From August 9th through August 15th Whistling Straits located in Kohler, Wisconsin is once again hosting one of the PGA’s four major tournaments, the Professional Golf Association Championship (also knows as “Glory’s last shot”) which is last in line after the Masters, the U.S. Open and the British Open. At the conclusion of the tournament the renowned Wanamaker Trophy will be awarded.
The course was designed, link style by the famous Pete Dye and lies along the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan. Tickets to the famed tournament start at about $30 per person for one day (this is normally for the practice rounds that begin the Monday before the tournament) and can be as much as $1300 per day with reserved seating and the hospitality offered by the Champions Club once play commences. If you prefer grounds tickets you can obtain one for the entire 7 days for about $300; however, there is an additional cost if you would like grandstand seating.
You should note that for juniors 17 years of age and younger there is free access to the event when accompanied by a paying adult. Each adult with a ticket can bring up to four juniors for admission (tickets are available the day of admission at the “Will Call” office) to the event at no extra cost.
This course appears to be an ode to the links found in the British Isles with confounding bunkers, craggy knobs and sand dunes; completing the transformation is a group of Scottish blackface sheep. Some of the challenges that golfers will face include a sometimes pervasive fog, buffeting winds and par threes placed on some precarious bluff edges.
If you miss this year’s championship then be sure to make plans to attend when it returns in 2015.
