Windance Country Club

Getting To Know: Windance Country Club

An Insightful Interview With David Lee, 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 David Lee 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
Best greens on the MS Coast, Best Value on the MS Coast, can't find chicken and sausage gumbo like ours anywhere, the golf course is relatively short on paper but plays longer, challenging golf course, hosted all state tournaments, high school tournaments, PGA tour events, presently the Monday qualifier for the Champions Tour event on the MS Coast, only course that has a game just about every day for anyone.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Because of quality of golf course/experience, great value, open to any golfers to play in our weekly games if they desire.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
The greens are typically quick. Stay below the hole if possible and distance off the tee isn't a great advantage.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Golf Course of the year MS Gulf Coast Chapter 2007. Hosted and still host several touor and state events

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
#5. Short hole but very difficult from the tee shot to the final putt. Two ponds and two creeks come into play on this hole.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
#12. Par 5. No matter how you are playing it's an oppurtunity to make an eagle or birdie and start a run as you near the finish line.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo. Best you have ever had.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Willie Wood. 63. Shot that during the Ben Hogan Tour in the late 80's

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 6659
Slope: 127
Rating: 72.3

More Information
Windance Country Club
19385 Champion Circle
Gulfport, MS, 39503
228-832-4871
www.windancecc.com

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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.