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Alice Dye (February 19, 1927 – February 1, 2019) [1] was an American amateur golfer and golf course designer known as the "First Lady" of golf architecture in the United States. Biography [ edit ]
The following is a partial list of golf courses designed by Pete Dye. [1] He is credited with designing more than 200 courses internationally during his lifetime. [2] In 1982, Sports Illustrated wrote that Dye had a reputation for transforming "unpromising" land into picturesque and challenging golf courses, that required a style of play called "target golf".
The Ocean Course on Kiawah Island, designed by Pete and Alice Dye, provides players with views of the Atlantic Ocean shoreline and exposes them to the area's strong winds. The Ocean Course has been named one of the best courses in the world by several publications, such as Golf Digest and Golf Magazine.
The Stadium Course was designed by noted golf course architects Pete and Alice Dye, and is known as one of the most difficult golf courses in the world. Constructed specifically to host The Players Championship, it employs a distinctive "stadium" concept: like in other sports, fans at the TPC sit in "stands" made of raised mounds of grass.
The second course at Whistling Straits is the Irish Course, an inland grass-and-dune layout. It is a par-72 course that features 7,201 yards (6,585 m) of golf from the longest tees, with a course rating of 75.6 and a slope rating of 146. Also designed by Pete Dye, it opened for play in 2000. [4]
Paul Dye Jr. (December 29, 1925 – January 9, 2020), commonly referred to as Pete Dye, was an American golf course designer and a member of a family of course designers. [1] He was married to fellow designer and amateur champion Alice Dye .
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Crooked Stick Golf Club is a golf club located in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb north of Indianapolis.The 18-hole Pete and Alice Dye designed golf course was built in 1964. It has been noted as one of the top 100 courses in the United States by Golfweek and Golf Magazine, two of golf's most popular magazines.