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{{Infobox Golf Facility
|golf_facility_name = Blackwolf Run
|image              = River Course, Blackwolf Run.jpg
|caption            = River Course in May 2008
|location           = [[Kohler, Wisconsin|Kohler]], [[Wisconsin]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|establishment      = 1988
|type               = Public
|owner              = [[Kohler Company]]
|operator           = [[The American Club (Kohler, Wisconsin)|The American Club]]
|holes              =  36
|tournaments        = [[U.S. Women's Open]]:<br>[[1998 U.S. Women's Open|1998]], [[2012 U.S. Women's Open|2012]]
|website            = [http://www.destinationkohler.com/golf/bwr/bwr_index.html Blackwolf Run]
|course1            = Meadow Valleys Course
|designer1          = [[Pete Dye]]
|par1               = 72
|length1            = {{convert|7314|yd|m|0|abbr=on}} <ref name=mvsco>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanclubresort.com/golf/bwr/meadows_scorecard.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116220357/http://www.americanclubresort.com/golf/bwr/meadows_scorecard.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 16, 2013|publisher=American Club Resort, Blackwolf Run|title=Meadow Valleys Course score card|accessdate=June 4, 2012}}</ref>
|rating1            = 75.1
|slope1             = 145 <ref name=bwrmv>{{cite web|url=http://ncrdb.usga.org/NCRDB/courseTeeInfo.aspx?CourseID=31243|publisher=USGA|title=Course Rating and Slope Database™: Blackwolf Run - Meadow Valleys|accessdate=June 4, 2012}}</ref>
|record1            =
|course2            = River Course
|designer2          = [[Pete Dye]]
|par2               = 72
|length2            = {{convert|7404|yd|m|abbr=on}} <ref name=rivsco>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanclubresort.com/golf/bwr/river_scorecard.html|publisher=American Club Resort, Blackwolf Run|title=River Course score card|accessdate=June 4, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630011832/http://www.americanclubresort.com/golf/bwr/river_scorecard.html|archivedate=June 30, 2013}}</ref>
|rating2            = 76.2
|slope2             = 151 <ref name=bwrriv>{{cite web|url=http://ncrdb.usga.org/NCRDB/courseTeeInfo.aspx?CourseID=31244|publisher=USGA|title=Course Rating and Slope Database™: Blackwolf Run - River|accessdate=June 4, 2012}}</ref>
|record2            =
}}
'''Blackwolf Run''' is a [[golf course]] complex in [[Kohler, Wisconsin]]. It is one of two golf destinations associated with [[The American Club (Kohler, Wisconsin)|The American Club]], owned by a subsidiary of the [[Kohler Company]]. The other is the [[Whistling Straits]] complex in nearby [[Haven, Wisconsin|Haven]].

Opened in 1988 with 18 holes, Blackwolf Run was named that year's "Best New Public Course" by [[Golf Digest]] magazine, and has continued to accumulate awards and honors including regular ranking on the list of "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses" by Golf Digest and the "Top 100 You Can Play" by [[Golf Magazine]]. Nine holes were added in 1989 and it became a 36-hole facility in 1990. Most recently, both the River and Meadow Valleys courses received the coveted 5-Star ranking from Golf Digest.

==River Course==
The River Course is an 18-hole layout along a glacial river basin that features a {{convert|7404|yd|m}} of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72.<ref name=rivsco/> The course has a rating of 76.2, and it has a slope rating of 151.<ref name=bwrriv/> Designed by noted course architect [[Pete Dye]], the course uses half of the original holes opened in 1988 and is played on [[Agrostis|bent grass]]. The river is the meandering [[Sheboygan River]], which flows eastward to [[Lake Michigan]] at [[Sheboygan, Wisconsin|Sheboygan]].

==Meadow Valleys Course==
The Meadow Valleys Course is an 18-hole layout at {{convert|7250|yd|m|0}} for a par of 72.<ref name=mvsco/> Also designed by Dye, the course rating is 75.1, with a slope of 145.<ref name=bwrmv/>

==The Baths==
The Baths at Blackwolf Run is a 10-hole par-3 course that opened in June 2021. This course was designed by Chris Lutzke, a protégé of Pete Dye, who was on the crew who originally built Blackwolf Run in the late 1980's. Attached to the 10th green is an 18-hole putting course, which takes place over two acres and features different locations each week. The Baths has also played host to nighttime golf under stadium lights, and features a full bar and a food truck.

