Powder Horn

Getting To Know: The Powder Horn

An Insightful Interview With Todd Bleidner, PGA Head Golf

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 Todd Bleidner 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 Powder Horn is a planned residential community located near the foothills of the Big Horn Mountains offering 27 holes of championship golf with a two practice facilities. There is a full service clubhouse that offers upscale dinning, a bar along with banquet facilities. We have two tennis courts, a pool with snack bar and a fitness facility for our members to use.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
The golf course is ranked by golf digest in the top 100 modern golf courses and is ranked annually as the number one course you can play in the state of Wyoming.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Keep the ball out of the long grass and below the hole.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
The golf course is ranked by golf digest in the top 100 modern golf courses and is ranked annually as the number one course you can play in the state of Wyoming.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Stag #6. Just a pretty hole with the background and foreground. as good par 3 that you can make birdie or double bogey.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
My favorite hole is Mountain 4. The best view of the course and mountains. A short par 4 with a very tricky green.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Try any item from the turn grill or the prime rib.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage:
6,934 -Stag/Mountain
7174-Eagle/Stag
7129 Eagle/Mountain
Slope/Rating:
Stag-Mountain 72.9/134
Eagle-Stag 74.3/140
Eagle-Mountain 73.8/136

More Information
The Powder Horn
23 Country Club Lane
Sheridan, Wyoming, 82801
307 672 5323
www.thepowderhorn.com

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the Publisher of GolfTrips.com, a network of golf travel and directory sites including GolfWisconsin.com, GolfMichigan.com, ArizonaGolfer.com, GolfAlabama.com, etc. Professionally, Brian is a 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). In 2016, Brian won The Shaheen Cup, an award given to a golf travel writer by his peers.

All of his life, Brian has been around the game of golf. As a youngster, Brian competed at all levels in junior and high school golf. Brian had a zero chance for a college golf scholarship, so he worked on the grounds crew at West Bend Country Club to pay for his University of Wisconsin education. In his adult years, his passion for the game collided with his entrepreneurial spirit and in 2004 launched GolfWisconsin.com. In 2007, the idea for a network of local golf directory sites formed and GolfTrips.com was born. Today, the network consists of a site in all 50 states supported by national sites like GolfTrips.com, GolfGuide.com and GolfPackages.com. It is an understatement to say, Brian is passionate about promoting golf and golf travel on a local, regional, national and international level.

On the golf course, Brian is known as a fierce weekend warrior that fluctuates between a 5-9 handicap. With a soft fade, known as "The Weis Slice", and booming 300+ drives, he can blast it out of bounds with the best of them.