Reagan Davis Poses With The PGA Wanamaker Trophy

Interview With Reagan Davis, PGA Director of Golf Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa

A Light Hearted Golf Q & A Interview

By Brian Weis

Below is an interview with Reagan Davis, PGA, the Director of Golf at Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa. 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?
Reagan brings 22 years of experience as a PGA Golf Professional to Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa. This "Ragin Cajun", from south Louisiana, prides himself in all things golf. As an avid vintage golf club collector and golf historian.

Reagan Davis has managed public, private, and resort style golf courses across the country. His resume highlights include terms at Troon North Golf Club and Camelback Golf Club both in Scottsdale AZ. Reagan spent 17 years at Les Vieux Chenes de Lafayette Golf Course under the tutelage of some of the best golf professionals in the south.

The driving force to his success in the golf industry can be easily be attributed to his 16 year marriage to his wonderful wife, Diane and his 3 beautiful children, Rachel, Tyler and Jessica. Reagan's love of the game is second only to his desire to make Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa the best golf resort in the country.

When did you start golfing and who introduced you to the game?
I starting playing in 1982 at Les Vieux Chenes Golf Course, in Youngsville, Louisiana. My brother, Joe Davis was the pro there for 25 years. He taught me everything I know about golf.

What is your current home course?
Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa, We have three & half courses. The General, North, South & East Course

To date, what is your proudest golf accomplishment?
Becoming the director of golf here at Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa in 2013.

What is your biggest golf pet peeve on or off the course?
Anyone throwing trash on the any golf course.

What is your favorite club in your bag and why?
Lob wedge. Its the hardest shot to hit. I guess I like the challenge.

What is your favorite golf destination?
Scotland, UK

What course is on your bucket list that you have not played yet?
Augusta National Golf Club....one day it will happen.

If you woke up tomorrow and could play one course you played before, where would you play?
Cypress Point Golf Club, Pebble Beach CA

If you could change one aspect, rule or thing about golf, what would it be and why?
OB rule is too hard for everyday golfers.

Dream foursome (living)?
Dad, two brothers, & my son....that's a fivesome....its ok I know the pro.

Dream foursome (living or dead)?
Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Harry Vardon, and me.

18 Rapid Fire, Off The Cuff Questions

1) Hitting Long Drive OR Sinking Long Putt?
Putt

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

3) Golfing at the crack of dawn OR twilight?
Twilight....both are great though

4) Hit a power fade OR power draw?
Draw

5) Beverage cart OR halfway house?
Halfway 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?
Riding

10) Do you carry traditional 3 iron OR hybrid?
2 iron

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

12) Pants OR Shorts?
Pants....I am PGA...come on!!!

13) Palmer OR Nicklaus?
Nicklaus

14) Beatles OR Elvis?
Elvis....I am from the south.

15) Play for fun OR play for money?
Both

16) Bump and run OR flop shot?
Both

17) Lay up OR gamble?
Gamble

18) 18 holes OR 36?
18 Holes....head to the bar.

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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.