Posts in Tag: wisconsin
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Whistling Straits – Why This is Pete Dye’s Masterpiece
Whistling Straits first came onto my radar screen in 2004 when V.J.Singh won the P.G.A. there in a playoff over Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco. To be clear, Whistling Straits is actually the home of two courses, the Straits of which I am writing today and the Irish course, but for all intents and purposes […]
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Blackwolf Run – You Must Play These Two Pete Dye Masterpieces
The American Club Resort in Kohler, Wisconsin has four Pete Dye designed courses that are all in the top 60 of U.S. courses that anyone can play. Well anyone with enough money. The courses are located in two distinct areas. The Whistling Straits and Irish courses are right on Lake Michigan twenty minutes from the […]
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Lambeau Field – Why Everyone Should See a Game in Green Bay
It’s day two of my visit to Wisconsin to play the four Pete Dye courses at the American Club Resort in Kohler. More important than today’s golf is a Thursday night visit to Lambeau Field to watch the Packers take on my beloved Vikings. It’s an iconic rivalry at an iconic football stadium. Please join […]
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American Club Resort – Play Pete Dye’s Four Great Courses & More
Why Wisconsin? Well if the fact that it is ‘America’s Dairyland’ is not enough to get you over excited about Wisconsin, how about that they do two things really good here, besides make cheese – golf and football. For the past thirty years or so a group of friends and I head south to play […]