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  • Another Pete Dye course hosts the DP Tour this week at the Porsche Singapore Classic!

    Another Pete Dye course hosts the DP Tour this week at the Porsche Singapore Classic!

    Some of the European Tour players this week may be feeling a little dèjá vu! One week after the professional golfing world celebrated Pete Dye’s infamous TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course for the Players Championship (won by Rory McIlroy), the European Tour plays another Dye course this week at the Porsche…

  • Pete Dye US course ranking by Golf Digest

    Pete Dye US course ranking by Golf Digest

    Our friends at Golf Digest just published their Top 20 Pete Dye courses in the US, and it’s definitely worth the look! Two courses on the list are hosting Pete Dye Society events this spring (PGA West Dye Stadium Course and French Lick Pete Dye Course). With more than 150…

  • Pete Dye’s Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass takes center stage this week!!

    Pete Dye’s Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass takes center stage this week!!

    We are now officially in ‘The Players Championship’ week, with the 5th major of the year being played for the 43rd time at Pete Dye’s ‘Players Stadium Course’ at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, FL this Thursday through Sunday! As the gaze of the golf world focuses in on one…

  • Renovations to Pete Dye courses underway at Full Cry and The Farms

    Renovations to Pete Dye courses underway at Full Cry and The Farms

    Two outstanding Pete Dye courses have renovations underway this month at the Full Cry course at Keswick Hall (Keswick, VA) and at The Farms Golf Club (Rancho Santa Fe, CA). Both renovations are being led by long-time associates of Pete, ensuring the course updates stay in line with Pete’s original…

  • Ten Percent of Best US Resort Golf Courses are Designed by Pete Dye!

    Ten Percent of Best US Resort Golf Courses are Designed by Pete Dye!

    Golf Week just published their listing of the Top 200 Resort Golf Courses in the United States, and 10% of these prestigious golf courses are Pete Dye designs! With 20 total courses in the listing (and 10 in the Top 100), Pete’s designs are well-represented! You can review the full…

  • Pete Dye’s Stadium Course plays toughest at the AMEX… again!

    Pete Dye’s Stadium Course plays toughest at the AMEX… again!

    With the 2025 American Express completed with Austrian-born (and Georgia-raised) Sepp Straka winning his 3rd PGA Tour event, it’s always interesting to review scoring averages across the three courses where the tournament is played: La Quinta Country Club, PGA West Nicklaus Tournament Course, and PGA West Dye Stadium Course. The…

  • Top 100 US golf courses for 2025 includes six Pete Dye designs!

    Top 100 US golf courses for 2025 includes six Pete Dye designs!

    Golf.com published their ranking of the Top 100 courses in the US (regardless of public, private or resort)–and six courses are listed in this prestigious list!! Click here to review their full listing, but a summary of Pete Dye courses ranked are as follows: #37 – Kiawah Island Resort (Ocean),…

  • Dye’s updated Stadium Course at PGA West takes the stage this week!

    Dye’s updated Stadium Course at PGA West takes the stage this week!

    It’s now officially the start date for The American Express, the first PGA Tour event of the year back in the continental US, and we at the Pete Dye Society are excited to see one of his designs take center stage!. Pete Dye’s ‘The Stadium Course at PGA West’ in…

  • Sand Bunkers vs Waste Bunkers – What’s the Difference?

    Sand Bunkers vs Waste Bunkers – What’s the Difference?

    A nice, quick read from Golf News Net was just published on how the rules apply differently to traditional ‘Sand Bunkers’ versus what is termed ‘Waste Bunkers’. Everyone knows what a sand bunker is–those annoying hazards along the fairway or by the green where your ball can fall into that…

  • Golf.com ranks ‘The Honors Course’ as the #1 course in Tennessee!

    Golf.com ranks ‘The Honors Course’ as the #1 course in Tennessee!

    Our friends at Golf.com have been publishing their Top Courses in the US leading into the new year, and their most recent article highlights Pete Dye’s “The Honors Course” as Tennessee’s #1 golf course. Architect Gil Hanse, a close friend of Pete and part of Dye’s architectural tree, led a…