Branson Golf Destination Adds New Attraction; Array of Amenities Ideal for Travel Getaways to Ozarks By Brian Weis

Branson Golf Destination Adds New Attraction; Array of Amenities Ideal for Travel Getaways to Ozarks

Fastest-Growing, Most-Compelling Venue for Sport in U.S. Ideal for Fun On and Off the 10 Courses

By Brian Weis

What do golfers and anglers have in common? They tend to embellish their performance and results when telling others about them. Certain golf shots and fish caught take on greater emphasis than perhaps is warranted. Branson is the ideal destination for both recreational pastimes and the subsequent cock-and-bull stories.

The recent debut of Angler's Lodge, the destination's newest accommodation, and its Tall Tales Bar & Grill - a brand-new over-the-top sports bar near all 10 Branson Golf courses - is the perfect place to relax and regale others with amusing accounts of days spent on the lush fairways and vast lakes.

The full-service restaurant starts with a tasty menu - including blackened fish tacos and Kansas City strip steaks - then complements that with a golf simulator, large screen TVs, arcade games, Ozarks-themed décor and more.

Tall Tales enhances the destination's unique combination of incredible golf courses and its astonishing non-golf amenities and attractions.

With four of the state's top-rated courses in Missouri (including the top three), multiple new courses that have opened in recent years (including Tiger Woods' only public course design in America), and 10 total playing options to choose from, Branson has emerged as one of the country's best settings for golf getaways.

Three superb lakes offer boating and water sports. Astounding museums - Titanic Branson and Ancient Ozarks Natural History - showcase displays not found anywhere else. Hundreds of restaurants and lodging establishments beckon, along with dozens of live entertainment theaters, outdoor adventures (zip lines, world-class fishing) and award-winning family friendly places (Silver Dollar City theme park).

At the heart of the golf destination is Big Cedar Lodge, home to five golf courses and a plethora of remarkable other leisure activities. Located a few miles from the resort, Tall Tales is one of its amenities and is situated conveniently near the destination's golf courses.

"Branson has always been coveted by visitors for our wonderful hotels, resorts, restaurants and leisure activities," said Lynn Berry, Director of Communications, Branson Convention & Visitors Bureau. "Tall Tales Bar & Grill adds another wonderful option to our destination, one that is perfect for golfers, anglers, and everyone."

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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.