Reynolds Plantation Adds Sixth Course by World Renowned Architect Pete Dye

In October, Reynolds Plantation will host an invitation only event featuring Pete Dye at Georgia Public Broadcasting in Atlanta to share details on the newest course. If you wish to attend, please contact your salesperson for details on this event.

Pete Dye: A Lifetime of Outstanding Contributions to the Game of Golf

Paul (Pete) Dye, born December 29, 1925 in Urbana, Ohio to Paul and Elizabeth Dye, is a legend in the field of golf course design and construction throughout the expanding world of golf.

Pete's reputation is international in scope and he comes by his career naturally. His father designed and built a nine-hole golf course on his mother's farm in Urbana, Ohio, and Pete grew up playing and working on this course. He won the Ohio State High School Championship and was medalist in the Ohio State Amateur.

World War II interrupted his high school education and Pete served in the 82nd Airborne Infantry of the United States Army. Upon his discharge, he attended Rollins College where he met Alice O'Neal, whom he married in 1950. Although he was a scratch amateur golfer, Pete's interest was really in the design and maintenance of golf courses. He decided to leave the life insurance business to devote his time to designing and building golf courses.

A 1963 trip to Scotland profoundly impacted Pete's subsequent designs. The first course to reap the benefits from the exposure to the Scottish courses was Crooked Stick Golf Club, which Pete started building in 1964. Another milestone happened the following year when ground was broken at The Golf Club in Ohio. Pete invited Jack Nicklaus to accompany him during the construction of that course and asked for Jack's advice. At the time, Jack had no experience building golf courses and was focused on his legendary playing career. This experience intrigued Jack and helped launch his career as a golf course architect. The following year or so, when Jack was asked to build Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, he returned the favor and asked Pete to join him as co-designer.

Pete has been hailed as the father of modern golf course architecture and has started countless architects in the business. He and his wife Alice have been business partners during his entire career, and she's actively participated in both his early designs and many more after their sons were raised. The Dye sons, Perry and P.B., both members of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, worked for and with their father before establishing successful practices on their own.

In November, 2008, Pete will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame alongside legendary golf course architects Donald Ross, Robert Trent Jones, Sr. and Alister MacKenzie. Some of the world's most renowned Pete Dye courses include:

• TPC Sawgrass, Jacksonville, Florida — Host of the PGA Tour Players Championship
• Oak Tree, Edmond, Oklahoma — Host of the 1980 PGA Cup Matches, 1984 US Amateur, 1988 PGA Championship, 2000 PGA Club Pro, 2006 PGA Senior
• PGA West Stadium Course, La Quinta, California — Host of the "original" Skins Game, 1998 and '99 PGA PNC Championship
• Blackwolf Run, Kohler, Wisconsin — Host of the PGA Championship 2007 Senior Championship, 2010 PGA Championship, 2015 PGA Championship, 2012 Women's US Open, 2020 Ryder Cup
• Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, South Carolina — Host of the 2007 Senior PGA Championship, 2003 World Cup, 2005 PGA PNC, 1991 Ryder Cup
• Harbour Town Links, Hilton Head, South Carolina — Host of  PGA Tour Annual Event
• Bulle Rock, Maryland — Host of the 2008 LPGA Championship

Bio courtesy of Pete Dye, Inc