Brown Deer Park Golf Course is a public golf

Golf

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 course maintained as part of the Milwaukee County Park System. The course was designed in 1929 by George Hanson

George Hanson

George Hanson is a former American basketball coach. Hanson was the head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers for the 1970-71 season, where he finished 11-13 and led the squad to a 5th place finish. Hanson resigned after one season and was replaced by Bill Musselman. Hanson played for the...

. Since then, the course has been partially redesigned, the clubhouse has become a historic site

Historic site

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 and the course is currently home to the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee

U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee

The U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee was a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It was played annually in July in the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer, Wisconsin. The tournament was held at the Brown Deer Park Golf Course. U.S. Bancorp was the main sponsor of the tournament. The 2009 purse was...

, a PGA Tour

PGA Tour

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 event. Located in the northwest side of the city of Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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 (not in Brown Deer

Brown Deer, Wisconsin

Brown Deer is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. It is a suburb of Milwaukee. The population was 11,999 at the 2010 census...

), the course is surrounded by trees and features deep rough.
Many famous golfers have played tournaments at the southeastern Wisconsin course. Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Lee Trevino, and Ed Sneed have all competed here at some point in their careers. In 1996, Tiger Woods made his pro debut at the course when he played in the Greater Milwaukee Open. Despite making a hole-in-one on the 14th hole, he finished tied for 60th and took home $2,544 in earnings.

Statistics

• Par
  Par (score)
  The word "par" is a term in the game of golf used to denote the pre-determined number of strokes that a scratch golfer should require to complete a hole, a round , or a tournament...
  
  : 71
• Yards: 6,759
• Rating: 72.9
• Slope
  Slope rating
  The slope rating of a golf course is a measure of its difficulty for bogey golfers. The term comes from the fact that when playing on more difficult courses, players' scores will rise more quickly than their handicaps would predict. The "slope rating" of a course thus predicts that rise...
  
  : 133
• Bunkers
  Bunker (golf)
  A hazard is an area of a golf course in the sport of golf which provides a difficult obstacle. which may be of three types: water hazards such as lakes and rivers; man-made hazards such as bunkers; and natural hazards such as dense vegetation. Special rules apply to playing balls that fall in a...
  
  : 60

External links

• Milwaukee County Site Lists prices and info on how to make reservations
• John's Guide to Brown Deer Park Golf Course Good player-written description of the course