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Pete Dye

The mad genius of modern golf — railroad ties, island greens, and beautiful intimidation. TPC Sawgrass, the PGA West Stadium, Harbour Town, and two on the Purdue campus.

27 Pete Dye courses in the catalog — mark the ones you’ve played and chase the set.

Portfolio atlas

27 courses across 12 states · densest in Indiana (7). a coast-to-coast bucket list — a lifelong chase.

Courses27
Scope12 states
Playable20
Trophy9
Whistling Straits Straits CourseWhistling Straits Irish CourseThe Golf ClubPound Ridge Golf ClubColleton River Dye CourseLong Cove ClubHarbour Town Golf LinksCrooked Stick Golf ClubThe Fort Golf CourseBrickyard CrossingPlum Creek Golf ClubOld Marsh Golf ClubThe Honors CourseThe Pete Dye Golf ClubTrump National Golf Club Los AngelesBulle RockFrench Lick Pete Dye CourseThe Ocean Course at Kiawah IslandTPC Sawgrass StadiumLa Quinta Resort Mountain CoursePGA West Stadium CourseTPC San Antonio Canyons CourseAvalon Lakes Golf CourseBirck Boilermaker Kampen CourseBirck Boilermaker Ackerman-Allen CourseWintonbury Hills Golf CourseBig Fish Golf Club
18 play 2 trophy (playable) 7 private trophy

Whistling Straits Straits Course

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WI · Sheboygan · Resort · Par 72

Lakeside links, multiple PGA Championships

Dye trucked in mountains of sand to sculpt a faux-Irish links along two miles of Lake Michigan bluff, with hundreds of bunkers and sheep roaming the dunes. It has hosted three PGA Championships and the 2021 Ryder Cup.

The Golf Club

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OH · New Albany · Private · Par 72

Dye's minimalist Ohio masterpiece

One of Dye's earliest solo designs and a purist favorite for its understated, walkable routing. Famously exclusive and rarely photographed, a true collector's prize.

Private — log it if you’ve played

Pound Ridge Golf Club

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NY · Pound Ridge · Public · Par 72

Dye's only New York, rock-strewn

His sole New York design and one of his last, Pound Ridge tumbles over granite outcroppings near the Connecticut line. The par-3 15th plays beside a massive boulder Dye refused to blast away.

Colleton River Dye Course

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SC · Bluffton · Private · Par 72

Lowcountry tidal-creek showpiece

One of Dye's most acclaimed private courses, set along the Colleton River with tidal creeks and live oaks. The closing holes flirt with the water and the wind off Port Royal Sound.

Private — log it if you’ve played

Crooked Stick Golf Club

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IN · Carmel · Private · Par 72

Dye's home course, major-champion maker

This is where Pete and Alice Dye learned their craft, and it launched John Daly at the 1991 PGA Championship. A private Indiana classic that has also hosted the BMW Championship and a US Women's Open.

Private — log it if you’ve played

Long Cove Club

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SC · Hilton Head Island · Private · Par 71

Lagoon-laced Lowcountry minimalist gem

One of Dye's most refined routings, threading through Lowcountry marsh and lagoons with restraint rather than spectacle. A members' favorite that consistently ranks among South Carolina's best.

Private — log it if you’ve played

Old Marsh Golf Club

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FL · Palm Beach Gardens · Private · Par 72

Marshland sanctuary, blind par-4 5th

Set inside a 440-acre nature preserve, Old Marsh feels like a tour through wetland with isolated tee-to-green paths. The short par-4 5th, Blind Man's Bluff, plays to a green hidden behind a two-story mound.

Private — log it if you’ve played

The Honors Course

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TN · Ooltewah · Private · Par 72

Amateur-golf shrine in Tennessee hills

Built as a tribute to amateur golf, The Honors has hosted the US Amateur, Curtis Cup, and NCAA Championships. A walking-only sanctuary blending Tennessee woodland with classic Dye edges.

Private — log it if you’ve played

The Pete Dye Golf Club

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WV · Bridgeport · Private · Par 72

Coal-country course with mine motif

Built over a former coal mine, it incorporates a replica mine shaft players walk through between holes. A deeply personal Dye project full of railroad ties and quirk.

Private — log it if you’ve played

Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles

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CA · Rancho Palos Verdes · Public · Par 71

Clifftop Pacific golf south of L.A.

Pete Dye routed the original Ocean Trails along the Palos Verdes bluffs before a 1999 landslide sent the 18th hole into the sea. Rebuilt and lengthened in a Trump–Fazio redesign, it is now a manicured daily-fee course with the Pacific in play on nearly every hole.

