Whistling Straits drone video: See flyovers of all 18 holes for Ryder Cup

HAVEN, Wis. – Whistling Straits’ Straits Course, home of the 43rd Ryder Cup on Sept. 24-26, is one of the most dramatic visual treats in golf.

Built by Pete Dye on the shore of Lake Michigan, the formerly flat site once housed a military base before the legendary designer trucked in some 13,000 loads of sand to shape an incredible vista of flowing dunes, fescue grass and incredibly difficult golf shots.

The Straits will play as a par 71 at 7,390 yards for the Ryder Cup. It’s normally a par 72, but the par-5 11th was shortened to a par 4 for the event.

The Straits ranks as the No. 1 public-access course in Wisconsin on Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play list, as well as No. 8 among all of Golfweek’s Best Modern Courses in the U.S.

No. 1 “Outward bound”

Par 4, 364 yards

No. 2 “Cross country”

Par 5, 593 yards

No. 3 “O’ Man”

Par 3, 181 yards

No. 4 “Glory”

Par 4, 489 yards

No. 5 “Snake”

Par 5, 603 yards

No. 6 “Gremlin’s ear”

Par 4, 355 yards

No. 7 “Shipwreck”

Par 3, 221 yards

No. 8 “On the rocks”

Par 4, 507 yards

No. 9 “Down and Dirty”

Par 4, 446 yards

No. 10 “Voyager”

Par 4, 361 yards

No. 11 “Sand box”

Par 4, 479 yards

No. 12 “Pop up”

Par 3, 143 yards

No. 13 “Cliff hanger”

Par 4, 404 yards

No. 14 “Widow’s watch”

Par 4, 401 yards

No. 15 “Grand strand”

Par 4, 518 yards

No. 16 “Endless bite”

Par 5, 552 yards

No. 17 “Pinched nerve”

Par 3, 233 yards

No. 18 “Dyeabolical”

Par 4, 515 yards