Sycamore Creek Golf Club

Getting To Know: Sycamore Creek Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Danna Kahrs, 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 Danna Kahrs 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
Sycamore Creek is built in a beautiful Ozark valley, in and among the ponds of a working fish hatchery. With the design of the course the owners were able to use the land to it's best, and still leave many areas of mature trees and forest that provide safe haven to a host of wildlife. Wildlife that has become accustom to golfers and are not afraid to be seen, adding a different element to your round than you will find at a city course.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
The course Superintendent and his crew take great personal pride in the golf course, and the product they produce each day for the golfers. This is not just a job for them, this is their reputation being put before you, every time you come to play. I know if you visit Sycamore Creek, you will be glad you did, and ready to come back again and again.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Sycamore Creek is not a golf course to bring out a driver on every tee. Placement is much more important than going for total distance. Keep it in the middle and your score will reflect your patience.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Hole 18 is arguably the toughest par five at the Lake. Do not be intimidated off the tee by the water, this is the least of your worries. Keep your second shot in the fairway at all costs. As you approach the green, just keep the ball below the hole. Take a par and call it done!

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
The hotdogs at Sycamore Creek are known to be the best! We have people who are not even playing golf, stop by for a quick lunch just to get a hotdog. Farmlands best, and a quarter pound, this is what a golf course hot dog is supposed to be!

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Holes: 18

More Information
Sycamore Creek Golf Club
1270 Nichols Rd
Osage Beach, Missouri, 65065
573-348-9593
sycamorecreekgolfclub.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.