Location: Erin, Wisconsin, USA | Ranking: #62 — The Global Golfer Top 100
Type: Links-style | Designer: David McLay Kidd (2010)
Editor’s Note: Erin Hills hosted the 2017 US Open — Brooks Koepka’s first major title — on a links-style course built on Wisconsin’s glacial moraines. David McLay Kidd created a course of extraordinary scale: wide fairways, fescue rough and a routing that uses the kettle moraine landscape as naturally as any links uses its dunes. The 2017 US Open produced scores far lower than expected; Erin Hills’ generous fairways reward aggressive play and punish nothing but the wild miss.
Contact & Booking
- Website: erinhills.com | Green Fees: From $260 | Rating / Slope: 74.2 / 137 (visitor play) | Airport: Milwaukee (MKE) — 40 mins; Chicago O’Hare — 1h 30m.
Championship Scorecard
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | OUT |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 |
| Yards | 451 | 618 | 403 | 462 | 206 | 660 | 471 | 225 | 502 | 3,998 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | IN | TOTAL |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Yards | 503 | 463 | 232 | 643 | 423 | 208 | 457 | 658 | 670 | 4,257 | 8,164 |
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Key Notes & 19th Hole
- The Scale: At 8,164 yards from the back tees, Erin Hills is among the longest courses in the world. The US Open played it at 7,741; from forward tees it is accessible and enjoyable for mid-handicappers. Choose your tee boxes carefully.
- The Moraines: Wisconsin’s glacial landscape provides 50-foot elevation changes throughout the routing — unusual for a “links” course but entirely natural. The views across the kettle moraine country from the 11th tee are magnificent.
- Milwaukee: 40 minutes east — excellent craft brewery scene, the Milwaukee Art Museum and America’s most underrated bratwurst culture. Milwaukee hotels via Expedia →