Kohler Unveils Plans To Public For "Top 50" Golf Course
/Josh Lintereur of the Sheboygan Press reports on the packed town hall meeting to hear Kohler Co. officials unveil plans for a fifth golf course on Lake Michigan near sensitive state park land.
“We believe it can be as good or better than the Straits course,” said Michael Belot, general manager of Destination Kohler, referring to the company’s famed Whistling Straits course in the Town of Mosel.
The new 18-hole course would be built on a 247-acre parcel of wooded land the company owns along Lake Michigan and would include four holes along the shoreline, according to the company’s permit application. The company hopes to open the course in July 2017.
Belot told Plan Commission members that the golf course would retain the basic dune structure and white pine growth found on the land today, though corridors would be opened up to provide views of the lake. Kohler is still evaluating whether to obtain water from private on-site wells or from the lake.
No architect was named, but Matt Ginella has previously reported at GolfAdvisor.com that Pete Dye visited the property and raves about its potential.
A video report with a brief glimpse of the fairly pedestrian routing accompanies the story.
