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Gary Sato

What construction company was used at Whistling Straits?
« on: August 16, 2015, 06:26:27 PM »
A quick Google check found lots of tidbits but no name of a construction company or the names of the shapers?


https://www.americanclubresort.com/press-room/resort-fact-sheets/whistling-straits-fact-sheet


Size of the site: 560 acres.
Configuration: Whistling Straits is comprised of two 18-hole courses: The Straits® and The Irish.
Opening dates: The Straits – July 1998 The Irish – July 2000
History of the site: In the 1950s, for approximately 9 years, the site had been used by the U.S. Army as an antiaircraft training facility called Camp Haven. Previously it was pancake-flat farmland.
Sheep: A flock of Scottish blackface sheep was acquired for Whistling Straits, with the intent that the animals wander the property freely as might be encountered on a country course in the British Isles. The sheep are kept on-site during the golfing season (they are moved to an offsite farm during the winter months).
Bunkers: The sand bunkers constructed for the course are composed of sand native to the area. Not all of the sand was original to the Whistling Straits property; additional sand from a site located 10 miles from the course was brought in to complete construction. In building The Straits, 7,000 truckloads of sand - approximately 105,000 cubic yards - were brought to the site. Maintenance of the bunkers is intended to be natural by the elements, primarily the wind; staff maintenance is minimal.

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Distinguishing Features: The Straits®
• Two miles of uninterrupted shoreline on Lake Michigan
• Eight holes hug the Lake Michigan shoreline
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• View of Lake Michigan’s endless vista of water from all 18 holes
• Four stone bridges at holes 1, 9, 10 and 18
• Bluffs and massive sand dune areas
• Natural fescue fairways (rather than the traditional Bentgrass)
• Elevation change on the course (hole 15) is approximately 80 feet
• The Straits is a walking course only; walking distance for 18 holes on The Straits is approximately 5 miles
• Caddies required (prior to twilight)
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Grasses: The Straits
• Greens are a Bentgrass cultivar (named Providence)
• Tees are a Bentgrass cultivar (named Penncross)
• Fairways are a blend of three fescue cultivars
• Primary rough is the same fescue blend as fairways, but maintained at a higher cut
• Deep rough is a blend of four fescues
• The mounds and berms are largely left uncut
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[/color]Average size of the greens: 7,500 square feet
Average tee size: 6,000 square feet
Acres of fairway: 22
Acres of rough: 150
Sand bunkers: More than 500 bunkers
Water hazards: 14
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RJ_Daley

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Re: What construction company was used at Whistling Straits?
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2015, 06:49:55 PM »
I think they used some combo of Dye's shapers and in-house equipment along with Buteyn-Peterson, which is the same area headquartered company they used at Whistling Straits.  I know a guy that was an operator with them.

http://buteynpeterson.com/about-us/our-company/
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Gary Sato

Re: What construction company was used at Whistling Straits?
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2015, 01:29:36 PM »
I think they used some combo of Dye's shapers and in-house equipment along with Buteyn-Peterson, which is the same area headquartered company they used at Whistling Straits.  I know a guy that was an operator with them.

http://buteynpeterson.com/about-us/our-company/


No mention of it on the web site? 


I'm starting to think it's possibly the largest single golf course project ever built. 

RJ_Daley

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Re: What construction company was used at Whistling Straits?
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2015, 02:00:59 PM »
I heard that the Des Muirhead project in Korea holds that distinction....   
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