Inside the course: Whistling Straits

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Aug. 11, 2010

Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis., hosts the PGA Championship this week, the final major of the 2010 season. Here's all you need to know about the course:

Fast facts
Original Architects Pete Dye (1998)
Yardage 7,507 yards
Par value 72
Tournament stimpmeter 11 ft.
Sand bunkers Numerous
Water hazards 3
Course Tour Click here
Hole Par Yards
1 4 408
2 5 593
3 3 181
4 4 489
5 5 598
6 4 355
7 3 221
8 4 507
9 4 446
10 4 361
11 5 618
12 3 143
13 4 404
14 4 373
15 4 518
16 5 569
17 3 223
18 4 500
Course history
Open, rugged and windswept terrain defines the walking-only, links-style Straits Course sculpted along two miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. Created by Pete Dye, Straits course at Whistling Straits was ranked No. 3 on Golf Digest's 2009 Top 100 Rating.
The PGA Championship will return to Whistling Straits in 2015 before the PGA of America holds the 2020 Ryder Cup there. Kohler's Blackwolf Run hosted the 1998 U.S. Women's Open, and will again in 2012. -- Source: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Tourament course history
Course Location Years
Siwanoy CC Bronxville, N.Y. 1916
Engineers CC Roslyn, N.Y. 1919
Flossmoor CC Flossmoor, Ill. 1920
Inwood CC Far Rockaway, N.Y. 1921
Oakmont CC Oakmont, Pa. 1922, 1951, 1978
Pelham CC Pelham, N.Y. 1923
French Lick CC French Lick, Ind. 1924
Olympia Fields CC Olympia Fields, Ill. 1925, 1961
Salisbury GC Westbury, N.Y. 1926
Cedar Crest CC Dallas, Texas 1927
Five Farms CC Baltimore, Md. 1928
Hillcrest CC Los Angeles, Calif. 1929
Fresh Meadow CC Flushing, N.Y. 1930
Wannamoisett CC Rumford, R.I. 1931
Keller GC St. Paul, Minn. 1932
Blue Mound CC Milwaukee, Wis. 1933
Park CC Williamsville, N.Y. 1934
Twin Hills CC Oklahoma City, N.Y. 1935
Pinehurst CC Pinehurst, N.C. 1936
Pittsburgh Field Club Aspinwall, Pa. 1937
Shawnee CC Shawnee-on-Delaware, Del. 1938
Pomomok CC Flushing, N.Y. 1939
Hershey CC Hershey, P.A. 1940
Cherry Hills CC Englewood, Colo. 1941, 1985
Seaview CC Atlantic City, N.J. 1942
Manito G&CC Spokane, Wash. 1944
Moraine CC Dayton, Ohio 1945
Portland GC Portland, Ore. 1946
Plum Hollow CC Detroit, Mich. 1947
Norwood Hills CC St. Louis, Mo. 1948
Hermitage CC Richmond, Va. 1949
Scioto CC Columbus, Ohio 1950
Big Spring CC Louisville, Ky. 1952
Birmingham CC Birmingham, Mich. 1953
Keller GC St. Paul, Minn. 1954
Meadowbrook CC Detroit, Mich. 1955
Blue Hill CC Boston, Mass. 1956
Miami Valley Dayton, Ohio 1957
Llanerch CC Havertown, Pa. 1958
Minneapolis GC St. Louis Park, Minn. 1959
Firestone CC Akron, Ohio 1960, 1966, 1975
Aronimink GC Newton Square, Pa. 1962
Dallas Athletic Club Dallas, Texas 1963
Columbus CC Columbus, Ohio 1964
Laurel Valley CC Ligonier, Pa. 1965
Columbine CC Littleton, Colo. 1967
Pecan Valley CC San Antonio, Texas 1968
NCR CC Dayton, Ohio 1969
Southern Hills CC Tulsa, Okla. 1970, 1982, 1994, 2007
PGA National GC Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 1971, 1987
Oakland Hills CC Birmingham, Mich. 1972, 1979, 2008
Canterbury GC Beachwood, Ohio 1973
Tanglewood GC Winston-Salem, N.C. 1974
Congressional CC Bethesda, Md. 1976
Pebble Beach FL Pebble Beach, Calif. 1977
Oak Hill CC Rochester, N.Y. 1980, 2003
Atlanta Athletic Club Duluth, Ga. 1981, 2001
Riviera CC Pacific Palisades, Calif. 1983, 1995
Shoal Creek Birmingham, Ala. 1984, 1990
Inverness Club Toledo, Ohio 1986, 1993
Oak Tree GC Edmond, Okla. 1988
Kemper Lakes GC Hawthorn Woods, Ill. 1989
Crooked Stick GC Carmel, Ind. 1991
Bellerive CC St. Louis, Mo. 1992
Valhalla GC Louisville, Ky. 1996, 2000
Winged Foot GC Mamaroneck, N.Y. 1997
Sahalee CC Redmond, Wash. 1998
Medinah CC Medinah, Ill. 1999, 2006
Hazeltine GC Chaska, Minn. 2002, 2009
Whistling Straits Kohler, Wis. 2004, 2010
Baltusrol GC Springfield, N.J. 2005
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