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Whistling Straits
Demand for golf from guests at the restored American Club helped bring Herbert Kohler and Pete Dye together. After Blackwolf Run opened in 1988, Kohler pursued another course along Lake Michigan.
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Courses
Course design
A lakeshore site found after Blackwolf Run
The eventual property had served as an Army training airfield and later a landfill. Kohler completed its purchase from Wisconsin Electric Power Company in May 1995, after lengthy negotiations, beginning the transformation into Whistling Straits.
Championships
- 2021 Ryder CupStraits
- 2015 PGA ChampionshipStraits
- 2010 PGA ChampionshipStraits
- 2007 U.S. Senior OpenWhistling Straits
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Results and dates 5 editions
PGA Championship
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Vijay Singh
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Martin Kaymer
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Jason Day
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Ryder Cup
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United States (Ryder Cup)
U.S. Senior Open
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Brad Bryant
In the archive
Sources and editorial notes10 references
Sources for this story
- The Story of Straits Kohler Archives
Main historical account, course development and individual-hole descriptions.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources9 references
- Club mark source
- PGA of America: Whistling Straits ready to take centerstage for Ryder Cup
- Whistling Straits: Irish Course official scorecard
- Ryder Cup official history The official Ryder Cup history data records the 2021 course and result.
- Kohler Archives: The Story of Straits The owner explicitly identifies the Straits course as host of the 43rd Ryder Cup in 2021. The official Ryder Cup record independently confirms the event and venue. Irish is excluded; no historical scorecard or unchanged routing is asserted.
- 2026 PGA Championship Media Guide The official Media Guide directly enumerates the 97th playing, champion, site, and its year-page date span. The recorded venue and champion preserve the official PGA Championship History entry’s published text.
- PGA Championship host record The 2015 PGA record names Whistling Straits. The canonical Club name and state match the dated PGA host record. The dated PGA venue explicitly identifies the Straits layout. Host and competition dates: www.pgachampionship.com
- PGA Tour: U.S. Senior Open verified results PGA Tour 2015 Champions media guide, PDF page 213 / printed page 212, year row establishes a completed championship and named winner. No event dates are inferred from advertised schedules. Host-club evidence: www.usga.org.
- USGA: Host States and Clubs, 1895 to Present (as of October 13, 2025) Gold club identity reviewed against the source host entry Whistling Straits, Kohler, 2007 Senior Open. Exact physical course and round scope remain unresolved; no single-course inference is made.