Bulle Rock

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MD · Havre de Grace · Public · Par 72

Maryland's top public, ex-LPGA host

Routinely ranked Maryland's best public course, Bulle Rock hosted the LPGA Championship from 2005 to 2009. Dye stretched it across rolling farmland with dramatic elevation and his trademark hazards.

Whistling Straits Irish Course

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WI · Sheboygan · Resort · Par 72

Inland links sibling with four creeks

The quieter twin to the Straits, the Irish winds through dunes and wetlands rather than along the lake. Every bit as rugged, but it rewards a more strategic ground-game approach.

The Fort Golf Course

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IN · Indianapolis · Public · Par 72

Affordable Dye in a state park

A rare chance to play genuine Dye design at public, state-park prices in the wooded hills of Fort Harrison. Proof Dye could build something fair and fun without the championship teeth.

French Lick Pete Dye Course

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IN · French Lick · Resort · Par 72

Mountaintop major-test views

Pete Dye's course sits on the highest point in southern Indiana with 40-mile views, and it has hosted the Senior PGA. A genuine bucket-list round in the Hoosier hills.

Harbour Town Golf Links

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SC · Hilton Head Island · Resort · Par 71

Aim for the candy-stripe lighthouse

Pete Dye's tight, tree-lined classic at Sea Pines hosts the RBC Heritage every April. The closing hole plays straight at the iconic red-and-white lighthouse over Calibogue Sound.

The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island

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SC · Kiawah Island · Resort · Par 72

Pete Dye's seaside cathedral

Site of the 2012 and 2021 PGA Championships, every hole on this Pete Dye masterpiece offers an ocean view and a stiff sea breeze. Walking-only with caddies for the full bucket-list experience.

TPC Sawgrass Stadium

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FL · Ponte Vedra Beach · Public · Par 72

Bucket-list island green

Home of THE PLAYERS, this Pete Dye gauntlet ends with the famous par-3 17th to an island green that has swallowed thousands of golf balls. You can actually play it, but bring your nerve and a fat wallet.

Brickyard Crossing

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IN · Indianapolis · Public · Par 72

Four holes inside the Speedway

Pete Dye routed four holes inside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, so you literally play where the Indy 500 runs. The only golf course like it on earth.

La Quinta Resort Mountain Course

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CA · La Quinta · Resort · Par 72

Holes against the rock

Pete Dye built this one straight into the Santa Rosa Mountains, with fairways tucked beneath sheer rock faces. Dramatic desert scenery at a storied old resort.

PGA West Stadium Course

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CA · La Quinta · Resort · Par 72

Alcatraz island green

Pete Dye at his most diabolical, headlined by the island-green 17th nicknamed Alcatraz and a bunker called the San Andreas Fault. Punishing, theatrical, and unforgettable in the desert sun.

TPC San Antonio Canyons Course

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TX · San Antonio · Resort · Par 72

Pete Dye over a nature preserve

A Pete Dye design at the JW Marriott with wide fairways and big views across a 700-acre preserve, bookable with a resort stay. The Oaks next door hosts the tour; the Canyons is yours to play.

Avalon Lakes Golf Course

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OH · Warren · Public · Par 71

Dye design, Liddy as project architect

Liddy served as project architect on this Pete Dye layout in northeast Ohio, a stout, well-bunkered test. Championship bones at public-course value.

Birck Boilermaker Kampen Course

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IN · West Lafayette · Public · Par 72

Pete Dye on the Purdue campus

A genuine Pete Dye championship test at Purdue that hosts Big Ten and NCAA golf — prairie grasses, railroad ties, and water at every turn. Public, and a pilgrimage for any Dye disciple.

Wintonbury Hills Golf Course

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CT · Bloomfield · Public · Par 70

Pete Dye's first New England design

Liddy co-designed this walkable municipal gem with Pete Dye, mixing open links holes with tree-lined character. Repeatedly voted among Connecticut's best public courses.

Big Fish Golf Club

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WI · Hayward · Public · Par 72

Northwoods links-and-forest co-design

Liddy teamed with Pete Dye on this Hayward standout, open links on the front and wooded drama on the back. A Northwoods bucket-list round that stays accessible.

Birck Boilermaker Ackerman-Allen Course

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IN · West Lafayette · Public · Par 71

Pete Dye, with Tim Liddy

Pete Dye, with Tim Liddy, reimagined Purdue's old North Course into a fast, firm, walkable companion to the Kampen. Two Dye designs on one campus — a Boilermaker rite of passage.

Plum Creek Golf Club

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IN · Carmel · Public · Par 72

Playable Pete Dye for everyone

Liddy and Pete Dye built this approachable Carmel layout with five tee sets and minimal forced carries. Tournament pedigree without the intimidation, and priced for the everyday golfer.

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