Interview With Dan Plens Golf Professional, Lake Lawn Resort
A Light Hearted Golf Q & A Interview
By Brian Weis
Below is an interview with Dan Plens Golf Professional at Lake Lawn Resort. His golf career started at the Golf Academy of America where he earned his Degree in Golf Complex Management. Today, he is the Resort Golf Manager at Lake Lawn Resort.
The following are a few traditional and non traditional golf centric questions that I love to ask influential people in the golf industry.
When did you start golfing and who introduced you do the game?
Started golfing when I was 3 , My dad actually put a club in my hand when I was 6 months old. My fondest memory is holing out from 35 yards in my backyard with my pops.
What is your current home course?
Lake Lawn Resort
To date, what is your proudest golf accomplishment?
Accepting the Head Golf Professional position here at Lake Lawn Resort.
What is your biggest golf pet peeve on or off the course?
People expressing concern about slow play when the group in font is actually ahead of pace!
What is your favorite club in your bag and why?
58 degree wedge, it is my go to club from inside 100 yards, I like to hit different types of shots with it.
What is your favorite golf destination?
North Carolina
What course is on your bucket list that you have not played yet?
Pebble Beach
If you woke up tomorrow and could play one course you played before, where would you play?
Augusta National
If you could change one aspect, rule or thing about golf, what would it be and why?
I would love for golf to be played in less than 3 hours.
Dream foursome (living)?
Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, My Dad, Me
Dream foursome (living or dead)?
Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones, Byron Nelson, Me
18 Rapid Fire, Off The Cuff Questions
1) Hitting Long Drive OR Sinking Long Putt?
Long Putt
2) Having Round of Life OR Hole in One?
Hole in one.....Still Searching for mine!!!!
3) Golfing at the crack of dawn OR twilight?
Earlier the better!!!!
4) Hit a power fade OR power draw?
Power Fade, I have the power draw down , and it drives me nuts!!
5) Beverage cart OR halfway house?
Halfway House
6) Bathroom OR bushes?
Bushes love that breeze!!!
7) Hot dog OR wrap?
Wrap
8) Around the green, being in sand OR thick rough?
Around the green!
9) Walking OR riding?
Walking
10) Do you carry traditional 3 iron OR hybrid?
3 iron
11) Do you prefer long par 3 OR long par 5?
Long Par 5. Let the big dog eat!!!
12) Pants OR Shorts?
Pants
13) Palmer OR Nicklaus?
Palmer
14) Beatles OR Elvis?
Beatles
15) Play for fun OR play for money?
Money
16) Bump and run OR flop shot?
Bump and run
17) Lay up OR gamble?
Gamble
18) 18 holes OR 36?
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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.
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