Golf Travel Guide To Reno

An Interview With Mark Conn, Director of Sports Marketing

By Brian Weis

Looking to plan the perfect golf trip to Reno? Planning a buddies trip or a romantic golf getaway can be a full time job not to mention pressure filled to deliver a memorable experience. Below is an interview with Mark Conn, Director of Sports Marketing who shares some insider information about golfing and traveling to Reno, must play courses, a sample itinerary and where you can go for more planning tools.

Give our readers an overview of your destination and why they should consider it for their next golf trip?
Sierra Nevada climate is ideal for golfers coming to the area. With an average of 300 days of sunshine and less than 2" of rain from May-September. Bottom line is you don't have to worry about your golf round getting rained out.

The Eldorado Resorts' Reno properties allows you to choose from over 30 golf courses in the region designed by world renown architects to be included in your golf group package. Eldorado offers preferred golf course partner green fees and access to exclusive private clubs.

What are the must play courses in Reno?

Lakeridge Golf Course
Lakeridge is a premier semi private golf course offering daily fees and a competitive membership along with excellent food and terrific service-a proven winning combination. The layout of this Robert Trent Jones, Sr. designed facility offers breathtaking views of Reno and the surrounding mountains. Our signature hole, number 15, is a world famous par 3 set high atop Lake Stanley to an enticing island green. Lakeridge is voted "Best of Reno" year after year.

1218 Golf Club Drive
Reno, NV 89519
775-825-2200
https://duncangolfreno.com/lakeridge/

Grizzly Ranch
Nestled between the high desert and the million acre Plumas National Forest, the Bob Cupp-designed Grizzly Ranch Golf Club championship course stretches more than 7,400 yards from the tips yet has five sets of tees to accommodate every level of player. Located less than an hour from both Reno and Truckee along Highway 70, Grizzly Ranch is just minutes from Portola and Graeagle, CA., Lake Davis Recreation Area and the scenic Feather River Canyon.

250 Clubhouse Drive
Portola, CA 96122
530-832-4200
http://grizzlyranchgolfclub.com

Gray's Crossing
A Peter Jacobsen/Jim Hardy designed championship golf course, The Golf Club at Gray's Crossing gives golfers a premier 18-hole mountain golf resort experience.

11401 Henness Rd
Truckee, CA 96161
530-550-2000
http://www.grayscrossing.com

Edgewood Tahoe
As the only course nestled along Lake Tahoe's scenic shoreline, there's no better place to play the greatest game on Earth than at Edgewood Tahoe's revered 18-hole championship course. Home of the Home of the American Century Championship (Celebrity).

100 Lake Parkway
Lake Tahoe, NV 89449
775-588-2787
http://www.edgewoodtahoe.com/

Wolf Run Golf Club
Wolf Run Golf Club is one of south Reno's most popular courses. The course is situated amid the Sierra Foothills, tumbling across a picturesque desert landscape sprinkled with native flora. The layout has many risk-reward opportunities and the par-3 holes are especially fun

1400 Wolf Run Rd
Reno, NV 89511
Phone: 775-851-3301
https://duncangolfreno.com/wolf-run/

Can you provide our readers with an ideal itinerary for a long weekend?

Thursday
Day of arrival, early afternoon round of golf at Lakeridge, dinner at Brew Brother's, Reno Aces baseball game.

Friday
36 holes of golf at Old Greenwood and Gray's Crossing, dinner at Roxy, poker tournament

Saturday
Golf at Grizzly Ranch, lunch at Canters Deli, enjoy an afternoon at Silver Legacy Sports Book, dinner at El Jefe, and hit the casino floor

Sunday
Day of departure, late breakfast at Madame Butterwork's Curious Cafe, golf at Wolf Run

After golf, what are the "must do" things or attractions to see?
Laugh Factory at Silver Legacy, Broadway Showroom at Eldorado and Midway at Circus Circus!

Gambling at anyone of our casinos, oh course! Check out Eldorado, Silver Legacy and Circus Circus Resort & Casino.

What is the best time to travel?
Reno/Tahoe area peak golf group season Memorial Day Weekend through the end of September. Great values with a Sunday-Thursday night stay

Anything else you would like to share about the Reno?
Some great events to plan trips or golf trips around are:

THE GREAT ELDORADO BBQ, BREWS & BLUES FESTIVAL - June
AMERICAN CENTURY CHAMPIONSHIP - July
BARRACUDA CHAMPIONSHIP, PGA TOUR GOLF TOURNAMENT - August
HOT AUGUST NIGHTS - August
THE GREAT RENO BALLOON RACE - September
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AIR RACES - September
ELDORADO GREAT ITALIAN FESTIVAL - October

Where can golfers go for more information to research and plan their trip?
Research your trip at www.readysetreno.com, email renotahoegolf@eldoradoresorts.com for more information or submit your trip request to https://www.silverlegacyreno.com/form/golf-rfp-form

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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.