June 2021 Ohio Golf Journal

traditional values. It’s fair to say that PB and Perry worked for everything they had and earned every dollar they made. “We were raised as workers and not as the boss’s kid,” notes PB. “My dad was a ditch digger and not an architect. We had a lot of fun building golf courses.” PB also learned that the commitment it takes to build a great golf course is similar to raising children. “The more you are there, the better they turn out.” Pete was a hands-on golf course designer, as well as, a father and succeeded at both. PB is also quick to comment on the important role that his mother, Alice, played in the Dye family. “Mom and Dad were a great team,” says PB. “They helped a lot of people. Mom was also a great golfer as she won more than 50 amateur titles. She won everything but the U.S. Women’s Amateur.” Of all the many golf courses that PB and Pete worked together on, he distinctly remembers the last one -- The Golf Club in New Albany, Ohio when Pete was in his mid-80s. “Looking back, that was probably Dad’s first year with Alzheimer’s,” says PB. Another great memory was building the Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Pete designed the course alongside Jack Nicklaus, who served as a consultant. Pete had known Nicklaus for years, his father, Paul Francis Dye played golf with Jack’s father, Charlie. “We started at Harbour Town in September of 1968 and on Thanksgiving morning in 1969, they played Pete and Alice Dye PB, Alice, Pete Dye