Wifeys 50th BDay present - golf trip to Whistling Straits with my daughters !!! Any tips?

Inn ad Woodlake or The American Club? We had dinner at the American club during the Stanley Cup playoffs in ‘15. Was fun.

Took a tour of the Kohler show room. That was cool as well

I don’t have any recommendations, but I’ll say I booked my trip here 2 yrs in advance (LSU/Wisconsin game 96).
I was worried I had built it up too much. It could not possibly live up to what my imagination had built.
It was everything and more. Best golf trip I’ve had (admittedly few). Hell, it was one of the best vacations I’ve ever had right up until kickoff.
Will definitely be going back someday.

The Irish course doesn't get much coverage but it is also incredibly fun.

The new par 3 course is awesome. Putting course is a lot of fun. The Meadows course is a distant 4th on property in my mind.

I stayed at the Inn on Woodlake, and it is good. The course is 20 minutes from the hotels. So don't expect an on-site experience. Caddies are very hit or miss but required on the Straits course

Any caddy in particular you recommend? We have had some really good ones at the Ocean Course at Kiawah and a couple of really bad ones … especially with kids - I’m really sensitive to having a good caddy -

How exhausting was Whistling?

Just a heads up, May might be a bit touch and go on the weather. I lived in Chicago for a good while and did more than one Wisconsin golf trip in May (Lawsonia, etc.), and it could be beautiful or it could be brutal (like in the 40's, windy, and wet).

That said, Whistling is one of the most fun places I've ever been to, golf or not. From worst to best:
- Meadows is fun (and a lot easier than the other 3) and has some interesting holes but can be skipped if you are crunched for time
- Irish is wildly underrated and is the course I had the most fun playing and is the first course I would choose to play twice if you can; tons of fun holes and shots and a damn challenging golf course while not being absurdly punishing
- River is one of the most difficult golf courses I've ever played in my life; the greens there in peak summer are just completely silly; it is, shot for shot, the most punishing course on the property; I've never played a course where triple was lurking so closely from 120 out on every hole
- Straits is just a spectacular piece of land and one of America's great golf courses; I actually found it more playable than similar caliber / style courses I've played elsewhere in the U.S. (e.g., Kiawah, Chambers, Torrey, etc.) and a touch more forgiving; it obviously isn't easy to score well there but other than a few specific holes (4, 8, 15, 17, 18), you can knock your ball around there and not expect huge number after huge number like you might on Blackwolf River, as an example

Ouch - never thought Mid May would be super dicey - will be praying for good weather - Thanks again for the report!