Circling Raven Championship to Showcase the World's Best Young Female Golfers By Brian Weis

Circling Raven Championship to Showcase the World's Best Young Female Golfers

Tickets are on Sale Now for the Epson

By Brian Weis

Many of the world's best professional women golfers are ticketed to descend upon the award-winning Circling Raven Golf Club in the scenic Northern Idaho Panhandle for the Circling Raven Championship, Aug. 23-27.

The Epson "#Road2LPGA" Tour event, sponsored by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe and US Foods and presented by KXLY News 4 Now, will welcome a field of 132 rising-star golfers who will compete for their share of a $225,000 prize purse at the amenity course of the Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel.

"We are excited to once again host the Epson Tour and give golf fans in our region an opportunity to get up-close and personal with some of the best young female golfers in the world," said Laura Penney, CEO of Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel. "The event not only helps foster the growth of women's golf, but it also allows us to put our exceptional golf course and its surroundings on display."

Sponsorship packages are still available for the two sold-out PRO-AM tournaments, sponsored by BECU, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, and Thursday, Aug. 24. Circling Raven Championship Week culminates with three rounds of competition on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (Aug. 25-27), with tee times beginning each day at 7 a.m.

Spectators can secure their spots with single-day passes ($10) or full-week passes ($40), available now at cdacasino.com/golf/circling raven championship/.

Recently crowned as the No. 1 public course in Idaho in "Golfweek's Best by State 2023" list, Circling Raven meanders across 620 acres of woodlands, wetlands, and Palouse grasses. The Gene Bates-designed masterpiece measures 7,189 yards from the back tees and is proudly owned and operated by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe.

With convenient proximity to Spokane International Airport (GEG), approximately 55 minutes away, Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel provides a range of amenities, including a world-class spa and restaurants, stay-and-play packages, frequent player Advantage Cards, and instructional programs, ensuring an unforgettable experience for visitors.

For more information, visit www.cdacasino.com or 800-523-2464.

About Circling Raven Golf Club and Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel

Measuring 7,189 yards from the rear tees, the 18-hole layout sprawls magnificently through 620 acres, nearly four times the number of acres found on golf courses in North America. Its gleaming white sand bunkers are large and strategically placed and its hole variety ingenious. With no surrounding development and a plethora of pristine flora and fauna gracing the landscape, Circling Raven is an inspirational oasis. As the Creator intended.

Other Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel amenities and activities include the full-service Spa Ssakwa'q'n (pronounced Sock-wock-en); 300 hotel rooms; bars, restaurants, lounges, and eateries; cultural tourism options; and more. The casino completed a $15 million renovation of its gaming floor and Events Center in 2019. Circling Raven has garnered numerous best-in-kind honors since opening, including being rated a Top 100 Resort Course, Best in State, and a Top U.S. Casino Course. Its golf shop has won national and regional awards for its excellence and its variety of products, displays, and performance.

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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.