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Aug 30, 2004 · "Our conditions aren't exacdy where I want them to be for the tournament, but we're close," says 27-year-old David Swift, superin- tendent at Whisding Straits. His eyes twinkle as he looks around again, and in a voice brim- ming with optimism, he says, "I can't wait for the event to start."
Whistling Straits superintendent David Swift estimates that about 10 percent of the thatch is removed with each aeration. “Our program for greens is twice as aggressive in spring,” Swift says. “As soon as we finish 18 holes, we topdress, turn around and do the greens again.
Since 2018, he has served as the Head Golf Professional – Whistling Straits. Mike has played an important role in the execution of three PGA Championships, the 2007 US Senior Open, and served as an Executive Vice Chair for the 43rd Ryder Cup, all hosted at Whistling Straits.
The following is the month-by-month fertility plan for greens developed by Straits Course superintendent David Swift for the 2004 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis. “Our fertilization program hasn’t changed too much in the last few years,” Swift says.
David Swift has been the golf course superintendent at Minnehaha County Club for more than a year. He’s been in the business for twenty years at eight different courses in five states and in two countries.
Whistling Straits is one of two 36-hole links-style golf courses associated with Destination Kohler, a luxury golf resort owned and operated by the Kohler Company in Kohler, Wisconsin. The other course is Blackwolf Run , located in the Village of Kohler.
Whistling Straits Superintendent David Swift shows a standard bunker rake and one of the long-han-dled hybrids he developed to maintain the bunkers. Photo by Darren Davis. The open, rugged and windswept terrain at Whistling Straits translates into often deep, steep-faced challenging bunkers to maintain. Photo by Darren Davis. Whistling While ...
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