Pete Dye
Pete Dye
Paul B. "Pete" Dyeis a golf course designer and a member of a family of course designers. He is married to fellow designer and former amateur champion Alice Dye...
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When you build a golf course, I always use the example of Pebble Beach. If you took the ocean away from the 18th hole, it's a good golf hole. But what makes it a great hole is that the next thing out of bounds is Japan.
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Originally, the water was just supposed to come into play on the right side. But we just kept digging. And then one day Alice came out and said, 'Why don't you just go ahead and make it an island?' So we did.
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The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flagstick on top.
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Here you don't have to create anything, ... because it's already here.
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It's always fun to have a professional tournament come to your golf course.
It's a different world when you are out on the courses. A different world altogether.
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I don't think any of us really thought of the 17th hole. It just kind of arrived. We just kept digging. Actually, I think my wife, Alice, came out one day, looked at the area and said let's just make it an island green.
trying mules
I've been trying to get Mr. Finchem to lengthen 5 and 7 and 14 and 18 - and he's being a mule,
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Every time you build a golf course, it’s not a golf course when you get there. You have to improvise.
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Golf is not a fair game, so why build a course fair?
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With the goal of crafting a course that fits harmoniously with its surroundings, we took full advantage of the dramatic vistas, indigenous flora and beautiful rolling terrain to create a memorable golf experience for members and resort guests.
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Life is not fair, so why should I make a course that is fair.
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The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody put a flagstick on top.