Golf

Wisconsin is the best state in the country for public golf courses, according to a new ranking by the magazine Golf Digest, which also touts Kohler’s Whistling Straights as the nation’s fourth best public course.

The Meadows of Sixmile Creek golf course has been open nine days in December. What was once unheard of during a Wisconsin winter, is becoming more common as temperatures get warmer. Scott Kesling, owner and operator of the public course near Madison, said on days when the temperatures are above 40 and the wind is…

NFL running back Dare Ogunbowale played four sports at his high school in Milwaukee, but golf wasn’t one of them. He started getting into golf during his time at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It was something he could do away from football. Before college, “golf just wasn’t even a thought.” “Growing up, I didn’t even…

Central Wisconsin will see an influx of visitors this week as one of professional golf’s major tournaments plays out in Stevens Point. The golf course at SentryWorld is hosting the U.S. Golf Association’s Senior Open, where some of the world’s best golfers ages 50 and up compete for $4 million in prize money. Practice rounds…

Things have been a blur since 2020. The last few years have been marked by a contentious political climate and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, we saw the overturning of Roe v. Wade, trials related to the Jan. 6 insurrection of 2021 and a national increase in labor organizing. Stories from years past that…

It was mostly a joke in college. What if Tyler Luedtke, now 23, bought the Sir Lanserlot Golf Course in Plymouth? He’s from the area and played that course as a kid. And about a year and a half ago while he was at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, he floated the idea to a friend.…

The United States got off to an early lead Friday and didn’t let up, winning Wisconsin’s first Ryder Cup in dominant fashion this weekend. The Americans defeated the European squad in the biennial tournament, which took place at Whistling Straits in Sheboygan County. It came down to the last hole of the last singles match,…

Sheboygan native Cindy Mannchen went to visit Whistling Straits and the Ryder Cup pro shop before practice rounds started this week. She’s never been so impressed, she said. “It was just so beautiful, and the lake was behind it,” she said. “It was a beautiful day, sun shining, and I thought, ‘What a great place…

The eyes of the golf world will be focused on Wisconsin this week, with the Ryder Cup set to begin Friday at Whistling Straits. The tournament was planned for 2020 — on the heels of the Democratic National Convention — but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Top American golfers will face off against…

The U.S. team is set for the upcoming Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Kohler. The biennial golf tournament is a showdown between teams from Europe and the U.S. Its atmosphere is unlike anything else in golf, and tickets for the Sheboygan County event sold out instantaneously when they became available in 2019. The tournament…