The Inn at Bay Harbor-A Renaissance Golf Resort

The Inn at Bay Harbor-A Renaissance Golf Resort, earns national recognition by Condé Nast Traveler and GOLF Magazine.

By Brian Weis

The Inn at Bay Harbor - A Renaissance Golf Resort has been rated among the Top 100 U.S. Mainland Resorts by Condé Nast Traveler. For 22 years, Condé Nast Traveler subscribers have completed the annual Readers' Choice Survey selecting top resorts across the globe. Nearly 26,000 readers completed this year's survey and rated resort properties on a five point scale based on activities/facilities, food/dining, location, overall design, and rooms and service.

The Inn at Bay Harbor also earned the Gold Medal in GOLF Magazine's prestigious 2010 Premier Resorts awards. The Inn stands alone among the state's resorts as the only Michigan property ever to achieve Gold Medal status.

The resort is nestled along Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay, just south of Petoskey, and offers 134 elegantly appointed guest rooms including 84 suites and 23 Lakeside Cottages. The Inn's amenities include a full-service spa and salon, several restaurants and conference facilities as well as the spectacular Arthur Hills' designed Bay Harbor Golf Club. For more information on The Inn at Bay Harbor - A Renaissance Golf Resort in northern Michigan, call 231-439-4000 or visit www.innatbayharbor.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.