Golf Courses: Top 30 in the World
By Danny Norris
Aug 16, 2015; Sheboygan, WI, USA; Jason Day hugs his caddie Colin Swatton on the 18th green to win the 2015 PGA Championship golf tournament at Whistling Straits. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Bursaw-Press-Gazette Media via USA TODAY Sports
Whistling Straits has only been around since 1998, but that just goes to show how unique this Pete and Alice Dye design truly is.
#27. Whistling Straits (Straits Course)
Established: 1998
Location: Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States
Designed: Pete and Alice Dye
Type: Public
Par: 72
Length: 7,790 yards (7,123 meters)
Whistling Straits is one of those links-like golf courses up along the Michigan Lake, which serves as both a tough test for the players, but one that is enjoyable.
For the average player, putting up a snowman and some double digit numbers might not be as bad considering the views Whistling Straits provides.
It’s surprising to say, but Whistling Straits has only been around for seventeen years, yet, it feels like it has been around for a while.
The reasons for that is, perhaps, because it has already hosted four majors in such a short time span.
The Senior U.S. Open was held at Whistling Straits in 2007, and the PGA Championship has been to Whistling Straits three times already including as recent as 2015 where Jason Day ended up hoisting the Wanamaker Trophy.
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