Kohler, WI
1111 West Riverside Drive, Kohler, WI 53044
About this course
The River Course at Blackwolf Run runs along the Sheboygan River in Kohler, Wisconsin. Pete Dye designed the course, which opened in 1988 as part of the original Blackwolf Run layout; the River eighteen was completed in 1990 using half of those original holes plus nine new ones built within a bend of the river. Water is in play on much of the routing, and the ground moves hard, with pitched fairways, blind shoulders and deep bunkering. From the back tees it plays 7,404 yards to a 76.2 rating and 151 slope. It is operated by Kohler Company's American Club and open to resort guests and the public.
Type
Parkland
Region
Midwest
Holes
18
Par
72
Yardage
7,404
Established
1988
Course rating
76.2
Slope
151
LooperScore
88.0
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Design & architects
- Pete Dye, architect
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Nearby courses
Courses within 150 miles of Blackwolf Run - River, by true distance.
Whistling Straits - Straits
Sheboygan, WI · 2.0 mi away
The Straits course at Whistling Straits is a Pete Dye design in Kohler, Wisconsin, that opened in 1998. The site was a former military airfield along Lake Michigan, flat and unremarkable, and Dye moved enormous amounts of earth to build dunes and shape two miles of shoreline into golf holes. Eight holes now sit directly on the lake. The course is defined by its bunkering, with hundreds of sandy hollows and scrapes of every size scattered through the property, many of them well outside where a golfer would realistically play. It is walking only, with caddies, and a flock of Scottish blackface sheep grazes the grounds. The Straits has hosted the PGA Championship three times, in 2004, 2010 and 2015, the 2007 U.S. Senior Open and the 2021 Ryder Cup, where the United States won 19 to 9. It is one of two 18-hole courses at Whistling Straits, alongside the inland Irish course.
Blackwolf Run (Meadow Valleys)
Kohler, WI · 3.0 mi away
Meadow Valleys is one of two 18-hole courses at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wisconsin, designed by Pete Dye and opened in 1988 as a public course owned by Kohler Company. The layout occupies glacier-carved terrain along the Sheboygan River Valley, land once used as hunting grounds by Chief Black Wolf and his Winnebago tribe. It measures 7,314 yards from the back tees, with a course rating of 75.3 and a slope of 145. Meadow Valleys is operated through Kohler's Destination Kohler golf resort alongside the River Course and Whistling Straits.
The Bull at Pinehurst Farms
Sheboygan Falls, WI · 4.8 mi away
The Bull at Pinehurst Farms is an 18-hole, par-72 public course in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, designed by Jack Nicklaus and opened in 2003 on a former dairy farm. It is the only Jack Nicklaus Signature course in Wisconsin. It measures 7,354 yards from the back tees, with a course rating of 76.3 and a slope of 147. The par-5 first hole, named 'Copyright' after a bull from the farm, opens a routing that moves through mature woodlands, open meadows, wetlands, and elevation changes across 400 acres.
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