What You Need To Know: Bully Pulpit Golf Course

An Insightful Interview With Casey Moen, PGA 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 Casey Moen 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
Bully Pulpit Golf Course is located 3 miles south of an the old western town of Medora, ND. This unique layout is stuffed right in the middle of the North Dakota Badlands adjacent to the Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Bully Pulpit Golf Course is truly a one of a kind layout. A Top 100 Public Golf Course in America by Golf Digest, this 18 hole venue will have you coming back every summer. We pride ourselves on our customer service and quality of experience. Bully Pulpit Golf Course gives you a 5 Star golf experience in an old west setting.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Use you yardage book to take advantage of the big parts of the fairway. Keeping it in the short grass is must at Bully Pulpit Golf Course. With generously wide fairways and accepting greens, this gives you an opportunity to score better than ever.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Top 100 Greatest Public Courses in America by Golf Digest 2013/14
#1 New Affordable Golf Course by Golf Digest 2006 Top 50 Most Fun Courses to Play by Golf Digest 2012

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Hole #15, named 'Bully Pulpit', is a Par 3 and our signature hole. Ron Whitten of Golf Digest says "The 15th is one of the greatest par 3's I've ever played. The tee and green is separated by 100 feet of canyon below and is also the highest point on the golf course. This scenic overlook is every cameraman's dream.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
Hole 17 is a tricky par 5 with many ways to play. With a strip of fairway bunkers splitting two fairways the longer hitting can let 'er rip while the conservative playing can choose the left or right fairway. Your second shot is a layup to a generous fairway while going for the green in two is nearly impossible with a hidden green along Davis Creek. Watch out for an additional fairway bunker 90 short of the green and right in your layup landing area. A precise 3rd shot to a tricky green will give you a look at birdie or an easy two putt par.

This hole is my personal favorite as the tee box sits 100 feet above the fairway below. Such a great view and so many ways to play the hole.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
We have customers drive hundreds of miles just for a burger at the Sagebrush Grill. Top your experience off with a cold drink overlooking the venue on our patio will make the hairs on your neck stand up.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
No course record has actually ever been recorded.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 7166
Slope: 133
Rating: 75.4

More Information
Bully Pulpit Golf Course
3731 Bible Camp Road
Medora, ND, 58645
701-623-4653
medora.com/bullypulpit

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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.