Lake Windsor Country Club

Golf Course Overview: Lake Windsor Country Club

Insights From An Insider With Scott Mowatt, Head Golf Professional

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 Scott Mowatt 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?
Lake Windsor Country Club thrives on having the best greens in the Madison area! Our superintendent takes our greens to a new level and you can expect for them to roll around 11's on a consistent basis.

For someone who has not played the course in awhile, has there been any new changes/renovations to the course or property?
The course has just finished a 3 year renovation project. The course was known for flooding during heavy rain months due to poor drainage. The drainage has been fixed and the front nine is completely new. Come check out the new design!

What is your course's answer to Amen Corner? (Describe your best/hardest 3 back/back/back holes)
The 3 hardest holes in a row are 7, 8, and 9. Hole #7 plays 465 yards from the back tee's and has a river cutting through the middle of the hole. With a perfect tee shot you will be left with 175-200 yards in to this 3 tiered green. This is the hardest and longest par 4 on the course. Hole #8 it a 200 yard par 3 with a narrow green. The large bunker just in front of the green makes for a challenging par 3. Hole #9 is a short par 4 playing just under 400 yards, but there is trouble everywhere. Out of Bounds all down the left and the Yahara River all down the right and in front of the green makes for an intimidating tee shot. If you miss the green you will be left with a very difficult chip shot.

What is your course's claim to fame, or is there a little known fact that golfers should know about the property?
We have the Yahara River running throughout the golf course. We have water hazards on 15 out of 18 holes. It makes for a very difficult course.

What tournaments/events have you (recently) hosted or will be hosting?
We will be hosting the Wisconsin PGA Pro/ Pro event this October.

Besides golf, what other amenities do you offer if a golfer wants to spend most of the day at your facility?
We have a full service restaurant that is known for it's Famous Fish Fry. Make sure to stop in after your round for a cold beer and great food!

Signature sandwich or drink?
Our burgers are out of this world! They are always changing and you can get just about anything you can think of on them.

Contact Course
Lake Windsor Country Club
4628 Golf Rd. Windsor, WI 53598
608-846-4711

www.lakewindsor.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.

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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.

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