Pete Dye

Paul B. "Pete" Dye (born December 29, 1925) is a golf course designer and a member of a famous family of course designers. Dye has an honorary degree from Purdue University. He is married to fellow designer and former amateur champion Alice Dye since 1950.

Dye was born in Urbana, Ohio. He worked in the insurance business, and was a successful amateur golfer at the state level in Indiana. He visited Scotland, and made a thorough study of the classic courses there. He made a gradual career transition into golf course design in his mid 30s. His first well-known course was Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana, which opened in 1964, and which later hosted the 1991 PGA Championship. In 1967, he designed The Golf Club near Columbus, Ohio, where he solicited input from a young Jack Nicklaus, a Columbus resident. The two would work together to design the acclaimed Harbour Town Golf Links, opened in 1969, the site of an annual PGA Tour event ever since. ["The Golf Course", by Geoffrey Cornish and Ronald Whitten, 1981.] Nicklaus credits Dye with significant influence on his own approach to golf course design. ["Jack Nicklaus: My Story", by Jack Nicklaus.]

Dye is considered to be one of the most influential course architects in the world. His designs are known for distinctive features, including the use of railroad ties to hold bunkers and small greens. His design for the Brickyard Crossing golf course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway utilized the dismantled outer retaining wall from the race track. He is known for designing the "world's most terrifying tee shot". Known as the "Island Green", it is the 17th hole at TPC at Sawgrass located in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. [ [http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ys-tpcisland050907&prov=yhoo&type=lgn Water world] ]

Dye received the 2003 Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, GCSAA's highest honor. In 2005, Dye became the sixth recipient of the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award. He will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in November 2008 in the Lifetime Achievement category. [ [http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/05/06/dye.hof/index.html Dye to be inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame] ]

Courses designed

The following is a (partial) list of courses that Pete Dye either designed alone or co-designed:

Public

* Arizona
** Arizona State University (Karsten Golf Course) - Tempe [http://www.asukarsten.com/]
* California
** La Quinta Resort and Club (Dunes Course) - La Quinta [http://www.laquintaresort.com]
** La Quinta Resort and Club (Mountain Course) - La Quinta [http://www.laquintaresort.com]
** PGA West (Stadium Course) - La Quinta [http://www.pgawest.com]
** Lost Canyons Golf Club (Shadow Course) - Simi Valley [http://www.lostcanyons.com]
** Lost Canyons Golf Club (Sky Course) - Simi Valley [http://www.lostcanyons.com]
* Colorado
** Cheyenne Mountian Resort (Country Club of Colorado) Colorado Springs [http://www.cheyennemountian.com]
* Florida
** TPC at Sawgrass (Stadium Course) - Ponte Vedra Beach [http://www.tpc.com/daily/sawgrass/index.html]
** Southern Hills Plantation Club – Brooksville [http://www.southernhillsplantation.com/golfclub.asp]
* Illinois
** Ruffled Feathers Golf Course - Lemont [http://www.ruffledfeathers.com]
** Yorktown Golf Course - Belleville [http://www.yorktowngolfcourse.com]
* Indiana
** Royal Oak Country Club (formerly Eldorado Country Club) - Greenwood [http://www.royaloakcc.net]
** Maple Creek Country Club (formerly Heather Hills Country Club) - Indianapolis [http://www.maplecreekgc.com]
** Brickyard Crossing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway [http://www.brickyardcrossing.com]
** Eagle Creek Golf Club (Pines and Sycamore Courses) at Eagle Creek Park - Indianapolis [http://www.eaglecreekgolfclub.com/]
** Sahm Golf Course - Indianapolis [http://www.sahmgolf.com/]
** The Fort Golf Course - Indianapolis [http://www.thefortgolfcourse.com/]
** Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex at Purdue University (Kampen Course) - West Lafayette [http://www.purdue.edu/Athletics/golf/1_course_kampen.shtml]
** Oak Tree Golf Course (front nine) - Plainfield [http://www.oaktreegc.com/]
** Mystic Hills Golf Course - Culver, Indiana [http://www.mystichills.com]
* Iowa
** Des Moines Golf and Country Club - West Des Moines, Iowa [http://www.dmgcc.org/]
* Louisiana
**TPC of Louisiana - Avondale [http://www.tpc.com/louisiana/]
* Maryland
** Bulle Rock Golf Course - Havre de Grace [http://www.bullerockgolf.com]
** Harbourtowne Resort Country Club - St. Michaels [http://www.harbourtowne.com/]
** Rum Pointe Seaside Golf Links - Berlin [http://www.rumpointe.com]
* Nevada
** Paiute Golf Club Resort (Snow Mountain, Sun Mountain and Wolf Courses) - Las Vegas [http://www.lvpaiutegolf.com/]
* New York
** Pound Ridge Golf Club - Pound Ridge [http://www.poundridgegolf.com/]
* North Carolina
** Oak Hollow Golf Course - High Point [http://www.oakhollowgc.com/]
* Ohio
** Avalon Lakes - Warren
** Fowler's Mill GC - Chesterland [http://www.fowlersmillgc.com]
* South Carolina
** Harbour Town Golf Links - Hilton Head Island [http://www.seapines.com]
** Kiawah Island Golf Resort (The Ocean Course) - Kiawah Island [http://www.kiawahresort.com]
** Heron Point (formerly Sea Marsh) - Hilton Head Island [http://www.seapines.com/golf/sea_marsh.cfm]
** Cherokee Valley - Traveler's Rest, SC [http://www.cherokeevalleygolfclub.com]
* Virginia
** Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech - Radford [http://www.rivercoursegolf.com]
** Virginia Oaks - Gainesville [http://www.virginiaoaks.com/] (P.B. Dye course - Pete Dye's son)
* Wisconsin
** Big Fish Golf Club - Hayward [http://www.bigfishgolf.com]
** Whistling Straits (Irish Course) - Haven [http://www.destinationkohler.com/golf/ws/ws_index.html]
** Whistling Straits (Straits Course) - Haven [http://www.destinationkohler.com/golf/ws/ws_index.html]
** Blackwolf Run (River Course) - Kohler [http://www.destinationkohler.com/golf/bwr/bwr_index.html]
** Blackwolf Run (Meadow Valleys Course) - Kohler [http://www.destinationkohler.com/golf/bwr/bwr_index.html]
* International
** Casa de Campo: Teeth of the Dog - [http://www.casadecampo.com.do/ Casa De Campo]
** Casa de Campo: Dye Fore - [http://www.casadecampo.com.do/ Casa de Campo]
** Caesarea Golf & Country Club - Caesarea, Israel [http://www.anglosaxon.co.il/caesarea/ShowArticleEng.asp?ArtID=329&OfficeID=163]

