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Brookfield Central, Prescott capture WIAA girls golf titles

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After a second place showing last year, Brookfield Central captured the WIAA State Girls Golf team title at Blackwolf Run in Kohler on Tuesday.  It’s the first state title for Central since 2003.

Brookfield Central had an eight-stroke lead after Monday’s weather shortened 9-hole opening round.  They finished the second and final round with a 10-shot win over Waunakee and Arrowhead, who tied for second.

Arrowhead freshman Jessica Guiser tied Cedarburg’s Elise Hoven and won individual honors after a one hole playoff.  Guiser’s 5-over-par 77 was the low round for the day.

Prescott won the Division 2 team title, a whopping 19 strokes over second place Racine Prairie.  Appleton Xavier’s Laurie Haen won individual honors by one stroke over Prescott’s Ava Salay.

Golf course designer Pete Dye passes

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One of the great golf design minds, World Golf Hall of Famer Pete Dye passed away at the age of 94.

Dye designed Blackwolf Run and Whistling Straits near Kohler.  He also designed Florida’s TPC Sawgrass,  home of The Players Championship and Kiawah Island in South Carolina, which has hosted both a PGA Championship and a Ryder Cup.

One of his most famous creations was the 17th-hole island green at TPC Sawgrass.

Whistling Straits will host the 2020 Ryder Cup later this year.

 

Kohler Co. courses honored in Golf Digest

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Whistling Straits and Blackwolf Run Championship courses have been featured in Golf

Whistling Straits

Whistling Straits

Digest 100 Greatest Rankings, with the Straits course at Whistling Straits leading the way, ranking #2 in 100 Greatest Public Golf courses.

All four courses are included in the 100 Greatest Public Golf courses.  Whistling Straits (Straits) #2, Blackwolf run (River) #14, Whistling Straits (Irish) #39 and Blackwolf Run (Meadow Valleys) #62.

The Straits course at Whistling Straits has been ranked on America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses for 14 years.  The River course at Blackwolf Run has been ranked for 22 years.

Round 2 of the US Women’s Open begins Friday Morning

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A trio of Americans sit on top of the leaderboard after the opening round of the 67th US Women’s Open from Black Wolf Run in Kohler.  Cristie Kerr, Brittany Lincicome, and Lizette Salas all fought the heat to fire 3-under par, 69s on Thursday.  In all, 14-golfers found red numbers on day 1.

For Kerr and Lincicome, the top of the field is a familiar spot in Major Tournaments.  Kerr has won a pair of Majors in her career; the 2007 U.S Open and the 2010 LPGA Championship.  Lincicome won the 2009 Craft Nabisco Championship for her lone Major title.  Salas is a rookie on tour who is ranked #206 in the world.  Her highest finish in any event is a tie for 22nd earlier this year at the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup.  One thing all three have in common is they teed off in the afternoon Thursday.  Kerr says they may have caught a little break in the weather then…

AUDIO: Cristie Kerr on the afternoon weather :12 [Read more…]

2012 US Women’s Open begins today at Blackwolf Run

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The 67th US Open heads back to Blackwolf Run, the site of the 1998 US Women’s open.  The four-day tournament begins Thursday in Kohler, WI.

The buzz about Blackwolf Run this week has been about how tough the course is.  In 1998, Se Ri Pak won in a playoff after posting a 4-day total of 6-over par.  Christie Kerr is one of the hold-overs from last time around and she recalls just how tough the course was…

AUDIO: Christie Kerr on the course in 1998 :18

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Tiger Woods’ niece qualifies for US Women’s Open

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Cheyenne Woods, the 21-year-old niece of Tiger Woods, has qualified for the

Cheyenne Woods

U.S. Women’s Open at Blackwolf Run July 5-8 in Kohler.

Woods finished Thursday’s 36-hold qualifier at Carolina Trace Country Club in Sanford, North Carolina at 2-over par 146.

Cheyenne Woods will make her professional debut at next week’s LPGA Championship.

Cheyenne Woods is the daughter of Tiger Woods half-brother, Earl Woods Jr.  Her uncle, Tiger Woods is a three-time winner of the men’s U.S. Open.  Tiger shot a 2-under par 70 yesterday in the first round of the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio.

Blackwolf run is ready for Women’s U.S. Open

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When Se Ri Pak won the 1998 U.S. Women’s Open golf championship at

So Yeon Ryu

Blackwolf run, Korean’s were just entering the professional golf scene.  Pak was just 20-years old when she capped off her first Major golf victory.  Since then, she’s added four more major victories and 25 total LPGA Tour wins.

AUDIO: Se Ri Pak says it all started for her in Kohler in 1998 :14

Watching Pak on that day was a young So Yeon Ryu, who became the latest Korean women’s golf phenom after winning the 2011 U.S. Women’s Open in Colorado last summer.  Ryu watched Pak sink a 15-foot birdie putt as a youngster back in 1998.

AUDIO: So Yeon Ryu says Pak was an inspiration :12

The Blackwolf course will layout around 7,000 yards, roughly 500 yards longer than the course that Pak won on in 1998.

Pak is recovering from a shoulder injury but said she expects to be ready to play in this summer’s tournament.