I hope everyone was able to catch some of the Heritage tournament this weekend. I like watching Pete Dye bring the big hitters to their knees with 6700 yards of…
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The strange thing about the 17th island green at the TPC is that it is one of the few forced carries from the forward tees of any hole designed by…
Pete Dye has an interesting way of setting up the approach shot to any green. A third of every green is visually inaccessible to the normal human. The good news…
As much fun as creating interesting golf holes and dreaming up new ways to punish golfers can be, the one underlying theme, and unavoidable task, of golf course architecture is…
Traditional architecture of any type, including golf course architecture, usually involves a separate designer and builder. The marriage of these two entities can result in tremendous partnerships and very high…
My first day on the “rock pile,” the term I use for a golf course construction site, was an eye opener. I had just completed my first year of graduate…
After my first few weeks of working for Pete Dye (in total obscurity) I somehow found myself assisting Mr. Dye in building green subgrades. We each had small grading tractors…
