How Pete Dye Built The Scariest Par-3 at Whistling Straits

In this episode of 'THE Hole At', Golf Digest Architecture Editor, Derek Duncan, dives into Pete Dye's diabolical Par-3 17th hole at Whistling Straits. From its original location on a flat farm bluff, to the cut and fill construction technique that brought it down to the waters' edge, to becoming one of the most dramatic and recognized finishing holes in the world, Derek explores the fascinating history behind one of Whistling Straits' most difficult golf holes.

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