Trempealeau Mountain Golf Club

Getting To Know: Trempealeau Mountain Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Chad Landis, 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 Chad Landis 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
Trempealeau Mountain is a mondern links style golf course with pristine bent grass greens. It is playable and challenging to all levels of golfers.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Our top service and course conditions

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Always stay below the hole and club accordingly to account for the wind

Any recent changes to the golf course? Or any upcoming changes?
We have completed a Clubhouse remodel, added new golf carts. Planning some tee changes and tee rebuilds.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Voted Best Golf Course in Coulee Region
Voted 2nd Best Golf Course Along the Mississippi River Highway

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Our Signature hole is the Par 3 14th. Short Par3 all carry over the water to the peninsula green.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
My favorite hole is the 13th. Mid length Par 4 with a stream flowing across the fairway midway to the hole. It forces you to either layup and hit mid iron into a narrow green surrounded by bunkers or go for it off the tee to have just a sand wedge into the green for your chance at a birdie.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
one of our ice cold Draft Beers or Bloody Mary's. Pair that with one of our delicious Wraps with a side of Garlic Cheese Curds.

For the traveling golfer, do you have lodging onsite or partner with any area hotels?
We do not have any lodging accomodations, but there are several hotels within a 15 mile radius.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?

Back Tee Stats
Par: 71
Yardage: 6490
Slope: 128
Rating: 71.7

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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.