Mike Just

Interview With Michael Just, Owner Louisville Golf

A Light Hearted Golf Q & A Interview

By Brian Weis

Below is an interview with Michael Just, the Owner at Louisville Golf. The following are a few traditional and non traditional golf centric questions that I love to ask influential people in the golf industry.

Can you provide our readers a brief biography?
Current owner of Louisville Golf.
Played high school and Division II Golf.
Played in Division II NCAA tournament in 1970 Won Senior US Hickory Open in 2011

When did you start golfing and who introduced you to the game?
Received a #2 wood, 3,5,7,9 iron putter for graduation from the 8th grade. First set of clubs.

My older brother Elmore introduced me into golf. We built a 3 hole golf course on an unused portion of ground at a nearby high school. Tin cans for holes with bamboo pole for flag sticks. My mother sewed 3 flags for us.

What is your current home course?
Persimmon Ridge in Louisville KY. A very tough course by Arthur Hills!

To date, what is your proudest golf accomplishment?
On course winning the Senior US Hickory Open.

Off course being able to continue Louisville Golf after my brother Elmore died of a sudden heart attach in 2001.

What is your biggest golf pet peeve on or off the course?
Slow play and exaggerated marketing claims.

What is your favorite club in your bag and why?
Have only played hickory golf for past 7 years, I have a 26 degree wooden cleek that is my go to club.

What is your favorite golf destination?
Mid Pines in Southern Pines NC

What course is on your bucket list that you have not played yet?
I guess like a million other golfers Augusta National.

If you woke up tomorrow and could play one course you played before, where would you play?
Tory Pines

If you could change one aspect, rule or thing about golf, what would it be and why?
I hate slow play and I think a large part of slow play is playing from the wrong tees. So I guess I would assign golfers to tees based on their handicap

Dream foursome (living)?
Me, Arnold Palmer, Davis Love, and Jack Nicklaus

Dream foursome (living or dead)?
Me, my brother Elmore, and my Dad.

18 Rapid Fire, Off The Cuff Questions

1) Hitting Long Drive OR Sinking Long Putt?
Long putt

2) Having Round of Life OR Hole in One?
Round of life

3) Golfing at the crack of dawn OR twilight?
Twilight

4) Hit a power fade OR power draw?
Power draw

5) Beverage cart OR halfway house?
Half way house

6) Bathroom OR bushes?
Bathroom

7) Hot dog OR wrap?
Hot dog

8) Around the green, being in sand OR thick rough?
Thick rough

9) Walking OR riding?
Walking

10) Do you carry traditional 3 iron OR hybrid?
No hybrid

11) Do you prefer long par 3 OR long par 5?
Long par 5

12) Pants OR Shorts?
Shorts

13) Palmer OR Nicklaus?
Palmer

14) Beatles OR Elvis?
Beatles

15) Play for fun OR play for money?
For fun or pride

16) Bump and run OR flop shot?
Bump and run

17) Lay up OR gamble?
Lay up

18) 18 holes OR 36?
18

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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.