Whistling Straits
The American Club | |
Total holes | 36 |
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Events hosted | PGA Championship (2004, 2010, 2015) U.S. Senior Open (2007), Ryder Cup (2021) |
Website | Whistling Straits |
Straits Course | |
Designed by | Pete and Alice Dye |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,790 yards (7,123 m) |
Course rating | 77.2 |
Slope rating | 152[1] |
Irish Course | |
Designed by | Pete and Alice Dye |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,201 yards (6,585 m) |
Course rating | 75.6 |
Slope rating | 146 |
Whistling Straits is one of two 36-hole
The courses at Whistling Straits (and Blackwolf Run) were
.Straits Course
The Straits Course is the flagship course at Whistling Straits. As of 2012, it had a length of 7,790 yards (7,123 m) and a par of 72. It hosted the 2004 PGA Championship, the 2007 U.S. Senior Open, and the 2010 PGA Championship. The course hosted the PGA Championship for a third time in 2015 and the 2021 Ryder Cup was held on the course with the United States winning 19–9.
The Straits Course replicates the ancient seaside links courses of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Nestled along a two-mile (3 km) stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline, the course has eight holes hugging the lake, a flock of Scottish Blackface sheep, three stone bridges, and elevation changes of approximately 80 feet (24 m). It has vast rolling greens, deep pot bunkers, grass-topped dunes and winds that sweep in off the lake. Being a coastal links-style course, there are few large trees or woods on the course, which is open and exposed to wind and the elements.
Before the course was built, the property was an abandoned airfield called Camp Haven (1949–1959),
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Hiroshi Iwata holds the course record for the Straits Course with a 63 in the second round of the 2015 PGA Championship.
Irish Course
The second course at Whistling Straits is the Irish Course, an inland grass-and-dune layout. It is a par-72 course that features 7,201 yards (6,585 m) of golf from the longest tees, with a
Major tournaments hosted
Year | Tournament | Winner | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | PGA Championship | Vijay Singh | 280 (−8) | Playoff | Justin Leonard Chris DiMarco |
1,125,000 |
2007 | U.S. Senior Open | Brad Bryant | 282 (−6) | 3 strokes | Ben Crenshaw | 470,000 |
2010 | PGA Championship | Martin Kaymer | 277 (−11) | Playoff | Bubba Watson | 1,350,000 |
2015 | PGA Championship | Jason Day | 268 (−20) | 3 strokes | Jordan Spieth | 1,800,000 |
2021 | Ryder Cup | United States | 19−9 | Europe | n/a |
Course layout
Straits Course
Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Outward Bound | 408 | 4 | 10 | Voyageur | 361 | 4 | |
2 | Cross Country | 593 | 5 | 11 | Sand Box | 563 | 5 | |
3 | O' Man | 181 | 3 | 12 | Pop Up | 143 | 3 | |
4 | Glory | 489 | 4 | 13 | Cliff Hanger | 404 | 4 | |
5 | Snake | 603 | 5 | 14 | Widow's Watch | 397 | 4 | |
6 | Gremlin's Ear | 355 | 4 | 15 | Grand Strand | 518 | 4 | |
7 | Shipwreck | 221 | 3 | 16 | Endless Bite | 569 | 5 | |
8 | On the Rocks | 507 | 4 | 17 | Pinched Nerve | 223 | 3 | |
9 | Down and Dirty | 446 | 4 | 18 | Dyeabolical | 520 | 4 | |
Out | 3,803 | 36 | In | 3,698 | 36 | |||
Source:[5][6] | Total | 7,501 | 72 |
Previous course lengths for major championships:
- 7,514 yards (6,871 m) – par 72, 2010 PGA Championship
- 7,514 yards (6,871 m) – par 72, 2004 PGA Championship
Irish Course
Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | High Ground | 400 | 4 | 10 | Shepherd's Post | 398 | 4 | |
2 | Giants Leap | 372 | 4 | 11 | Lamp Chop | 208 | 3 | |
3 | Sleeper | 147 | 3 | 12 | Highland Trek | 413 | 4 | |
4 | Sandbanks | 489 | 4 | 13 | Blind Man's Bluff | 183 | 3 | |
5 | Devil's Elbow | 570 | 5 | 14 | Tullamore Dew | 564 | 5 | |
6 | Mulligan's Watch | 160 | 3 | 15 | Frog Water | 479 | 4 | |
7 | Troll | 372 | 4 | 16 | Deep Dye | 474 | 4 | |
8 | Garden Creek | 555 | 5 | 17 | Irish Mist | 375 | 4 | |
9 | Last Gaspe | 484 | 4 | 18 | Black and Tan | 558 | 5 | |
Out | 3,549 | 36 | In | 3,652 | 36 | |||
Source:[5][6] | Total | 7,201 | 72 |
References
- ^ "Course Rating and Slope Database: Whistling Straits: Straits Course". USGA. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ^ "Mead Library Information on Camp Haven".
- ^ Camp Haven history, accessed December 2019.
- ^ "Whistling Straits - Irish Course (Haven, WI) - GolfWRX.com". www.golfwrx.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-01.
- ^ a b "PGA Championship: course tour". PGA of America. 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ^ a b "The Straits, hole-by-hole". Whistling Straits. Retrieved August 11, 2014.