Overview

Only Pete Dye could have convinced owner Herb Kohler to rip apart an award-winning course (Golf Digest’s Best New Public Course of 1988) and still come out a winner. Dye coupled the front nine of that original 18 (now holes 1-4 and 14-18) with nine newer holes built within a vast bend of the Sheboygan River to produce the River Course. It possesses some of Dye’s most exciting holes, from the triple-option reachable par-4 ninth to the boomerang-shaped par-5 11th to the monster par-4 18th, where Kohler surprised Dye by converting a long waste bunker into a temporary lagoon for tournament events. For major events, like the 2012 U.S. Women’s Open, Dye’s original 18 was used. But for survey purposes, Golf Digest evaluates the River 18, which is available for everyday general play.

About

Holes 18
Length 7404
Slope 153
Price $365
Facility Type Public
Designer Pete Dye, ASGCA

Awards

100 Greatest
100 Greatest Public
100 Greatest the Second 100
Best Courses in Every State

Ranking history:

100 Greatest: Ranked since 1993-2022.
Highest ranking: No. 31, 1993-'94.
Previous ranking: 95th.

Second 100 Greatest: Ranked since 2023.
2023-'24 ranking: 117th.

100 Greatest Public: Ranked since the inaugural edition in 2003.
2023-'24 ranking: 18th.
Previous ranking: 16th.
Highest ranking: No. 11, 2005-'06.

Best in State: Ranked first, 1991-'99. Ranked inside the top five since 1991 and ranked fourth from 2013-2022.
2023-'24 ranking: 5th.

Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.3

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
7.3901
Character
7.3656
Challenge
7.5542
Layout Variety
7.414
Fun
7.2078
Aesthetics
7.512
Conditioning
7.4593

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