EarthGolf

Whistling Straits is just a course routed in the genius of Pete Dye. It has so many fascinating intricacies that I could spend a week just studying each hole. So, when I saw that Ben Crenshaw, a golfer and architect who I really admire, had made comments on the course, I was really curious to hear what he had to say.

“There’s a lot to digest,” he said. “I’d really like to see it another day or two. That was my first look today and I’m just trying to find my way around. It looks formidable, I’ll say that.”
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“Pete works with raw material and it’s unbelievable how he has a certain element and he seizes upon it and goes with it,” Crenshaw said. “He moved a lot of material out there. It’s a spectacular thing to look at. The lake is just gorgeous. It’s amazing.

Crenshaw said scores could potentially be high if the wind blows this week.

“It’s certainly a course where the elements and the weather play a huge part,” he said. “It could get really nasty. It’s a pretty formidable task on a good day, it seems. So I don’t know. I think we’re all trying to figure out a way to get around it.”

Hmmm… not a lot to chew on there. The author, Gary D’Amato, stated that Crenshaw “came away impressed”. I don’t draw that same conclusion from those statements. It will be interesting if we hear more from Crenshaw this week. I’d particularly like to get his take on this course compared to Dye’s Kiawah’s Ocean Course where they played the Senior PGA Championship earlier this year.

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