Whistling Straits, site of the 2010 PGA Championship
The pros love the Straits course at Whistling Straits. You'll love it too, but for different reasons.
It hosted the 2004 PGA Championship and will host it again in 2010 and 2015 and also the Ryder Cup Matches in 2020. It also hosted the Senior U.S. Open in July of 2007.
The Straits course is a daunting challenge for the mid-handicapper. Caddies are required and it is walking only - out to offer a links golf experience in the realm of Ballybunion in Ireland.
Of course, that dramatic landscape had to be created. Architect Pete Dye moved tons of dirt and imported even more. The result is the modern answer to traditional links golf overlooking Lake Michigan - big enough to pass as an ocean - and bunkers in the thousands. Among the most famous holes are the par-3 7th and 17th which both sit above the sea.
You must be a guest of Kohler's American Club hotel to play the Straits course.
Straits Golf Course at Whistling Straits
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