Biography of pete dye designed courses

American golf course designer (1925–2020)

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.

Early life

Dye was born on December 29, 1925, in Urbana, Ohio. He was the son of Paul F. "Pink" and Elizabeth Dye. A few years before Dye's birth, his father became involved with golf and built a nine-hole course on family land in Champaign County called the "Urbana Country Club."^[2] As a youngster, he worked and played that course.

While attending Urbana High School, he won the Ohio state high school golf championship, and medaled in the state amateur golf championship, all before entering the U.S. Army at age 18 in 1944 during World War II.^[3] Dye first moved to Delray Beach, Florida, with his parents in 1933 and eventually established his own winter resi biography of pete dye designed courses4 TEJY