand OR thick rough?
Sand

9) Walking OR riding?
Walking next to the cart

10) Do you carry traditional 3 iron OR hybrid?
Hybrid's are for old guys

11) Do you prefer long par 3 OR long par 5?
Double bogey either way.

12) Pants OR Shorts?
Knickers and a tie

13) Palmer OR Nicklaus?
Arnie, me and two mait. guys from Latrobe

14) Beatles OR Elvis?
Imagine there is no discount fees, its easy if you try

15) Play for fun OR play for money?
Beer and buddies=fun

16) Bump and run OR flop shot?
Scenic is all bump and run baby, flop is for the white collar guy

17) Lay up OR gamble?
Tin Cup is my hero

18) 18 holes OR 36?
Please pay for 36 and play 18

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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.