Boulder Ridge - Hole #6

Getting To Know: Boulder Ridge Country Club

An Insightful Interview With Jim Dziekan, CCM, General Manager

By Brian Weis

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 Jim Dziekan, CCM 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
From it's gracefully curving fairways to it's immaculately manicured greens, the Boulder Ridge golf course bears the unmistakable mark of a champion.

That champion is Fuzzy Zoeller, former winner of the Masters and US Open, who has lent his personal touch to this spectacular 27 hole course.

It was Fuzzy's personal philosophy, which guided Lohmann Golf Design in the creation of Boulder Ridge's par 72 course. Sculpted out of the Illinois heartland, this 7,000 yard private course pays tribute to the game through its respect for both nature and golfer alike.

Each hole features multiple tee locations attracting players of all levels. Paved tee-to-green cart paths weave throughout the entire course, while strategically placed bunkers enhance the landscape, as well as the game.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
What makes a good golf course truly great? According to Fuzzy, a course must be flexible enough to equally challenge both amateur and professional. It must be as beautiful to look at as it is to play. The course must be spacious and wide open, with water providing a refreshing backdrop rather than a frustrating hazard. And above all, a great golf course must withstand the test of time, providing a golfer as much enjoyment on his or her fiftieth outing as it did on the very first.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Tee shot placement on par 4's and 5's is critical and make sure approach shots are below the hole.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Hole number 6 is a very interesting risk reward hole. This par 4 features a split fairway with bunkers in the center. A tee shot to the right fairway sets up a shorter approach shot into the green. However your drive must carry water and the right side of the fairway is flanked by water all the way to the green. A tee shot to the left fairway takes away the water carry off the tee but leaves you with a much longer approach shot. Depending on placement off the tee, you can be left with a 185 to 200 yard shot into the green.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
My favorite hole is #3, a make-able par 4. Avoid the fairway bunker on the left and depending on pin location, make sure you are below the cup otherwise the sloped green makes for a very difficult putt.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Boulder Ridge Country Club has a fantastic chef. Todd Weber has been the executive chef since 2005. Everything on the menu is delicious. the steaks, chops and fresh fish are all expertly prepared. To be honest with you, the two items we receive more compliments on are the soups and the burgers.

Check out the Boulder Ridge blog site or our facebook page where you can find many U-tube videos on how to prepare the club's many signature cocktails and dishes.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Men's Course Record - Jerry Modlinski, shot a 66 on May 11, 2011

Women's course Record, Pat McGough, shot a 70 on August 21, 2008

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,977
Slope: 142
Rating: 74.4

More Information
Boulder Ridge Country Club
350 Boulder Drive
Lake in the Hills, Illinois, 60156
847-854-3030
www.boulderridge.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.