Mineral Mound

Getting To Know: Mineral Mound

An Insightful Interview With Curtis Gamblin, Park 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 Curtis Gamblin 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
The front nine holes sneak through the woods with each hole framed with Oaks, Maples and various hardwoods. The back nine has several lake views of beautiful Lake Barkley. Wildlife is in abundance, including deer, turkey, fox, osprey and eagles.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Mineral Mound is a challenging golf course with 4 sets of tees. It begs for accuracy off the tee and rewards those that put their ball in play. The overall beauty of the area may be its most intriguing feature with beautiful woods along with the company of Lake Barkley.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Accuracy off the tee is a must for better scoring. Often times leaving the driver in the bag will better secure a chance for par or birdie.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
The greatest reward are the accolades you receive from those playing the course for the first time and from those that return year and year.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Probably the par 5 number 13 due to the tee shot carry over water and the various lake scenes.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
Number 13 due to the view from the tee, the fairway and the green. If you can carry the ball 275 aim for the left edge of the grove of tees blocking the fairway, if not aim right of the trees.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Cold beer on the front or rear veranda.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 6561
Slope: 130
Rating: 72.7

More Information
Mineral Mound
48 Finch Lane
Eddyville, KY, 42038
270-388-3673
http://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.