==U.S. Women's Open==
The Original Championship Course (holes 10-18 on the Meadow Valleys Course and holes 1-4 and 14-18 on the River Course) was used for the [[1998 U.S. Women's Open]], won by [[Se Ri Pak]] in an extended playoff. The composite course uses the original 18 holes at Blackwolf Run, which were split between the two courses when the second 18 holes were added. The championship course employs the back nine from the Meadow Valleys course and the first four and last five holes from the River course; in 1998 it was set at par 71 with a length of {{convert|6412|yd|m}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wfIzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3PEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3379%2C4665795|work=Spokesman-Review|agency=Associated Press|title=U.S. Women's Open: fourth round results|date=July 6, 1998|page=c4}}</ref> The same layout was used for the [[2012 U.S. Women's Open]], but extended by over {{convert|500|yd|m|-1}} and at par 72. The length for 2012 was {{convert|6954|yd|m|0}} at an approximate [[elevation]] of {{convert|650|ft|m|-1}} [[AMSL|above sea level]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usga.org/ChampEventContent.aspx?id=21474844837|publisher=USGA|title=2012 U.S. Women's Open: fact sheet|accessdate=June 4, 2012}}</ref>

==Scorecards==
{{Golf18|title=Meadow Valleys Course at Blackwolf Run<ref name=mvsco/><ref name=bwrmv/>}}
{{black18 | 75.1 / 145|392|446|182|565|403|475|520|240|485|3708|382|522|461|341|423|227|590|182|478|3606|7314}}
{{blue18 | 73.2 / 139|368|402|176|539|380|470|494|187|462|3478|366|514|438|335|409|196|544|165|439|3406|6884}}
{{green18 | 71.5 / 136|349|385|158|516|362|444|488|176|432|3310|330|495|407|313|384|189|487|152|383|3140|6450}}
{{white18 | 70.3 / 132|335|375|142|473|340|406|475|160|413|3119|320|487|395|304|376|150|478|138|373|3021|6140}}
{{silver18| name = White/Red | 68.3 / 127|335|278|142|428|340|406|475|112|307|2823|320|460|327|304|376|103|478|138|373|2879|5702}}
{{red18 | 65.2 / 123|281|278|110|428|314|341|426|112|307|2597|242|460|327|233|293|103|415|92|303|2468|5065}}
{{handicap18 |7|5|15|9|11|1|17|13|3|10|14|2|8|6|16|12|18|4}}
{{par18  |4|4|3|5|4|4|5|3|4| 36 |4|5|4|4|4|3|5|3|4| 36 | 72}}
{{end18}}


{{Golf18|title=River Course at Blackwolf Run<ref name=rivsco/><ref name=bwrriv/>}}
{{black18 | 76.2 / 151|610|377|468|219|427|388|426|532|361|3808|227|621|486|231|346|374|620|181|510|3596|7404}}
{{blue18 | 73.7 / 144|564|370|410|195|400|361|401|524|337|3562|204|560|465|205|310|354|560|175|470|3303|6865}}
{{green18 | 72.1 / 139|526|355|395|185|388|333|374|492|316|3364|194|536|423|150|304|346|540|168|440|3101|6465}}
{{white18 | 70.3 / 132|501|345|389|146|376|308|352|470|302|3189|175|522|372|135|294|329|511|153|415|2906|6095}}
{{silver18| name = White/Red | 68.0 / 127|501|310|295|146|275|308|352|470|302|2959|147|446|372|101|294|290|511|131|351|2643|5602}}
{{red18 | 65.7 / 123|411|310|295|117|275|265|298|401|238|2610|147|446|333|101|228|290|483|131|351|2510|5120}}
{{handicap18 |5|13|1|15|3|17|7|9|11|14|6|2|10|16|18|8|12|4}}
{{par18  |5|4|4|3|4|4|4|5|4| 37 |3|5|4|3|4|4|5|3|4| 35 | 72}}
{{end18}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.destinationkohler.com/golf/blackwolf-run}}
 
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