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Whistling Straits To Host 2007 U.S.
Senior Open Championship
 Whistling
Straits in Kohler, Wis., has been selected by the United States Golf Association
as the site of the 2007 U.S. Senior Open Championship. The championship is
scheduled from July 5-8.
Designed by Pete Dye and opened in 1998, the Straits Course at
Whistling Straits is a links-style course located along two and
half miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, north of Milwaukee. Using
land that was previously an Army base, the design employs wide
fescue fairways and sand dune bunkers to complement the windy
conditions that are prevalent. All four par-3 holes and
four more holes are adjacent to Lake Michigan and play from just
above beach level to 80-foot bluffs.
“We at Kohler are excited to host this major championship,”
said Herbert V. Kohler Jr., chairman,
president and CEO of Kohler Co. “The world’s most seasoned
veterans of the game will be tested by a course that honors the
origins and early character of golf. There’s nothing in
championship play this side of the Atlantic like Whistling Straits.”
The site of the 2004 PGA Championship, Whistling Straits (www.whistlingstraits.com) has also
played host to the 1999 PGA Club Professionals Championship.
It will be hosting its first USGA Championship. Its sister
venue, Blackwolf Run, hosted the 1998 U.S. Women’s Open.
The Senior Open is open to any professional or amateur, 50 or
older who has a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 3.4. Among
the notable winners are Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player
and Hale Irwin. Bruce Lietzke won the 2003 Championship.
Prior to 2007, the U.S. Senior Open will be played at Bellerive
Country Club in St. Louis, Mo., from July 29-Aug. 1; at NCR Country
Club in Dayton, Ohio, from July 28-31, 2005; and at Prairie Dunes
Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan., from July 6-9, 2006.
The USGA conducts 13 national championships each year, including
the U.S. Open and the U.S. Women’s Open. Ten of these championships
are strictly for amateurs. Visit www.usga.org/championships/index.asp
for more information.
Source:
USGA
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