By Jeff Alexander Courtesy of WBAY

Sheboygan County is celebrating another topnotch golf course-- the first one in Wisconsin designed by legendary golf pro and famed course designer Jack Nicklaus.

There's little that Nicklaus can not accomplish on a golf course-- so why not take a century-old, 400-acre dairy farm in Sheboygan Falls and turn it into one.

"You try to take all these things and put it together. Yes, some is ma made, some is natural, but you try to take and get a balance," Nicklaus explained.

The Bull at Pinehurst Farms held its official grand opening Monday, opening the greens free to the public. Nicklaus gave a seminar, then invited fans to follow along while he played the course he designed.

This golf course may have Jack Nicklaus's signature, but that doesn't mean the game's all-time greatest player simply lent his name to it.

"I spent the time, the effort, worked with my people making sure what goes in here turns out to be what we want," he said.

And local golfers are giving a big thumbs-up. "Very exciting, great for the area, just tremendous," Max Grube of Sheboygan Falls said.

"It's great. We have Whistling Straits, Black Wolf Run, The Bull, it's great," said Sheboygan's Shelly Moenning.

Golf magazine thinks so, too. Sheboygan County is now considered the number-three golf destination in the U.S., and number-seven in the world.

While neighboring courses like Whistling Straits-- home of next year's PGA Championship-- may be a little more of a challenge, Nicklaus says he built The Bull with the average golfer in mind.

"I think most people want to have a good, solid, sound golf course to enjoy and have fun, not something they can't play."

The Bull is a public course. Green fees are $115 for eighteen holes, or $95 for Sheboygan County residents.

Photos by Jim Mandeville