Whistling Straits GC Review

Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wisconsin U.S.A: Host of the 2004 & 2010 PGA Championship.

Designed by Pete Dye, Whistling Straits emulates the great old seaside links courses of the British Isles with loads of bunkers, invoking an image of the game founded more than 400 years ago.

The Straits Course is open with rugged and windswept terrain. A more mature course than one would expect, golfers encounter huge sandy areas, deep pot bunkers,grass-topped dunes, big and undulating greens and majestic views of Lake Michigan from each of its 18 holes. The dramatic par-3 17th, the course’s unofficial signature hole, features a green precariously perched over water and sand. Whistling Straits also features:

• Two miles of uninterrupted shoreline on Lake Michigan
• Eight holes hugging the Lake Michigan shoreline
• Bluffs and massive sand dune areas
• Natural fescue fairways
• A flock of Scottish Blackface sheep call the course home
• Elevation change on the course (hole 15) is approximately 80 feet
• The Straits Course is a walking course; walking distance for 18 holes is approximately five miles
• Three stone bridges at holes 9, 10 and 18

Hole by Hole:

Whistling Straits Hole 1 "Outward Bound"

No.1 – “Outward Bound”
 408 yards
par 4

Whistling Straits Hole 2 "Cross Country"

No.2 – “Cross Country”
 593 yards
par 5

Whistling Straits Hole 3 "O'Man"

No.3 – “O’Man”
 181 yards
par 3

No.4 – “Glory”
 489 yards
par 4

Whistling Straits Hole 5 "Snake"

No.5 – “Snake”
 598 yards
par 5

No.6 – “Gremlin’s Ear”
 355 yards
par 4

Whistling Straits Hole 7 "Shipwreck"

No.7 – “Shipwreck”
 221 yards
par 3

No.8 – “On the Rocks”
 507 yards
par 4

No.9 – “Down and Dirty”
 446 yards
par 4

No.10 – “Voyageur”
 361 yards
par 4

Whistling Straits Hole 11 "Sandbox"

No.11 – “Sand Box”
 618 yards
par 5

No.12 – “Pop Up”
 143 yards
par 3

Whistling Straits Hole 13 "Cliff Hanger"

No.13 – “Cliff Hanger”
 404 yards
par 4

No.14 – “Widow’s Watch”
 373 yards
par 4

No.15 – “Grand Strand”
 518 yards
par 4

No.16 – “Endless Bite”
 569 yards
par 5

Whistling Straits Hole 17 "Pinched Nerve"

No.17 – “Pinched Nerve”
 223 yards
par 3

Whistling Straits Hole 18 "Dyeabolical"

No.18 – “Dyeabolical”
 500 yards
par 4