Colbert Hills

Getting To Know: Colbert Hills

An Insightful Interview With Chad Myers, Head Golf Professional

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 Chad Myers 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
Colbert Hills was designed by Jeff Brauer and PGA & Champions Tour winner Jim Colbert. Opened in 2000, Colbert Hills is built within the beautiful Flint Hills of Kansas. The course is set up in a Links Style with an elevated tee shot on almost every hole. The golf course has zoysia grass fairways and bent grass greens. The golf course has generous landing areas and five sets of tees to allow golfers of all abilities a chance to score. This course is like non other and you will use all the clubs in the bag when you come and see us.
Colbert Hills also has a 9 hole Par 3 course that is a great place to play a mad nine.
Practice facilities include grass range tees, putting green, and short game area. Lessons are available by appointment.
Colbert Hills has a full service pro shop inside a 10,000 square foot clubhouse that has a restaurant named Colbert's after our designer and K-State alum. A full dining and bar facility is available inside along with beverage cart service on the golf course, and a snack bar window for a quick turn. The patio overlooking hole #1 of the Championship and Par 3 Course is a wonderful place to enjoy your favorite beverage after your round.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Reasons to play: We are OPEN to the PUBLIC and hosted NCAA Midwest Men's Regional, Women's Big 12 Championship, and Adams Pro Tour Events. This place is like no place on earth and will be one of the best golf courses you will play in Kansas.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
To enjoy your round make sure and tee off from the correct tees. If you play to far back it won't be as much fun as it can be. Other than that the golf course is right in front of you with GPS on every cart to help you find yardages.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Colbert Hills has been ranked the Top Courses You Can Play and Best Campus Courses by Golf Week, also have been ranked the #1 Daily Fee in Kansas by Golf Digest.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Some of the things to keep an eye out for while here are the famous purple cat paw bunker boasting the home of the Kansas State Men & Women's golf team's; along with going to the top of #7 a 600 yard par 5 with a view that will blow you away.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
My favorite hole is #13. A short par 4 that gives you a chance to drive the green with a south wind. The hole has a double fairway with the bail out on the left, the fairway going into the green is surrounded by bunkers that can leave you wondering WHY did I attempt to drive this green. A beautiful hole from the tee.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Must have a Smoked Pork Chop along with a tall beer after your round. If that is a bit much, I would recommend the wings.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Course record is held by PGA Tour Professional Robert Streb (K-State Golf Team Alum) at 64. A masterful round from 7,525 yards.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 7525
Slope: 141
Rating: 76.5

More Information
Colbert Hills
5200 Colbert Hills Dr
Manhattan, KS, 66503
785-776-64751
www.colberthills.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.