COURSE PROFILE INTERVIEW: The Frog Golf Club By Brian Weis

COURSE PROFILE INTERVIEW: The Frog Golf Club

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By Brian Weis

Getting To Know: The Frog Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Wes Bates, General Manager

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 Wes Bates 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
Designed by legendary golf course architect Tom Fazio, the parkland-style, 18-hole championship public golf course at The Frog Golf Club opened in 1998 to high acclaim. The Frog is recognized among the top courses in Georgia, and is located just 40 miles from downtown Atlanta off I-20 in Villa Rica. The course is complete with bentgrass greens and expansive bunkering, and has also attained status as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Designed by legendary golf course architect Tom Fazio, The Frog is recognized among the top courses in Georgia. Located off I-20 in Villa Rica, The Frog is a masterpiece complete with bentgrass greens, expansive bunkering and has also attained status as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Keep the ball of the tee in the

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Since its inception, The Frog Golf Course has garnered numerous awards and accolades including:

* 10 Public Golf Courses in Atlanta Worth Your Time - Golf Advisor
* Best Public Courses in the Atlanta Area - PGA.com
* 72 holes of great public golf in Atlanta - Golf Magazine
* 13 Best Public Golf Courses in and around Atlanta - Atlanta Magazine
* 4 ½ star rating by Golf Digest

In addition, The Frog has hosted many notable golf events including the Georgia Open, CEO Jaguar Tour, The Five Star Celebrity Classic and the John Smoltz Celebrity Players Tournament.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Hole #18 is a long par 5 headed back to the clubhouse. Play smart to get your birde and approach the green with 3 well struck shots.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
Take what off the tee gives you. Play say of the tee.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
The Frog Grille

For the traveling golfer, do you have lodging onsite or partner with any area hotels?
The Frog is part of The Georgia Golf Trail.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 76
Yardage: 7018
Slope: 138
Rating: 73.5

More Information
The Frog Golf Club
2699 Georgian Pkwy
Villa Rica, GA, 30180
770-459-4400

https://www.golfthefrog.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.