Making of a golf course: Death and intrigue shadow Erin Hills

The man who first imagined the grassy Wisconsin cattle farm as a potential piece of the US Open’s hallowed history will see that vision come to life this week.

Making of a golf course: Death and intrigue shadow Erin Hills

Steve Trattner will be watching on TV from his prison cell, 40 miles away from Erin Hills.

Trattner, 55, is the one-time software programmer whose passion for golf led him to call a Milwaukee-area millionaire businessman, Bob Lang.

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