MAGGIE VALLEY CLUB WELCOMES NEW DIRECTOR OF GOLF By Brian Weis

MAGGIE VALLEY CLUB WELCOMES NEW DIRECTOR OF GOLF

By Brian Weis

Maggie Valley, North Carolina - The Maggie Valley Club & Resort, a semi-private club and resort located in the mountains of Western North Carolina, recently welcomed Erick Fowler as the property's new Director of Golf. Fowler will oversee all golf operations and golf sales for the scenic resort.

Fowler has 12-plus years of golf and hospitality industry experience, serving at clubs in North Carolina, the Cayman Islands and New Jersey throughout his career. He most recently served as the head golf professional at Springdale Golf Club in Princeton, New Jersey. His career in golf began in 2011 at The Clubs at St. James in Southport, North Carolina. In 2016, he moved to the Cayman Islands where he enjoyed five years at North Sound Golf Club, working his way from first assistant golf professional to director of golf to general manager. During his time on island, Fowler tapped into his 10 years of golf instruction experience and coached the Cayman Islands National Golf Teams to three top five finishes in the Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships including their first and only win.

"I am ecstatic to return to The Carolinas," said Fowler. "Maggie Valley is an amazing property. I look forward to bringing my passion for golf, knowledge and experiences to the Maggie Valley team to help aid in the property's continued success. Additionally, my goal is to introduce the game to new golfers and help them enjoy the sport I love so much."

A Class-A Member of the PGA of America, Fowler was born and raised in North Carolina and began playing golf at age 14. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Management. When not at the golf course, Fowler and his wife, Maggie, enjoy spending time with friends and family, traveling, hiking, fishing, playing golf and watching their favorite sports.

Nestled between the majestic Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains lies the hidden gem of Maggie Valley Club & Resort. The course at Maggie Valley Club highlights the most spectacular scenery out of all the Western North Carolina golf resorts. It offers a unique challenge for beginners and even the most seasoned players. This established, 6500-yard course is surrounded by centennial trees and includes 30 acres of fairways leading to large bent grass greens. The front Valley Nine allows players to warm up before tackling the significantly more challenging Mountain Nine, which features an elevation rise of 800 feet and panoramas of the valley and beyond. The area's temperate climate and the course's native foliage, perennial gardens and creek-fed ponds make for fantastic year-round golf.

For more information on Maggie Valley Club & Resort, visit www.maggievalleyclub.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.

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.