Josh Lesnik

Interview With Josh Lesnik President, KemperSports and KemperLesnik KemperSports

A Light Hearted Golf Q & A Interview

By Brian Weis

Below is an interview with Josh Lesnik, the President, KemperSports and KemperLesnik at KemperSports. The following are a few traditional and non traditional golf centric questions that I love to ask influential people in the golf industry.

When did you start golfing and who introduced you to the game?
Age 13. My dad introduced me.

What is your current home course?
The Glen Club

To date, what is your proudest golf accomplishment?
Being part of the team that opened Bandon Dunes.

What is your biggest golf pet peeve on or off the course?
Slow play

What is your favorite club in your bag and why?
5-iron. It reminds me of when I was learning the game

What is your favorite golf destination?
Bandon Dunes!

What course is on your bucket list that you have not played yet?
Fisher's Island (New York)

If you woke up tomorrow and could play one course you played before, where would you play?
Cypress Point

If you could change one aspect, rule or thing about golf, what would it be and why?
When industry leaders publicize what they think is wrong with the game as opposed to all the positives.

Dream foursome (living)?
My dad, my father in law, Mike Keiser...Pat Foley would be calling the match while driving the bev cart.

Dream foursome (living or dead)?
Jerry Garcia, Bob Marley, Seth Raynor

18 Rapid Fire, Off The Cuff Questions

1) Hitting Long Drive OR Sinking Long Putt?
Long drive

2) Having Round of Life OR Hole in One?
Round of my life

3) Golfing at the crack of dawn OR twilight? Twilight

4) Hit a power fade OR power draw?
Power fade

5) Beverage cart OR halfway house?
Both

6) Bathroom OR bushes?
Bushes

7) Hot dog OR wrap?
Wrap

8) Around the green, being in sand OR thick rough?
Sand

9) Walking OR riding?
Walking

10) Do you carry traditional 3 iron OR hybrid?
Hybrid

11) Do you prefer long par 3 OR long par 5?
Long par-3

12) Pants OR Shorts?
Shorts

13) Palmer OR Nicklaus?
Crenshaw

14) Beatles OR Elvis?
The Dead and The Stones

15) Play for fun OR play for money?
Both

16) Bump and run OR flop shot?
Bump and run

17) Lay up OR gamble?
Depends on who my partner is

18) 18 holes OR 36?
85 (The # of holes at Bandon Dunes)

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the Publisher of GolfTrips.com, a network of golf travel and directory sites including GolfWisconsin.com, GolfMichigan.com, ArizonaGolfer.com, GolfAlabama.com, etc. Professionally, Brian is a 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). In 2016, Brian won The Shaheen Cup, an award given to a golf travel writer by his peers.

All of his life, Brian has been around the game of golf. As a youngster, Brian competed at all levels in junior and high school golf. Brian had a zero chance for a college golf scholarship, so he worked on the grounds crew at West Bend Country Club to pay for his University of Wisconsin education. In his adult years, his passion for the game collided with his entrepreneurial spirit and in 2004 launched GolfWisconsin.com. In 2007, the idea for a network of local golf directory sites formed and GolfTrips.com was born. Today, the network consists of a site in all 50 states supported by national sites like GolfTrips.com, GolfGuide.com and GolfPackages.com. It is an understatement to say, Brian is passionate about promoting golf and golf travel on a local, regional, national and international level.

On the golf course, Brian is known as a fierce weekend warrior that fluctuates between a 5-9 handicap. With a soft fade, known as "The Weis Slice", and booming 300+ drives, he can blast it out of bounds with the best of them.