Barren River Lake State Resort Park

Golf Travel Guide To Barren River Lake State Resort Park

An Interview With Carmello Benassi, Golf Pro

By Brian Weis

Looking to plan the perfect golf trip to Barren River Lake State Resort Park? Planning a buddies trip or a romantic golf getaway can be a full time job not to mention pressure filled to deliver a memorable experience. Below is an interview with Carmello Benassi, Golf Pro who shares some insider information about golfing and traveling to Barren River Lake State Resort Park, must play courses, a sample itinerary and where you can go for more planning tools.

Give our readers an overview of your destination and why they should consider it for their next golf trip?
18 hole course surrounded by 10,000 acre lake and rolling hills. Extra friendly, helpful and knowledgeable proshop staff is there to assist you with your golfing needs. This course is located within a resort park that makes your trip a park and play adventure. On- site lodge rooms, cabins or villas, restaurant serving some healthy food and a lot of southern favorites. Paved walking or bike trail, nature trail with a new orienteering trail and horseback riding gives your family fun things to do while you

Tees and Zees golf packages are a great value and bound to fit your needs.

What are the must play courses in Barren River Lake State Resort Park?
Barren River Lake State Resort Park. 18 holes beautiful winding hills.

What is the hidden gem and/or best value course?
Barren River Lake State Resort Park. Tees And Zees packages are a great value!

Can you provide our readers with an ideal itinerary for a long weekend?
Check-in Friday night at our lodge for a room or 2 bed/2bath villa or cottage.
Breakfast in the Driftwood Restaurant located onsite.
Tee off and after the day of play you can do any of the following:

*Evening horseback ride thru the woods.
*Go to movie
*Picnic by the lake at sunset
*Take a boat ride
*Go for an evening bike ride or hike

After golf, what are the "must do" things or attractions to see?
Close to Mammoth Cave National Park. Cave tours any weather (great if rain unexpectedly shows up) (35 minutes) Close to National Corvette Musuem (35 minutes) Close to underground/cave boat tour-Lost River Cave Kenny Farmhouse Cheese tour and tasting (5 minutes) Visit area wineries 10-35 minutes Visit Amish/Mennonite Community for locally grown produce and handmade products (20 minutes)

What is the best time to travel?
Spring thru Fall. Best rates for lodging are early spring and fall.

Where can golfers go for more information to research and plan their trip?
Call 270-646-2151
Barren River Lake State Resort Park

www.parks.ky.gov

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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.