Private

* Colorado
** Glenmoor Country Club - Cherry Hills Village [http://www.glenmoorcc.org/]
* Florida
** Tuscany Reserve Golf Club - Naples [http://www.tuscanyreserve.com]
** Harbour Ridge Yacht & Country Club (River Ridge Course) Palm City [http://www.hrycc.org]
* Georgia
** Atlanta National Golf Club - Alpharetta [http://www.angc.com]
* Indiana
** The Bridgewater Club - Noblesville [http://www.thebridgewaterclub.com]
** Crooked Stick Golf Club - Carmel [http://www.crookedstick.org]
** Woodland Country Club - Carmel [http://www.woodlandcc.com]
** Maple Creek Golf & Country Club - Indianapolis [http://www.maplecreekgc.com/]
* Louisiana
** Belle Terre Country Club - LaPlace [http://www.belleterregolf.com/]
*Michigan
**Radrick Farms Golf Course - Ann Arbor [http://www.umich.edu/~radrick/index.html]
**Wabeek Country Club - Bloomfield Hills [http://www.wabeekcc.org]
* Ohio
** The Golf Club - New Albany
** Little Turtle Golf Club - Westerville [http://www.littleturtlegc.com/]
* Oklahoma
** Oak Tree Golf Club - Edmond [http://www.oaktreegolfclub.com]
** Oak Tree Country Club - Edmond [http://www.oaktreecc.net]
* South Carolina
**Long Cove Club - Hilton Head Island [http://www.longcoveclub.org]
* Tennessee
** The Honors Golf Club - Ooltewah
* Texas
** The Stonebridge Ranch Country Club - McKinney [http://www.clubcorp.com/club/scripts/section/section.asp?NS=PCH&MFCODE=SBRCC]
*West Virginia
** Pete Dye Golf Club - Clarksburg [http://www.petedye.com/]

References

External links

* [http://www.petedye.com Pete Dye Golf Club]
* [http://www.asgca.org/members/profile.cfm?ID=55 American Society of Golf Course Architects profile]
* [http://www.dyedesigns.com/pete.html Bio from Dye Designs]