The American Club

The American Club is the only AAA Five-Diamond resort in the Midwest and the crown jewel of the Kohler Company's extraordinary commitment to hospitality, a property built within the 1918 dormitory of the Kohler plumbing factory in the village of Kohler, Wisconsin, whose world-class golf at Whistling Straits and Blackwolf Run, the Kohler Waters Spa, and the unique privilege of staying within the operating campus of one of America's greatest manufacturing companies give it a combination of golf heritage, design distinction, and industrial legacy that is genuinely unlike any other resort in the country. Whistling Straits has hosted the Ryder Cup, the PGA Championship, and the U.S. Senior Open, making it one of the most pedigreed and internationally recognized golf venues in North America, and the Five-Diamond service applied to a historic workers' dormitory reimagined as a luxury resort creates a sense of American manufacturing pride and design ingenuity that gives the property an identity unlike anything in the broader resort landscape. For planners booking Midwest programs where world-class golf on a Ryder Cup venue, the Five-Diamond service standard, and a resort with a completely singular origin story and sense of American industrial heritage are the primary criteria, The American Club is the most complete and nationally significant answer in the Midwest resort market. Similar properties worth benchmarking include The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs and Nemacolin in Pennsylvania.

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