Erin Hills Golf Course

A walking-only public course on glacial terrain northwest of Milwaukee that hosted the 2017 U.S. Open and the 2025 U.S. Women's Open.

Erin Hills opened in 2006 on 652 acres of the Kettle Moraine, land shaped by the last glacier to cover south central Wisconsin. Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry and Golf Digest's Ron Whitten designed it as a public course, and Andrew Ziegler has owned it since 2009. The USGA came early and often, starting with the 2008 Women's Amateur Public Links and the 2011 U.S. Amateur. Brooks Koepka won the 2017 U.S. Open here, and Maja Stark won the 2025 U.S. Women's Open.

The course uses the ground as found: rolling fescue fairways, bentgrass greens, and large, rough-edged bunkers, with no paved cart paths and walking required. From the back tees it stretches past 7,700 yards, but the wide fairways and wind make it more about angles and recovery than pure length. The short par-3 9th, often a wedge, is one of the most demanding holes on the course because of its small, heavily bunkered green.

Holes to know

9

Par 3

A wedge-length par 3 (139 yards for the 2025 Women's Open) to a contoured green ringed by bunkers and collection areas.

18

Par 5

A closing par 5 across rolling fescue (555 yards for the 2025 Women's Open), one of the course's genuine birdie-or-bogey holes.

Championships

• U.S. Open 2017
• U.S. Women's Open 2025
• U.S. Amateur 2011
• U.S. Mid-Amateur 2022
• U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links 2008

Design history

• 2010: Major renovation by the original design team
• 2015: Further changes by Dana Fry and Jason Straka ahead of the 2017 U.S. Open