Whistling Straits

One year later, it’s a little quieter on the shores of Lake Michigan. The grandstands have come down.

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Views From Above: Whistling Straits

Breathtaking Whistling Straits is more than ready for its turn to host the 43rd Ryder Cup this week. The Pete and Alice Dye-designed course that opened in 1998, has previously hosted the 2004, 2010 and 2015 PGA Championships.

KOHLER, Wis. – Take one spin around Whistling Straits, with its winding fairways, cresting dunes and undulating greens, and you’ll by struck by the natural beauty of its rugged terrain. You’ll also leave with an unmistakable conclusion: there are tons of places here where things can go wrong.

Whistling Straits, as only Herb Kohler could describe it

The caddie pointed at a line left of the fairway bunker on No. 4 of Whistling Straits’ Straits Course, urging me to swing away at a target that I simply couldn’t see or even properly imagine. The only comfortable grassy stretch appears to sit farther to the right than the caddie indicated, perhaps offering a bit of a bailout on this tee shot?

When is a golf course not just a golf course? One answer: when it’s also a stadium.

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