Getting To Know: Chariot Run Golf Club By Brian Weis

Getting To Know: Chariot Run Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Jeff Krohn, Director of Golf

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 Jeff Krohn 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
An 18 hole championship golf course with five sets of tees for all playing levels. Bent grass greens, tees and fairways make this golf course one of the best conditioned in the Louisville regional market. Practice facility includes a full hitting grass tee, putting green and chipping area. Clubhouse consist of a fully stocked Professional Golf Shop, a restaurant serving fine deli food and a incredible porch area overlooking the golf course. Rated by Golfweek magazine as on of the Top Casino Golf Courses in the country and one of the top five courses in Indiana that you can play.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
The golf course is always in immaculate shape with greens that run fast and smooth and fairways that are in perfect condition. The course offers that best service experience in the region. Coupled with the great condition of the golf course makes this a must stop and play course.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
The golf course has greens that are shuttle but they are fast. Highly recommended checking out the practice green before teeing off to get used to the speed.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
A Certified Golf Course Audubon Sanctuary.
GolfWeek Magazine "Top 50 Casino Course"
Golfweek Magazine "Top Courses You Can Play"

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
#12 is a par three measuring 195 yards from the back tee. The tee shot must carry water that is in front and up the left hand side of the hole. It is the only hole on the course without a bunker. It doesn't need one.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
Hole #14 is my favorite. Par 4 dogleft left measuring 453 yards from the back tee. Two bunkers protect the left and right sides off the tee and you must clear a creek in front of the green on your second shot. The fairway runs downhill left to right so aim at the right bunker and hit it hard. Ball will skip to the left and roll down the fairway. From there hit a crisp iron into the green avoiding the creek in front and to the right.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
The Burgers are amazing. Try the new cod fish sandwich as well and I recommend eating on the porch. The view is a perfect way to end your day at Chariot Run Golf Club.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Joe Byrd, 65 from the back tee. Joe used to work here at the golf course which helped but he is a great player.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 7246
Slope: 138
Rating: 76.1

More Information
Chariot Run Golf Club
8191 Chariot Run Drive
Laconia, Indiana, 47135
877-316/7336
www.chariotrun.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.