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Article: Club pros pick Whistling Straits PGA tournament will be held at new course in '99

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May 1, 1998
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Whistling Straits isn't scheduled to open until July, but the new Pete Dye golf course on the shores of Lake Michigan already has landed its first important tournament.

The PGA of America announced Thursday that Whistling Straits, a Scottish-style links course just north of Sheboygan, will play host to the 1999 PGA Club Professionals Championship.

The tournament is scheduled for June 24-27. The PGA also announced that the 2000 tournament would be played at Oak Tree Golf Club in Edmond, Okla. Oak Tree also is a Dye design. "The PGA of America has made it a mission to conduct our championships at the finest venues possible," PGA President Ken Lindsay said. "Whistling Straits has all the ...

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