Steve Smith and the Stanley Cup

Interview With Steve Smith Owner/Operator Fire Ridge Golf

A Light Hearted Golf Q & A Interview

By Brian Weis

Below is an interview with Steve Smith Opened Fire Ridge Golf Club in the Spring of 2003. Fire Ridge is a Championship 18 Hole Golf Course. We hosted the US Bank Championship Monday Qualifier from 2003 until 2009. Our Club House is home to our award winning restaurant "Flannery's at Fire Ridge. We have been voted Best On-Course Restaurant 4 years running.

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?
My Dad bought me my first set of clubs 40 years ago. I would ride my bike to a nearby 9 hole golf course clubs in tow!

What is your current home course? F
ire Ridge Golf Club

To date, what is your proudest golf accomplishment?
Winning the Worm Burner Open with my buddies Greg, Jason and Dieder.

What is your biggest golf pet peeve on or off the course?
Practice Swings

What is your favorite club in your bag and why?
5 Iron....It works better than the other ones.

What is your favorite golf destination?
Torry Pines

What course is on your bucket list that you have not played yet?
Augusta

If you woke up tomorrow and could play one course you played before, where would you play?
Torry Pines

If you could change one aspect, rule or thing about golf, what would it be and why?
Eliminate the Gimmie

Dream foursome (living)?
Me, Tiger, Gretzky and Sid the Kid Crosby

Dream foursome (living or dead)?
Me, My Dad, Jackie Robinson, and Jack

18 Rapid Fire, Off The Cuff Questions

1) Hitting Long Drive OR Sinking Long Putt?
The Long Ball

2) Having Round of Life OR Hole in One?
Breaking Par would be nice....I might have to get a few Hole In Ones to do it!!

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

4) Hit a power fade OR power draw?
Draw

5) Beverage cart OR halfway house?
Silly questions.....Beverage Cart!

6) Bathroom OR bushes?
Bathroom

7) Hot dog OR wrap?
Hot Dog

8) Around the green, being in sand OR thick rough?
I'd rather be around the Green

9) Walking OR riding?
Riding

10) Do you carry traditional 3 iron OR hybrid?
3 Iron

11) Do you prefer long par 3 OR long par 5?
Long Par 5

12) Pants OR Shorts?
Shorts...However it's not a good look!

13) Palmer OR Nicklaus?
Nicklaus

14) Beatles OR Elvis?
Bob Marley

15) Play for fun OR play for money?
Can you play golf for fun?

16) Bump and run OR flop shot?
Bump It

17) Lay up OR gamble?
Go Big or Go Home

18) 18 holes OR 36?
18 Holes.....36 Holes cuts into bar time

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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.