Sage Run - Hole #13

Getting To Know: Sage Run Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Dan Langenfeld, Proshop 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 Dan Langenfeld 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
Sage Run, designed by Paul Albanese, joins the celebrated Sweetgrass course at the resort for the Hannahville Indian Community, and offers a contrasting style and design. The land at Sage Run is 180 degrees in contrast from its sister course Sweetgrass with its prairie links style.

Sage Run meanders through beautiful Upper Peninsula hardwoods and open vistas with very dramatic views. A natural drumlin, or elongated hill or ridge formed by glacial ice long ago, is the primary feature on Sage Run. A variety of golf holes meander off of and around the hill offering a scenic variety of shots creating a fun thrill ride for golfers. The challenging combination of long holes with creative short par fours lined with fescue grasses and strategic bunkering will challenge golfers of all abilities.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
The golf course course opened in 2018 and was designed by Paul Albanese. Every month the course matures, fills in and gets better and better.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Sage Run has a lot of elevation changes. If you are playing uphill grab an extra club. If you are playing down hill take one less.

To score well out here keep the ball in play and take what the golf course gives you. The course plays much more strategic than our sister course Sweetgrass. Keeping the ball in play off the tee is a premium.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Hole #16 is the most talked about hole by far. The hole plays uphill to a blind tee shot. A draw off the right bunkers is the play. There is much more room up on top than you think. The trick is finding a club to elevate to that landing area.

You should have a scoring club in your hand for the next shot. The green slopes slight away from you so playing to front of the green will help setup a birdie or par.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
Hole #13, because, I have birdied it the most.

To par or birdie the hole, favor the right side to have a look at the green. Position is better off the tee versus distance. If you hit it to far you can reach the pot bunkers bringing bogey into play. The hole plays slighlty uphill and

For the traveling golfer, do you have lodging onsite or partner with any area hotels?
Sweetgrass and Sage Run Golf Clubs offer a range of customizable packages for you, which include lodging at the Island Resort & Casino. Package pricing includes accommodations in one of our well-appointed standard guest rooms. Upgrades for luxury suites are available.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 7375

More Information
Sage Run Golf Club
W16798 County Road 400
Bark River, MI, 49845
906-723-2251
islandresortgolf.com/sage-run-golf-club/

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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.