HAVEN, Wis. – Whistling Straits’ Straits Course, home of the 43rd Ryder Cup on Sept. 24-26, is one of the most dramatic visual treats in golf.
Built by Pete Dye on the shore of Lake Michigan, the formerly flat site once housed a military base before the legendary designer trucked in some 13,000 loads of sand to shape an incredible vista of flowing dunes, fescue grass and incredibly difficult golf shots.
The Straits will play as a par 71 at 7,390 yards for the Ryder Cup. It’s normally a par 72, but the par-5 11th was shortened to a par 4 for the event.
The Straits ranks as the No. 1 public-access course in Wisconsin on Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play list, as well as No. 8 among all of Golfweek’s Best Modern Courses in the U.S.
No. 1 “Outward bound”
Par 4, 364 yards
No. 2 “Cross country”
Par 5, 593 yards
No. 3 “O’ Man”
Par 3, 181 yards
No. 4 “Glory”
Par 4, 489 yards
No. 5 “Snake”
Par 5, 603 yards
No. 6 “Gremlin’s ear”
Par 4, 355 yards
No. 7 “Shipwreck”
Par 3, 221 yards
No. 8 “On the rocks”
Par 4, 507 yards
No. 9 “Down and Dirty”
Par 4, 446 yards
No. 10 “Voyager”
Par 4, 361 yards
No. 11 “Sand box”
Par 4, 479 yards
No. 12 “Pop up”
Par 3, 143 yards
No. 13 “Cliff hanger”
Par 4, 404 yards
No. 14 “Widow’s watch”
Par 4, 401 yards
No. 15 “Grand strand”
Par 4, 518 yards
No. 16 “Endless bite”
Par 5, 552 yards
No. 17 “Pinched nerve”
Par 3, 233 yards
No. 18 “Dyeabolical”
Par 4, 515 yards
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