Giants Ridge Welcomes Fall with Value-Packed Stay-and-Play Offer By Brian Weis

Giants Ridge Welcomes Fall with Value-Packed Stay-and-Play Offer

Northern Minnesota Golf Package

By Brian Weis

Giants Ridge - Minnesota's leading golf resort set in the rugged beauty of the Mesabi Iron Range - is celebrating autumn with a stay-and-play offer ideal for golf getaways.

Available for midweek play through the end of golf season, the package includes one round of golf on either of Giants Ridge's two championship courses and accommodations at The Lodge at Giants Ridge. Rates start at $119 per person per night (based on double occupancy) and are available for stays Sunday - Thursday and tee times Monday - Thursday.

For reservations, call 877.442.6877 and mention the midweek fall golf package.

Located just over three hours from the Minneapolis - St. Paul metro area, Giants Ridge boasts two of the highest ranked layouts in the state, The Quarry and The Legend. Rated the "Best Course You Can Play" in Minnesota by Golfweek and GOLF Magazine, The Quarry is a true "must-play" course characterized by dramatically raised tees and hazards forged from reclaimed and repurposed mine land.

As its name implies, The Legend offers flat-out legendary golf. The player-friendly resort course plays through towering pines and alongside glittering Sabin Lake. Its smooth edges and traditional design elements offer a stunning contrast to its starkly modern sibling, Quarry.

"Giants Ridge is an ideal destination for a fall getaway," says John Kendall, Director of Golf. "With two of Jeffrey Brauer's finest designs situated in the breathtaking natural beauty of Minnesota's northwoods, it's a golf lover's dream."

Offering unbeatable value and 36 thrilling holes, Giants Ridge has long been considered one of Minnesota's best golf destinations. In addition to receiving a Golf Digest Editor's Choice Award for "Best Golf Resorts in the Midwest," Giants Ridge and its courses have received accolades from Golfweek, Golf Magazine, My Golf Spy, WorldGolf.com and Golf Advisor.

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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.