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Chris Lutzke, Pete Dye Design Associate, Accepted into ASGCA
Chris Lutzke, long time Pete Dye design associate and Dye’s right-hand man for more than 20 years, has been accepted into the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA).
Chris Lutzke Carries Pete Dye Legacy at Whistling Straits
Desination Kohler, the Kohler, Wis., resort that is home to four Pete Dye golf courses in Whistling Straits and Blackwolf Run, is introducing “The Baths of Blackwolf Run”—featuring a 10-hole par-3 course, a two-acre putting course, and four strategic water features (hence “The Baths”) designed into the routing.
Eagle Eye Designer, Chris Lutzke, Elected into ASGCA
Lutzke started his career at the most basic level of golf course construction. He was a just-out-of-high-school kid hired to work at Blackwolf Run as an unskilled laborer performing such unglamorous tasks as digging trenches and installing drainage pipes.
The Baths of Blackwolf Run to Open in 2021
Located on 27 acres between the first and 11th holes of the Meadow Valleys course at Kohler’s at Blackwolf Run golf course, The Baths of Blackwolf Run is named for Kohler’s history in designing bathroom appliances.
Chris Lutzke, ASGCA, to Add 10-Hole Short Course at Blackwolf Run
Lutzke is adding a 10-hole, par 3 short course to the famed area featuring designs from ASGCA Past President Pete Dye.
Chris Lutzke Finishes The Baths of Blackwolf Run
Chris Lutzke doesn’t have a business card, doesn’t grant many interviews and has never been big on promoting himself. He’s most comfortable on a bulldozer or a loader, pushing dirt around, moving it here and there, sculpting the skeletons of golf courses.
Pete Dye’s Legacy Lives on Through Chris Lutzke
Lutzke is a rural, small-town Wisconsin native that first met Dye in the 1980s as a teenager working a bulldozer at Blackwolf Run (host of U.S. Women’s Open, 1998 and 2012) for his family’s landscape construction company. Lutzke never stopped working for Dye, and to this day is finishing a handful of projects Dye started, including adjustments to Whistling Straights for the upcoming Ryder Cup in September (we all hope).
Chris Lutzke Featured on Wisconsin.Golf for His Stamp on the Baths at Blackwolf Run
The 10-hole short course was designed by Chris Lutzke, a protégé of the late Pete Dye. The four water features, or baths, will have sand bottoms and beach access.
Chris Lutzke Featured on Golf.com for the Baths at Blackwolf Run
Located on 27 acres between the first and 11th holes of the Meadow Valleys course at Blackwolf Run, the Baths will complement Kohler’s existing courses with a highly adaptable golf experience for newbies and seasoned players alike.
Chris Lutzke Now Adopted into the American Society of Golf Course Architects
Chris Lutzke, a Pete Dye design associate for more than 20 years, has been accepted into the American Society of Golf Course Architects.