Course record

Straits

The Straits landscape required extensive construction on formerly flat ground. More than seven thousand truckloads of sand helped create dunes, bunkers and fescue-lined corridors beside two miles of Lake Michigan shoreline.¹

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Original design: Alice DyePete Dye
Opened: 1998
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Club location: Haven

An airfield sculpted into dunes

The course hosted PGA Championships in 2004, 2010 and 2015, followed by the Ryder Cup in 2021. Lake winds remain a defining playing condition across the constructed landscape that Pete Dye shaped for championship golf.¹

Course design

Date unrecorded Co-design

Alice Dye

Original Straits course co-design with Pete Dye
Date unrecorded Original design

Pete Dye

Hosted competitions

Ryder Cup

2021 Ryder Cup

PGA Championship

Scorecard

Complete 18-hole record

Historical competitions may have used different tees or routing.

Course record

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Tee register

Tee	Gender	Par	Rating	Slope	Front yards	Back yards	Total yards	Front par	Back par
Black	Men	72	77.2	152	3,953	3,837	7,790	36	36
Blue	Men	72	74.2	145	3,597	3,545	7,142	36	36
Green · Men	Men	72	71.9	141	3,372	3,291	6,663	36	36
Green · Women	Women	72	79.4	143	3,372	3,291	6,663	36	36
White · Men	Men	72	70.4	137	3,254	3,106	6,360	36	36
White · Women	Women	72	76.9	137	3,254	3,106	6,360	36	36
White / Red · Men	Men	72	68.6	134	2,965	2,957	5,922	36	36
White / Red · Women	Women	72	75.5	133	2,965	2,957	5,922	36	36
Red · Women	Women	72	72.7	129	2,812	2,752	5,564	36	36
Red · Men	Men	72	66.4	129	2,812	2,752	5,564	36	36

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Tot
Black	493	597	188	494	603	409	221	506	442	3,953	391	645	163	402	396	503	568	249	520	3,837	7,790
Blue	405	533	180	451	563	378	205	470	412	3,597	376	563	138	389	360	464	545	223	487	3,545	7,142
Green · Men	370	521	166	414	543	360	185	429	384	3,372	334	544	118	364	346	429	535	197	424	3,291	6,663
Green · Women	370	521	166	414	543	360	185	429	384	3,372	334	544	118	364	346	429	535	197	424	3,291	6,663
White · Men	361	508	154	404	527	352	172	405	371	3,254	320	519	99	336	332	402	513	165	420	3,106	6,360
White · Women	361	508	154	404	527	352	172	405	371	3,254	320	519	99	336	332	402	513	165	420	3,106	6,360
White / Red · Men	361	447	154	354	459	282	132	405	371	2,965	320	479	99	336	332	367	513	131	380	2,957	5,922
White / Red · Women	361	447	154	354	459	282	132	405	371	2,965	320	479	99	336	332	367	513	131	380	2,957	5,922
Red · Women	325	447	111	354	459	282	132	355	347	2,812	304	479	89	319	271	367	412	131	380	2,752	5,564
Red · Men	325	447	111	354	459	282	132	355	347	2,812	304	479	89	319	271	367	412	131	380	2,752	5,564
Par	4	5	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	36	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	36	72
Hcp	15	7	17	1	5	13	9	3	11		12	6	18	14	16	4	10	8	2

Front nine Holes 1-9

Tee or hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out
Black	493	597	188	494	603	409	221	506	442	3,953
Blue	405	533	180	451	563	378	205	470	412	3,597
Green · Men	370	521	166	414	543	360	185	429	384	3,372
Green · Women	370	521	166	414	543	360	185	429	384	3,372
White · Men	361	508	154	404	527	352	172	405	371	3,254
White · Women	361	508	154	404	527	352	172	405	371	3,254
White / Red · Men	361	447	154	354	459	282	132	405	371	2,965
White / Red · Women	361	447	154	354	459	282	132	405	371	2,965
Red · Women	325	447	111	354	459	282	132	355	347	2,812
Red · Men	325	447	111	354	459	282	132	355	347	2,812
Par	4	5	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	36
Hcp	15	7	17	1	5	13	9	3	11

Back nine Holes 10-18

Tee or hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In
Black	391	645	163	402	396	503	568	249	520	3,837
Blue	376	563	138	389	360	464	545	223	487	3,545
Green · Men	334	544	118	364	346	429	535	197	424	3,291
Green · Women	334	544	118	364	346	429	535	197	424	3,291
White · Men	320	519	99	336	332	402	513	165	420	3,106
White · Women	320	519	99	336	332	402	513	165	420	3,106
White / Red · Men	320	479	99	336	332	367	513	131	380	2,957
White / Red · Women	320	479	99	336	332	367	513	131	380	2,957
Red · Women	304	479	89	319	271	367	412	131	380	2,752
Red · Men	304	479	89	319	271	367	412	131	380	2,752
Par	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	36
Hcp	12	6	18	14	16	4	10	8	2

Sources and record notes6 references

Sources for this history

The Story of Straits Kohler Archives
Main historical account, course development and individual-hole descriptions.
Consulted 2026-09-21

Course record sources

Club mark sourceClub Mark
Kohler Whistling Straits course pageCourse record
PGA of America: Whistling Straits ready to take centerstage for Ryder CupCourse opening
PGA of America: Whistling Straits ready to take centerstage for Ryder CupAlice Dye · Co-design · Date unrecorded
Kohler ArchivesPete Dye · Original design · Date unrecorded