Bown Deer Park Golf Course - Hole #18

Golf Course Overview: Brown Deer Park Golf Course

Insights From An Insider With Andrew Barrett, PGA Head Golf Professional

By Brian Weis

Local and traveling golfers love to research courses before playing them, whether it is to gain some local knowledge or to set an expectation before their upcoming round. Below is an interview with Andrew Barrett who shares some valuable insight about the property, its most talked about holes and the signature dish/drink to consume at the 19th hole.

How Does Your Course Differ From The Others In The Area?
Location, course conditions, layout, and history.

Brown Deer Park Golf Course is the best/closest golf course from downtown Milwaukee (10 minutes). We are bent grass from tee to green with a challenging former PGA Tour stop and current LPGA Symetra Tour site.

Over time Brown Deer has been a national host to many events. In short three National Public Links over the last century, LPGA Symetra Tour for the last 5 years, and the PGA Tour from 1994 to 2009 where Tiger Woods made his professional debut and said "Hello World" in 96'.

For someone who has not played the course in awhile, has there been any new changes/renovations to the course or property?
New tee boxes all over to fit multiple skills level for the course. With the overall faculty there has been many.

Almost a total clubhouse renovation; roof, ac/heating, new golf shop, new kitchen (great food), new deck, new patio, new tavern, new hallway with mini museum, cart staging area, road realignment to expand the practice area and more. I call it Brown Deer 2.0.

What is your course's answer to Amen Corner? (Describe your best/hardest 3 back/back/back holes)
I like 7, 8, 9.

#7 is our longest par 3 missing left or right creates a tough up and down.
#8 is the hardest for better player. Tee shot has to hit the line with the correct distance to ensure the trees won't bother you.
#9 is our shortest par 4. With a solid tee shot you'll have a wedge in hand to score. More trees can end that thought of an easy par/birdie. Plus this is close to the new tavern/deck and you'll have to deal with a potential gallery.

What is your course's claim to fame, or is there a little known fact that golfers should know about the property?
Brown Deer Park has a long history with Hall of Fame golfers playing in exhibition matches in the 1930s! However, Tiger Wood in August of 1996 said "Hello World" to begin his professional career. He even got a hole in one during that week.

What tournaments/events have you (recently) hosted or will be hosting?
We host many events. LPGA Symetra Tour, Badger Mutual Women's Amateur, many Wisconsin PGA and Wisconsin State Golf Association tournament along with other international, national, and local corporate golf outings.

Besides golf, what other amenities do you offer if a golfer wants to spend most of the day at your facility?
Brown Deer Park is a large park with tennis, basketball, frisbee golf, and picnic areas. It's a huge chuck of land! I personally hang out in our new tavern sports bar and then go play more golf.

For the traveling golfer, do you have lodging onsite or partner with any area hotels?
We do not, but being so close to downtown, we have many hotels and can recommend if needed.

Signature sandwich or drink?
We only serve Wisconsin brewed beer and offer popular craft beers our customers enjoy. My personal favorite menu item is the Southwest Chicken wrap.

Contact Course
Brown Deer Park Golf Course
7625 North Range Line Rd
Milwaukee, WI, 53214
414-352-3353

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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.