Golf Resort Overview: Rend Lake Golf Resort By Brian Weis

Golf Resort Overview: Rend Lake Golf Resort

An Interview With Jason Stilley, PGA Professional golfshop@rendlake.org

By Brian Weis

The ultimate golf vacation is staying and playing at a golf resort. Below is an interview with Jason Stilley who shares some valuable information about staying and golfing at Rend Lake Golf Resort.

Give our readers an overview of the golf resort.
Large bent grass greens averaging 7,500 square feet per green. Zoysia fairways and tees. Numerous water hazards, with five sets of tees for golfers of all skill levels. Wide continuous cart paths throughout. Meticulous landscaping creating a mature, natural setting. A state of the art, lighted driving range and practice facility with raised target greens.

Share with us your room accommodations configurations. What group sizes can accommodate?
We have 48 hotel rooms, 24 condos, a Manor House, and 4 cabins.
With availability, we can accommodate most any size group.

What type of restaurants do you have on property and what type of dining experience can one expect?
Seasons Restaurant is located at the Rend Lake Golf Complex. Seasons Restaurant is a full-service restaurant and sports bar. It also has a banquet facility that can accommodate approximately 200 people.

Beyond golf what are the top three amenities golfers and non-golfers can enjoy on property?
No matter what activity you enjoy while spending your time outdoors, you will find it here. We have an outdoor Pool and a Jacuzzi within its own gazebo, bike trails, tennis/basketball courts.

Please supply a sample itinerary for a long buddies weekend?
Arrive on scene late morning to early afternoon on Friday, check into the lodge and catch 18 holes of golf. After golf enjoy dinner at Seasons Restaurant.

Saturday, wake up early enough to have breakfast at Seasons Restaurant, play 27 holes of golf and enjoy dinner again at Seasons. If you were to choose to leave Rend Lake Golf Resort, there's Pheasant Hollow Winery just 1 1/2 miles for Rend Lake Golf Resort. After your visit at the winery, enjoy a good night's sleep at the lodge.

Sunday, arrive early for breakfast at Seasons Restaurant and follow up with 18 holes before departing home.

Please supply a sample itinerary for a long couples weekend?
Arrive on scene late morning to early afternoon on Friday, check into the lodge and catch 18 holes of golf. After golf enjoy dinner at Seasons Restaurant.

Saturday, wake up early enough to have breakfast at Seasons Restaurant, play 27 holes of golf and enjoy dinner again at Seasons. If you were to choose to leave Rend Lake Golf Resort, there's Pheasant Hollow Winery just 1 1/2 miles for Rend Lake Golf Resort. After your visit at the winery, enjoy a good night's sleep at the lodge.

Sunday, arrive early for breakfast at Seasons Restaurant and follow up with 18 holes before departing home.

What area tourist attractions might you recommend while in the area?
We have an outdoor Pool with a Jacuzzi within its own gazebo, bike trails, tennis, basketball, and a driving range all within the resort. Rend Lake has boating, fishing guides, Archery range, as well as a winery and antique stores within a short drive.

Any recent or upcoming changes to the property/resort or golf course?
Update hotel rooms.

How can golfers inquire about golf packages for your resort?
(800) 999-0977
rendlakegolfresort.com
golfshop@rendlake.org
seasons@rendlake.org

Courses at Resort
Number of Course: 1
Number of Holes: 27

More Information
Rend Lake Golf Resort 12476 Golf Course Drive Whittington, Illinois, 62897 618-629-2353

rendlakegolfresort.com

Revised: 04/09/2026 - Article Viewed 42 Times - View Course Profile

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.