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Whistling Straits - Straits

Sheboygan, WI

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Ranked #1 in WI

Sheboygan, WI

N8501 Lakeshore Road, Sheboygan, WI 53083

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Cliffside tee on the Straits Course at Whistling Straits above Lake Michigan

About this course

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.

Type

Links-Style

Region

Midwest

Holes

18

Par

72

Yardage

7,790

Established

1998

Course rating

77.2

Slope

152

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LooperScore

97.7

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Nearby courses

Courses within 150 miles of Whistling Straits - Straits, by true distance.

Resort18 holes

Whistling Straits - Irish Course

Kohler, WI · 0.1 mi away

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.

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Blackwolf Run - River

Kohler, WI · 8.4 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.

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Blackwolf Run (Meadow Valleys)

Kohler, WI · 8.9 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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The Bull at Pinehurst Farms

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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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Quit Qui Oc Golf Club

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Quit Qui Oc Golf Club is a family-owned facility in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, in the Kettle Moraine region of Sheboygan County. The name comes from a Menominee term describing land along a crooked river. The original 18-hole course opened in 1927 and was designed by Tom Bendelow. The back nine was abandoned during World War II for lack of play and later rebuilt after the Wiese family bought the course in the 1950s. A third nine, the Glacial Nine, was designed and built by Bob Lohmann beginning in 2000, bringing the facility to 27 holes across two courses that follow the glacial contours of the Kettle Moraine. The club includes a year-round restaurant and bar, two driving ranges, two putting greens and a pro shop, and has been operated by three generations of the same family.

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Hickory Hills Country Club

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