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Golf Travel Guide To Hon-Dah Resort Casino

An Interview With Kathleen Kasey, Group Sales

By Brian Weis

Looking to plan the perfect golf trip to Hon-Dah Resort Casino? Planning a buddies trip or a romantic golf getaway can be a full time job not to mention pressure filled to deliver a memorable experience. Below is an interview with Kathleen Kasey, Group Sales who shares some insider information about golfing and traveling to Hon-Dah Resort Casino, must play courses, a sample itinerary and where you can go for more planning tools.

Give our readers an overview of your destination and why they should consider it for their next golf trip?
Hon-Dah Resort Casino is the White Mountains' vacation destination. We have 128 over-sized rooms with a year-round pool and spa. Our Indian Pine Restaurant prepares fine dining from a menu or hosts daily buffets including Friday's Seafood buffet, Saturday's Prime Rib Buffet and Sunday's Champagne Brunch.The Timbers Showroom schedules Vegas-style entertainment six nights per week including Monday Funday's stand-up comedy show. Love the nightlife? Hon-Dah Casino boasts over 800 of the hottest slots in Arizona. Relax and play the slots while our servers bring cocktails right to your machine. Our snack bar stays open until 2am...no other restaurant on the mountain is open that late!

Hon-Dah has everything you need on property to enjoy a relaxing, carefree vacation. Then, when you are ready to golf our shuttle will take you to one of two top-rated White Mountain Golf Courses, where you can golf in the cool mountain air.

What are the must play courses in Hon-Dah Resort Casino?
Hon-Dah Resort Casino partners with the Pinetop Lakes Country Club, which is a beautiful course that is located approximately 3 miles from Hon-Dah, or Silver Creek Golf Course, which is located just south of Show Low.

What is the hidden gem and/or best value course?
Both of these courses are top-rated courses in the White Mountains. Pinetop Lakes has more par 3s and is much closer.

Can you provide our readers with an ideal itinerary for a long weekend?
Arrival: Friday, 3pm check-in.

* Unpack and put feet up after long drive...
* Stop in the Indian Pine Restaurant for the Seafood Buffet with crab legs and shrimp or call room service for a fantastic meal.
* Hit the slots and play, drink and snack until Midnight...or go to Timbers showroom and dance the night away.
* or...Hit the sack for an early tee-off Saturday morning.
* Play golf all day.
* Hike, fish, bike, shop or go
* Back to Hon-Dah for Prime Rib.
* Hit the slots, do some more dancing and hit the sack.
Departure: Sunday, 12am

After golf, what are the "must do" things or attractions to see?
Hon-Dah is surrounded by the great outdoors. When you are done golfing, there is fishing, hiking, biking, chairlift rides at Sunrise Park Resort and many other outdoor activities.
Use your imagination, Hon-Dah's Outdoor Sports Shop has everything you need to go exploring.

What is the best time to travel?
The best time to visit Hon-Dah is when the heat turns up and you need somewhere cool to relax and enjoy some fresh air.

Anything else you would like to share about the Hon-Dah Resort Casino?
The White Mountains are home to the largest stand of Ponderosa pines in the United States. There are hundreds of miles of trails to hike or bike, lakes and streams to fish, quaint shops to go shopping, and a peaceful atmosphere. At night billions of stars fill the skies and the air is fresh and clean. Get out of the heat and check out one of Arizona's best kept secrets.

Where can golfers go for more information to research and plan their trip?
Hon-Dah Resort Casino
928-369-7620
www.hon-dah.com

White Mountain Apache Tribe
www.wmat.us

Pinetop-Lakeside Chamber of Commerce
www.pinetoplakesidechamber.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.