Dogwood Hills Golf Resort

Getting To Know: Dogwood Hills Golf Resort

An Insightful Interview With K.C. Cloke, Marketing Director

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 K.C. Cloke 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
Dogwood Hills is nestled in beautiful Lake of the Ozarks. Celebrating 50 years of service, Dogwood is not only known for it's excellent course condition and playability they also are highly recognized because of their resort amenities available on site. Dogwood Hills features deluxe hotel guest rooms, Fairway Villa Suites, the Lake's only lighted practice facility, 18-holes of golf, beautiful courtyard with pool and hot tub and Mitch & Duff's Restaurant.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Dogwood Hills offer tremendous value for your money. Dogwood Hills was voted 2011's Lake Sun Readers Choice Best Golf Course at the Lake and we're proud to offer that quality at an affordable rate!

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Hit the practice facility before heading out for your round. Better yet, schedule a golf lesson with one of our PGA Teaching Professionals before hitting the tee box.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
2011 Lake Sun Readers Choice - Best Golf Course at the Lake
Celebrating 50 years of Service

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
#12 is our most talked about hole because of it's yardage, slope and one of a kind green and green side bunker. #12 is also part of what our guests call the "Amen" corner. Once you finish holes 10, 11 and 12, which are located on a separate corner of land from the remaining course, you'll be saying "Amen" .

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
#13 because of the landscaping. Tip for this hole, keep it straight and watch out for the grass bunker.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Whether you're stopping in for a drink or meal you're sure to find what you're craving at Mitch & Duff's Restaurant. Featuring favorite dishes such as Eggs Benedict, huge pork tenderloin sandwich and All-You-Can-Eat pancakes.

Ready for that drink? Mitch & Duff's offers a full bar, daily drink specials, draft beer and famous Bloody Mary's!

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Robert Wilson holds the course record with a score of 61. This round was played in July of 2008. 29 on the front and 32 on the back.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 70
Yardage: 6441
Slope: 120
Rating: 71

More Information
Dogwood Hills Golf Resort
1252 State Hwy KK
Osage Beach, MO, 65065
573-348-3153
www.DogwoodHillsResort.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.