Crooked tree - Hole #15

Getting To Know: Crooked Tree Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Steve Good, Head Golf Professional

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 Steve Good 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 Crooked Tree Golf Club is a challenging test of golf that meanders through beautiful hardwoods with unparalleled views of Lake Michigan. It is adds enjoyable variety in shot selection while challenging golfers of all levels.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course? Crooked Tree Golf Club is conveniently located between Boyne Highlands and Boyne Mountain. While enjoying your stay with Boyne Resorts it is a must play among the many golf opportunities that Boyne Resorts has to offer.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course? While playing your round at Crooked Tree pay attention to greens that always seem to influence the ball to move towards Lake Michigan. Pay careful attention to club selection so that your approach stays on the lower side of the hole.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
2004 Golf Digest Best Places to Play

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Hole #15 is a Par 3 that Overlooks Lake Michigan.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It? Hole #15.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Enjoy the Restaurants of The Inn at Bay Harbor.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 71
Yardage: 6712
Slope: 136
Rating: 72.6
More Information
Crooked Tree Golf Club
600 Crooked Tree Drive
Petoskey, Michigan, 49770
231-439-4030
www.boyne.com

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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.