CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Next year’s European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington made his first scouting trip to Whistling Straits, site of the 2020 matches, last week and his initial impressions of the layout were encouraging on many fronts.
Harrington said Whistling Straits, which has hosted three PGA Championships, will make a solid match-play course because of the layout’s risk/reward options. Perhaps more importantly, however, was the configuration of the links-style course that winds along the shores of Lake Michigan.
“It’s only an advantage when it’s a home venue,” Harrington said of the potential set-up options for the course that might favor the U.