Beaver Brook Country Club

Getting To Know: Beaver Brook Country Club

An Insightful Interview With Ian Church, General Manager

By Brian Weis

Whether you have played a course 20+ times a year or looking to play the course for the first time, insights from an insider can help enhance your golf experience. Below is an interview with Ian Church who shares some valuable tidbits about the course, memorable holes and must eats and treats at the 19th.

Give Our Readers An Overview of the Golf Course/Property
Located in Annandale, NJ, just an hour west of New York City, Beaver Brook Country Club was named a "must play" course by Golfing Magazine in 2008. Beaver Brook Country Club's championship-quality public golf course is as challenging as it is beautiful. The clubhouse and several of the holes on both nines feature picturesque views of the Hunterdon Hills and Spruce Run Reservoir. Boasting one of the finest layouts in the area, the fairway is lined by stately oaks, maples and other trees.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Great views over the Raritan Valley and Clinton area. Superb fairways, undulating and fast greens!

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
The course exacts a precise game and will make you hit every club in your bag!

Play for position off of the tee.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Golf Digest "Best Places to Play" - 2008/2009

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
#15, a very narrow, 451 yard par 4 that will feel like a birdie if you play it in par!

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
#11. A very scenic dogleg that will both test your accuracy off the tee and shot-making to the green.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
The Beaver Burger!

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: Men: 6601 Ladies: 5384
Slope: Men: 125 Ladies: 122
Rating: Men: 71.7 Ladies: 70.4

More Information
Beaver Brook Country Club
25 Country Club Drive
Annandale, New Jersey, 08801
908-735-4200
www.beaverbrookcc.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.