Sultans Run

Getting To Know: Sultan's Run Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Dave Harner, Director of 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 Jeff Howerton, PGA 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
Sultan's Run Golf Club is nestled in the heart of beautiful Southern Indiana and stretches over 224 rolling acres of woods, water and wildlife. Sultan's Run Golf Club's zoysia tee, fairways and green surrounds offer a world-class playing surface. The roughs are a bermuda and fescue blend, while the green surfaces are of bent grass.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
One of the most beautiful golf courses in Indiana and a great value.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
The greens are very undulating and doglegs require accuracy off the tee.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Named 2015 Indiana Golf Course of the Year by IGCOA.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
The Clubhouse at Sultan's Run offers a great view of the Signature 18th Hole, Supreme Sultan.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
Number 18 is amazingly picturesque! The tee is elevated 80 feet above the fairway and the tee shot must carry a lake and three fairway bunkers. The second shot is slightly uphill and has a beautiful waterfall and lake behind the green. It is very exhilarating to play!

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
We have a great Food and Beverage department. Our grill is open everyday until the golfers are finished.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Jeff Howerton 62

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 6859
Slope: 143
Rating: 73.5

More Information
Sultan's Run Golf Club
1490 N. Meridian Rd
Jasper, IN, 47546
812-482-1009
www.sultansrun.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.