Posts Tagged ‘Pete Dye’

Up for some punishment? Our cast of legendary golf architects, from Pete Dye to Jack Nicklaus and Donald Ross, challenges your golf game in every way. This list of the most challenging U.S. courses open for public play features everything from classic designs of the golden era to new facilities. Tough never goes out of style, Brandon Tucker writes. So sit back and soak ...
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With names not as familiar as Tom Fazio and Pete Dye, another group of talented course designers offer plenty to the Myrtle Beach golf scene. Their golf courses, abundant on the Grand Strand, functional and exciting, attract savvy golfers to this South Carolina hot spot again and again, Brandon Tucker writes. ...
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"I am very excited for my new course at French Lick Resort to receive these top honors from both GOLF Magazine and Golf Digest," said Pete Dye, the Hall of Fame architect who designed the course. read more
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"All of us at Pound Ridge Golf Club appreciate that Golf Digest has recognized our Pete Dye course as one of the very best new designs in the country," said Pound Ridge Golf Club owner Ken Wang. read more
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Wintonbury Hills Golf Course, a Pete Dye-designed course in Bloomfield, Conn., was built in 1995, and it was Dye's first championship design in New England. It is a combination of open links-style and traditional tree-lined holes. The fairways are generous and rolling, which helps one navigate the 125 bunkers.
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Ironically, it might just be the down-turn in the economy that propels forward a decades-long evolution to make golf courses more welcoming to a wider range of golfers. The core of that wider group is women. Trying to make the industry more welcoming to a diverse group of players has been a long road, beginning decades ago with Alice and Pete Dye at the ...
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Ten minutes away from the downtown of any major city, you would need very little reason to be convinced to play a course as good as Brickyard Crossing for as little as it costs, but the unique setting closes the deal. It's a Pete Dye course in the middle of the Mother of All Racetracks. ...
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In true Pete Dye fashion, there's plenty of trouble at the TPC Louisiana. Most notably, there are 103 bunkers of all shapes and sizes. One is as long as 150 yards and includes six small islands of turf. Sixty-two of the sand hazards are pot bunkers and will snag careless tee shots and approaches, resulting in at least a one-stroke penalty in most cases....
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The Duke's Course is a modern heathland golf course located just outside the town of St. Andrews. It was originally designed by Peter Thomson, but after Herb Kohler purchased the Old Course Hotel and Duke's property, he called on Pete Dye apprentice Tim Liddy to redesign the course, including creating four new holes and reshaping each of the 100-plus bunkers. ...
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The Dominican Republic is one of the world's great emerging island golf destinations. What began with Pete Dye's Casa de Campo years ago has now boomed into a Caribbean island rife with world-class golf resorts. Fresh off a trip there, scratch golfer and WorldGolf.com reader Chris Blackham has submitted a trio of golf course reviews via WorldGolf.com's Exit Polls. ...
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