WHISTLING STRAITS - IRISH COURSE

This windswept Irish links-style track perched above Lake Michigan delivers the most authentic seaside golf experience you'll find in the American Midwest, complete with fescue rough that grabs clubs like Scottish gorse and greens that roll true despite the constant breeze off the water. The routing maximizes dramatic elevation changes and lake views while Pete Dye's strategic bunkering demands precision over power—miss in the wrong spot and you're grinding sand wedges from deep pot bunkers that wouldn't look out of place at Royal Troon. Pure links golf in Wisconsin sounds impossible until you play it.