Author: Kevin Packard

 Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa to Expand, Upgrade Golf Program and Facilities This winter, when a warm day on the greens is a hazy memory, the new director of golf for Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa, Ryan Brown, and Thomas Ruhs, general manager, will be dreaming big and making substantial upgrades to the golf experience in 2020. The Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa golf courses and resort won the 2019 Stella Award for “Best Midwest Golf Resort,” but that doesn’t mean that Ruhs and Brown are taking it easy on the back nine. “Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa has iconic greens and beautiful grounds, but…

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There’s no place like Rome.  Rome, Wisconsin, that is. Say hello to your next must-play golf destination.  Yes, it’s off the beaten path in Central Wisconsin. Rome has a population of fewer than 2,700 and if you look at Wisconsin’s outline as a mitten, Rome is smack dab in the middle of the state. Rome, an already popular lake and summer home destination is remote but accessible, only 90 minutes north of Madison, the state capital, 45 minutes north of Wisconsin Dells and 20 minutes south of Wisconsin Rapids, neatly snuggled between Lakes: Arrowhead, Sherwood, horseshoe-shaped Camelot and Petenwell, Wisconsin’s second-largest lake.  You haven’t heard about Rome? You hadn’t…

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