Golf Trail Overview: The Georgia Golf Trail By Brian Weis

Golf Trail Overview: The Georgia Golf Trail

An Interview With Doug Hollandsworth, Founder

By Brian Weis

The ultimate golf vacation is tackling courses on a golf trail. Below is an interview with Doug Hollandsworth who shares some valuable information about golfing the The Georgia Golf Trail.

Give our readers an overview of the golf trail.
Southern charm and hospitality await you on The Georgia Golf Trail, home to breath taking golf courses and magnificent resorts from the mountains to the sea. Emerging as a leading golf destination, Georgia offers a vast array of world-class golf courses, as well as many other attractions including restaurants, historic sites and other wonderful amenities. The PGA TOUR is or has called five of the Georgia Golf Trail Members home to one of their events over the past three decades. So if the PGA TOUR loves Georgia then you will as well.

What golf courses make up the golf trail and why are they must plays?
20 Great Golf Resorts, courses and hotels make up the Georgia Golf Trail. So many must plays on here to name, but come and play golf all year.

Any hidden gem courses on the trail?
The Georgia State Parks have a name "Hidden Gems", because they are hidden and they are gems! You wouldn't believe these courses. 8 golf courses from North Georgia to the Southern most parts of the Peach State.

Is the trail designed to be conquered in one or several golf trips? Please provide itinerary or sample itineraries to complete the trail. (please group courses along with lodging recommendations)
Different Trips, but you will love the Georgia Coast, from Savannah to Jekyll Island, you will find a vast array of golf, great food and some beautiful locations.

What area tourist attractions might you recommend while doing the trail (golf or non-golf related)?
Georgia has so many attractions and some of them are our members. Like Callaway Resort & Gardens, some of the most beautiful grounds anywhere in the USA. Stone Mountain Park, one of the South's most enjoyable parks for the entire family. Both of these have great golf and are apart of the Trail.

Provide an overview of the lodging accommodations?
Wow, the Savannah Westin, cant beat it. Jekyll Island has some great resorts as well, Jekyll Island Club Resort. Brasstown Valley Resort next to North Carolina, beautiful mountain views and one of the best golf courses anywhere!

Where can a golfer go to get more information or book rounds/travel/lodging?
Start with the website. www.georgiagolfandtravel.com and we can help you find out more information

Courses on Trail
Number of Course: 23 members but 33 courses total
Number of Holes:

More Information
The Georgia Golf Trail
281 Providence Club Dr
Monroe, Ga, 30656
770-266-0331

www.georgiagolfandtravel.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.