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# PGA at Whistling Straits to offer 'oncourse' suites Oct 15, 2013, 2:32pm CDT Upda ted: Oct 15, 2013, 3:54pm CDT Share on Google + Share on Facebook Shar e on LinkedIn Shar e on Twitter Email this article Save Order Reprints Print http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2013/10/15/pga-at-whistling-straits-to -offer.html?page=allRich Kirchen Senior Reporter- Milwaukee Business Journal Email | Twitter One of the main selling points for corporate hosp itality sites at the 2015 PGA Championship in Kohler — in additi on to the intrinsic valu e of a PGA event — is greater proximity to the actual course. The 2015 PGA Championship marks the first time all corporate hospitality chalets will be located (almost) on-course at Kohler Co.’s Whistling Straits on the Lake Michigan shoreline. KohlerCo. and PGA officials have begun marketing for the event that will be he ld Aug. 10, 2015, th rough Aug. 16, 2015. The last time Whistling Straits hosted the PGA Championsh ip in 2010, the innovation for spectators was sky boxes on the course. But the 2015 event will feature suites “as close to the fairway as you can with out being in the field of play,” David Kohler , general chair of th e 2015 PGA Championship and president of Kohler Co., told The Business Journal. While the PGA and Kohler Co. faced major challenges selling co rporate hospitality offerings in the recession-plagued 2010 event, the slowly improving economy now is lifting sales efforts, said David Kohlerand Jason Mengel , championship director of the 2015 PGA Championship. “We feel very fortunate that the economy is abso lutely in a different place than it was when we were sellin g and marketing the 2010 cham pionship,” Kohler said. “The economy definitely is on stronger footing an d national and regional businesses are doing better.” In spite of the economic upti ck, pricing for corporate hosp itality options is “pretty much in line with 2010,” Kohler said. There will be three corp orate-hospitality options — all located on-course. • Private chalets that hold 50 people or 100 people ar e available on holes 9, 17 and 18. • Gene Sarazen Suites that hold 30 people are alon g the 16th hole. • The Champions Club Table is along the first hole and hold s up to 10 people. Kohler Co. and the PGA ar e marketing the corporate hospitality to Wisconsin businesses, Chicago-based firm s and nationwide prospects. http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2013/10/15/pga-at-whistling-straits-to -offer.html?page=allSenior Reporter Rich Kirchen cove rs health care, sports business, politics and media/ad vertising for the Milw aukee Business Journal. Related links: Economic Snapshot Industries: Sports Business W e Recommen d Promoted by Taboola

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