Whistling Straits (Straits)
Whistling Straits (Straits) · Wisconsin, Sheboygan
Por Top 100 Golf Courses ·
Whistling Straits is set on the western edge of Lake Michigan, simply head for Destination Kohler.
If you didn’t know the history behind Whistling Straits, you’d believe that the 560-acres of land had been shaped by the hands of time. But you’d be wrong.
Whistling Straits was the vision of Herbert V. Kohler, Jnr. who transformed a former airfield into one of the most dramatic courses on the planet. Naturally, Pete Dye and his team of bulldozers were involved when the earth literally moved.
In 1998, the course opened for play and even Pete Dye felt that building Whistling Straits was a “once in a lifetime thing”. Architects are generally presented with uninspiring land and a tight budget; this was not the case at Destination Kohler.
It took a few million dollars and a Herculean effort to build the dramatic Straits course, which is sculpted for two miles alongside the Lake Michigan shoreline.
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