Erin Hills
Erin Hills: Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry, Ron Whitten (2006), restored by Dana Fry and Jason Straka (2015). Par 72, 7,772 yards. Brooks Koepka won the 2017 U.S. Open here with 272 (−16).
Erin Hills: Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry, Ron Whitten (2006), restored by Dana Fry and Jason Straka (2015). Par 72, 7,772 yards. Brooks Koepka won the 2017 U.S. Open here with 272 (−16).
Erin Hills: Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry, Ron Whitten (2006), restored by Dana Fry and Jason Straka (2015). Par 72, 7,772 yards. Brooks Koepka won the 2017 U.S. Open here with 272 (−16).
Updated October 24, 2026
3 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Brooks Koepka | 272 (−16) | by 4 strokes · USGA |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Maja Stark | 281 (−7) | by 2 strokes · USGA |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Kelly Kraft | 2 up | USGA |
The architects did very little shaping and used contours left by the last glacier; the course is walking-only, with about 150 professional caddies.
Erin Hills is a public course with no memberships; Milwaukee investor Andy Ziegler bought it in October 2009, eight years before it hosted the U.S. Open.
Source: Erin Hills - FAQs
Brooks Koepka won the first U.S. Open played in Wisconsin, in 2017, at 272 (-16), four ahead of Brian Harman and Hideki Matsuyama; Adam Hadwin tied a U.S. Open record that week with six straight birdies.
Source: Wikipedia: 2017 U.S. Open
Erin Hills is a walking-only course with about 150 professional caddies, played under the USGA Rules of Golf.
Source: Erin Hills - Course
Since 2018 a five-hole Kettle Loop, carved from the existing 18, gives overnight guests a short late-afternoon round.
Source: Erin Hills - Course
The Drumlin putting course, in view of the dining and lodging, is lit with low-profile lights for putting after dark.
Source: Erin Hills - Course
Unusually for Wisconsin, the fairways were routed around the property's contours on firm glacial till of sand and small rock, so the course plays shorter than its scorecard length; greens and fairways are bentgrass.
Source: Erin Hills - Course
Holy Hill Cathedral stands in the background of the 18th hole.
Source: GolfPass (David R. Holland, 2016-07-20) "Erin Hills: Minimalist gem"
Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry, Ron Whitten
Ongoing renovation programme since 2015 with small projects every couple of years: tee expansions (2018-22), bunker restoration (2023-24)
Source: GCSAA U.S. Women's Open 2025 · Wikipedia: Erin Hills
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | U.S. Open 15–18 June 2017 | Brooks Koepka | both |
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's tour-course research (profiles, championship history, the tour's visits since 2017, stories, details and course changes, each with its sources). A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. The light in the room is the sun's real position on the last day of a recorded visit.
The routing and ground are drawn from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). The clubhouse is drawn by GNN from reference photographs; the photographs stay private.
Data: erin-hills.json. Spot an error? See corrections.