Resort · 18 holes
Whistling Straits - Irish Course
Kohler, WI
About this course
The Irish Course at Whistling Straits is located in Kohler, Wisconsin, along Lake Michigan near its more famous sibling, the Straits Course. The layout crosses Seven Mile Creek and skirts coastal dunes, combining links-style and target-golf elements.
The course was designed by Pete Dye and opened in 1998, the same design team responsible for the Straits Course. Unlike the Straits, the Irish uses bentgrass fairways and allows carts, though it also includes the property's only blind par-3, the 13th hole, played over sand hills to a large, heavily bunkered green.
The Irish Course is open to the public through the Kohler resort's golf operation, with tee times bookable directly; greens fees are on the higher end typical of destination resort golf. It has hosted the Palmer Cup and other amateur events.
Type
Resort
Region
Midwest
Holes
18
Par
72
Yardage
7,201
Established
1998
Course rating
75.6
Slope
146
LooperScore
86.0
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Design & architects
- Pete Dye, architect
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Nearby courses
Courses within 150 miles of Whistling Straits - Irish Course, by true distance.
Whistling Straits - Straits
Sheboygan, WI · 7.4 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 - River
Kohler, WI · 8.5 mi away
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.
Blackwolf Run (Meadow Valleys)
Kohler, WI · 9.0 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.
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