Golf Course Overview: Tapatio Springs Resort By Brian Weis

Golf Course Overview: Tapatio Springs Resort

Insights From An Insider With David Murrah, PGA Director of Golf Operations

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 David Murrah 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?
We are Texas Hill Country Authentic - Our setting is so unique and our golf course fits so naturally into the terrain. Add to that our great course conditions and you will see - Tapatio Springs Resort is awesome!

For someone who has not played the course in awhile, has there been any new changes/renovations to the course or property?
We just completed a $2 million dollar renovation project to our golf course in October 2015. It took another few months to grow in the changes but here we sit in June of 2016 and this place is awesome. Our '15 renovation work included renovating 72 of the 75 tee boxes, complete course bunker reconstruction (new bunker positions, new bunker style/design and new bunker constructions), renovated 4 greens, renovated and redesigned driving range, improved course irrigation, drainage and overall conditions. Add to that the more than $3 million dollars spent throughout other parts of the resort property and you have a vastly improved property that is getting a whole lot of attention these days.

What is your course's answer to Amen Corner? (Describe your best/hardest 3 back/back/back holes)
When you turn the corner on #13 and head home you have to negotiate 5 solid finishing holes (#14 thru #18). Holes 14, 15 & 16 are 3 par 4's that demand solid and accurate tee shots, approaches smartly placed to pin locations and putts that respect runaway slopes. These 3 holes will separate the field when coming down the stretch.

What is your course's claim to fame, or is there a little known fact that golfers should know about the property?
Everyone enjoys the connection of having George Strait as one of our owners. Mr. Strait represents a very solid standard for business and entertainment as well as an iconic legend of country music. Tapatio Springs Resort represents that profile in many ways to all of our guests and their regular daily experience here.

What tournaments/events have you (recently) hosted or will be hosting? Our club set's up well for a wide variety of quality tournament presentations from Girls Division I Collegiate, to STPGA Section Events, to TGA events to favorite fundraisers for our community, military and numerous other organizations.

Besides golf, what other amenities do you offer if a golfer wants to spend most of the day at your facility? Golf is only one of our featured amenities. Guest at Tapatio enjoy 2 pool areas (1 adult pool & 1 larger family style pool), Horseshoe Park, full service PURESOL Spa, horseback riding trips, delicious indoor and outdoor dinning, live music on Friday and Saturday nights and much, much more!

Signature sandwich or drink?
The LC Burger get's it done every time but occasionally I will enjoy the Blackened Salmon or the Tapatio Reuben!

Contact Course
Tapatio Springs Resort
1 Resort Way Boerne, Texas, 78006
830.537.4197
www.tapatioresort.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.