Pro Golfer Pete Dye Dies At Age 94

Pete Dye, one of only six golf course architects ever inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, died Thursday at age 94.

One of the most prolific golf course architects in the sport’s history, Pete Dye established the firm responsible for more than 250 courses in 27 nations around the world, including in 33 states in the U.S.

The courses bearing some of Dye’s signature elements include several that are iconic in the golf world: TPC Sawgrass, Whistling Straits, the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, and the Teeth of the Dog at Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic.

Because Much of Dye’s work focused around Indiana, seven courses in that state were recently organized as the Pete Dye Golf Trail.

Those seven include another of Dye’s iconic designs, the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Springs.

His most famous course, the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, opened in 1980 and a few years later became the home of the Players Championship.