Pete Dye is already known around the world as one of, if not the best golf course architect/designer in the history of the game, and on Monday, November 10, 2008, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in the Lifetime Achievement category.

Paul B. “Pete” Dye was born on December 29th, 1925 in Urbana, Ohio. He was a successful amateur golfer in the State of Indiana. In 1950, he married Alice Dye, a course designer and amateur champion.

Pete started designing golf courses in his mid 30’s after traveling to Scotland to study the classic courses there. In 1964, his first course, Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana, opened and later on hosted the 1991 PGA Championship.

The 17th, island green, at TPC Sawgrass is his most famous hole. It’s only 132 yards but winds up being the toughest hole on the course.

Over the years, Pete Dye has designed over 100 courses in four continents including 10 that have hosted Major Championships, 6 International Team events, 8 PGA Tour events, 4 International Tour events, and 10 Amateur Championships.

Note: Other World Golf Hall of Fame inductees are Bob Charles (Veterans Category), Pete Dye (Lifetime Achievement), Carol Semple Thompson (Lifetime Achievement), Denny Shute (Veterans Category), Herbert Warren Wind (Lifetime Achievement), and Craig Wood

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