Wild Rock Golf Club Announces Major Bunker Improvements for 2025 Golf Season By Brian Weis

Wild Rock Golf Club Announces Major Bunker Improvements for 2025 Golf Season

By Brian Weis

Wilderness Resort officials announced today that they are making some noteworthy changes to their award-winning, championship, 18-hole Wild Rock Golf Club for the 2025 season.

According to Pat Stein, Wild Rock Director of Golf, "Golfers visiting Wild Rock this season are in for a real treat. In March and April 2025, we will be undergoing a major bunker refurbishment to provide guests with the best possible playing conditions."

This will include removing the existing sand in the bunkers and replacing current bunker liners with a Capillaryflow bunker liner system, returning the bunkers back to their original design and replacing the sand with Fredonia Bunker Sand.

The resort will be working with the pros at Wadsworth Golf Construction Company out of Plainfield, IL to complete this project. Wadsworth has an impressive track record overseeing the construction for TPC Wisconsin, the construction and remodeling of University Ridge and the restoration of Torrey Pines in California.

Stein adds that there should only be minimal disruption from the project in April. During this time 9 holes will be available for play Monday-Thursday with the full course open Friday-Sunday. The entire project should be completed by the first week of May.

Other planned improvements for 2025 season include getting a new fleet of club car golf cars with 10-inch screens running an enhanced Tagmarshall GPS System.

"We're excited for golfers to see and experience all of these improvements," said Stein. "They're certain add to the beauty and playability of the course."

Events planned for the 2025 Season at Wild Rock include: The Wild Rock Cup presented by American Family Insurance April 28; Battle of the Rock presented by American Family Insurance May 12; Dells Junior Championship presented by American Family Insurance June 23 and 24; Three Oaks Golf Tour September 9-11; the WSGA Net Partners Championship September 16, WSGA Scramble Series Championship September 17; WSGA Senior Tour Championship September 24 and Wisconsin PGA Fall Pro - Pro October 13.

Golfers wishing to try their skills on this amazing course can do so by scheduling a tee time at www.wildrockgolf.com or by calling 608.253.GOLF. The course also uses the www.noteefy.app which allows golfers to put their names on a waitlist for tee dates/times that are sold out already and the app will notify them if that time becomes available.

Wild Rock rates start at $95 for weekday play and $120 for weekends. Wilderness Resort guests receive a 10 percent discount on all rounds of golf. The Woods rates range from $29-$35. Wilderness Resort guests and locals receive a discount. Stay and play packages are also listed on the site. The Wild Rock app, available in the Google Play and Apple App stores, also offers exclusive promotions and rates.

Wild Rock, which was designed by Hurdzan and Fry, annually receives many rave reviews for its three distinct terrains and five sets of tee boxes, including being ranked the 12th best course in Wisconsin by Golfweek.

Wild Rock is part of the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells, which is home to the Wilderness Hotel, Glacier Canyon Lodge and Conference Center, Wilderness on the Lake and a variety of freestanding condos, villas and cabins. Golfers can bring their families and extend their stay to enjoy the amazing waterpark facilities featuring four indoor and four outdoor waterparks with thrilling rides and slides and fun attractions including mini golf, laser tag, Take Flight Aerial Adventure Ride, Aquavia Lumina Enchanted Night Walk, a zip line course, go-karts and so much more.

The Wilderness is also home to the nationally-acclaimed Sundara Spa where a full range of spa services are offered, including a specially-targeted Golfer's Massage. A variety of dining options are available at the Wilderness including Sarento's Italian Restaurant, Field's Premier Steakhouse, and several more. The resort has a variety of wonderful stay and play vacation packages as well. For more information on the resort visit www.wildernessresort.com or call 1.800.867.WILD (9453).

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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.