Mistwood GC

Mistwood Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Raymond Hearn, Golf Course Designer of Mistwood

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 Raymond Hearn 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
Perfect site for golf with graceful rolling hills topped with fescue and a 65 acre crystal clear lake.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
It is considered one of the best public golf courses in the Midwest by public golfers and many golf media. Hole #8 is ranked as one of the nest par 5s in the USA by Golf Digest. No weak holes instead my design features 18 very dynamic and unique golf holes. A true "must play" course.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Pure risk / reward play options everywhere so based on your game that day and your position in your match know when to gamble and when to play it safe (great stuff).

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
4 1/2 star ranking from Golf Digest
Currently my remodeling work is being considered for 2013 Renovation of the Year by numerous golf magazines

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
I do not like signature holes but rather prefer I try to create 18 signature holes (every golf course architects true goal). You be the judge.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
I do not like signature holes but rather prefer I try to create 18 signature holes (every golf course architects true goal). You be the judge. Without being too self promoting I believe each hole is very special and each has numerous risk / reward play options with some being more risky then others. Each hole has a generous bailout area for high handicap golfer to aim for.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Their current golf professional who had a 67

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 7010
Slope: 73.1
Rating: 144

More Information
Mistwood Golf Club
1700 W Renwick Road
Romeoville, Illinois, 60446
815-254-3333
www.mistwoodgc.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.