Tag Archives: Pete Dye

MAPLE CREEK GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB:  PETE DYE’s 1st COURSE

  • by Fred
  • 3 Years ago
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By Mike May While world-renowned golf course architect, Pete Dye was born in Ohio and is famous for designing some of the most ‘dye-abolical’ courses in the world. The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, host of the  The Players Championship, the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, site of the 2021 PGA Championship, as well as, […]

Fabled Course Designer, Pete Dye Passes at the age of 94

  • by Fred
  • 5 Years ago
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“The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flagstick on top…golf is not a fair game so why build a fair golf course.” This quote from Pete Dye can be found inscribed at the base of the bronze statue that sits near the clubhouse of the Dye Course at French Lick. […]

Pete Dye is Struggling with Alzheimer’s

  • by Pat
  • 7 Years ago
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One of only four golf course architects enshrined in the World Golf Hall of Fame, Pete Dye is struggling with Alzheimer’s Disease. Dye brought significant change to golf course design and is responsible for The Golf Club, Harbour Town, railroad ties, Whistling Straits, The Ocean Course at Kiawah, the island green, TPC Sawgrass and a […]

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