WHISTLING STRAITS
WELCOME
Welcome to Whistling Straits
I welcome you to the 2010 PGA Championship played out on the famous Straits course
of Whistling Straits. It is an encore performance after the record debut of 2004. The
drama of golden fescue grasses, brilliant green tees and greens against the blues of Lake
Michigan, the
1,200 sand bunkers, the shifting winds and the ability of Pete Dye to
torment the strongest field of players this year will be an awesome sight. It gives me
goose bumps just thinking about it.
But to make this happen depends on people mostly from Wisconsin, a whole lot of
passionate people, working together as mini teams and big teams all with a single
objective – to show more than
150 million observers both here and around the world that we
indeed can produce the best.
I am proud of our working relationship with The PGA of America, the organization that
represents the best interests of golf club professionals across our country and makes an event
like this Championship possible.
I am proud of the Governor and his staff who have shown genuine interest and support for
this Championship and for the Wisconsin golf industry as a whole.
I am proud of the leadership and tenacity of my associates at Kohler Co., who dig in again and
again and get it done.
And boy, am I proud of the
3,000 plus volunteers, many of whom have returned for another
engagement to work behind the scenes for the love of the game, but never get to see the game
except for an occasional glimpse on TV.
So with all of this in mind, I welcome you to Whistling Straits, hosting the last and strongest
Major of the year. Let the winds blow.
Herbert V. Kohler Jr.
Chairman and CEO
Kohler Co.
14 THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE 2010 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
