What You Need To Know: Wild Bluff Golf Course By Brian Weis

What You Need To Know: Wild Bluff Golf Course

An Insightful Interview With Matt Phipps, 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 Matt Phipps 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
Wild Bluff Golf Course is a hidden gem located in the UP of Michigan. 18 Beautiful holes, all of them different and challenging in their own way. Spectacular views of Lake Superior are seen throughout the golf course. With 5 sets of tees, a great challenge can be offered to golfers of any skill level. Our Starter Shack, located on the 1st and 10th tee provides any and all cold drinks, along with the best hot dogs and brats around! We also have a full service restaurant located on the upper floor of the clubhouse for pre and post golf drinks along with a full menu. With a huge wrap around deck overlooking the 18th green, a drink on the deck is surely the best way to end your round. We have GPS on our golf carts to guide you around each hole, providing detailed yardages and graphics. With always immaculate conditions, Wild Bluff is a golf experience like no other in the UP!

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
The condition, and the challenge of our golf course here at Wild Bluff is unmatched in our area. GPS on the golf carts is a wonderful feature as well!

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
With trouble on both sides of almost every hole, hitting the ball in the fairway is crucial to scoring well here at Wild Bluff. Our greens are fast but true, a well tuned short game will also help you score better.

Any recent changes to the golf course? Or any upcoming changes?
We have many plans to make improvements to the property, but those projects are still in the planning phase for now.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
We were awarded 4 1/2 Stars by Golf Digest. Play here once and you will see why! We are most proud of the condition we keep the course in. It takes many long hours and behind the scenes work but we are very proud of the golf experience we are able to provide here.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
#15 at Wild Bluff is definitely our signature hole. Voted one of the Toughest 10 Holes in Michigan by viewers of Michigan Golf Live, this par 3 is a unique challenge of its own. With an 80 foot elevation drop from tee to green, and a variety of yardages depending on what tees you are playing, this hole will test all your skills. The wind is often a major factor on this hole, making club selection crucial to keeping your round on track through hole #15.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
My favorite hole is #11. A par 5, a very high risk high reward hole. With a sharp dogleg to the right, you can choose a driver and cut off as much as you can. But beware, a pond at the end of the fairway will ruin your shot if you don't choose your line carefully. It is not a very long hole, but to have a short club in your hand and a chance at an eagle, a perfect tee shot is a must.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Our big Bloody Mary's and Ceasers by far our most popular request!

For the traveling golfer, do you have lodging onsite or partner with any area hotels?
We do, we have a full hotel and Casino across the street from the golf course

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
The course record from the back tees is 66. We used to have a Canadian Tour Event here, and this score was shot by 3 of those players in that tournament, which was held here several years in a row.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 7056
Slope: 146
Rating: 75.2

More Information
Wild Bluff Golf Course 11335 W Lakeshore Dr. Brimley, MI, 49715 906-248-5860

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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.