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Pete Dye
Pete Dye’s move into course design grew from work on the golf grounds and a change of profession. While selling insurance, he chaired the green committee at the Country Club of Indianapolis and learned about course maintenance. He and Alice Dye went on to design their early courses together, including a nine-hole layout at El Dorado in Indiana in 1959.1
In the archive 13 Courses at 10 ClubsDated work 1982–1988
Course work
Published course connections in the archive.
- RedesignRedesign commissioned in 1982
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- Original design
- Co-design
- Original designOriginal North Course design
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- Original designOriginal South Course design
- Original design
From insurance work to building courses
A visit to Scottish courses in 1963 helped establish the direction of their design work. The influence spread through the people who worked alongside Pete: the American Society of Golf Course Architects names Jack Nicklaus and Bill Coore among those who learned in his projects.1
Sources and record notes13 references
Sources for this history
- Pete Dye, ASGCA Fellow, dies at 94
American Society of Golf Course Architects
Career transition, Alice Dye, 1963 Scottish visit and architects who worked with Dye.
Consulted 2026-11-07
Architect record sources
- Oak Tree National (opens in a new tab)Architect identity · Course design
- Crooked Stick Golf Club (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Des Moines Golf and Country Club history (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Mission Hills Pete Dye official course page (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Pete Dye Golf Club (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Pete Dye Society (opens in a new tab)Course design
- TPC River Highlands Guest Information 2022 (opens in a new tab)Course design
- TPC Sawgrass (opens in a new tab)Course design
- TPC Sawgrass (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Whistling Straits: Irish Course official scorecard (opens in a new tab)Course design
- Kohler Archives (opens in a new tab)Course design