Pete Dye first became well known when he collaborated with Jack Nicklaus to design Harbour Town Golf Links at The Sea Pines Resort in 1969–the iconic venue for the PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage. In the 1970’s, Dye crafted a great many wonderful courses, including The Cardinal in North Carolina and The River Course at Kingsmill Resort in Virginia (both in 1974).

TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, however, was the work that launched Pete Dye into the stratosphere of golf course architecture. Dean Beaman, former commissioner of the PGA Tour, had conceived the Tournament Players Championship in 1974 as the Tour’s flagship event, and it gained notoriety through the decade with powerful fields as Jack Nicklaus, greatest player in the world, won 3 of the first 5.

Beaman wanted to elevate the tournament still further however, and to do that he needed a permanent venue that could stand with the four majors and support world class golf at the very highest level—so he turned to Pete Dye.

Not only did he want a course that would be a very stiff test for the world’s greatest players, he also wanted breathtaking visual appeal for a growing television market, as well as viewing areas that would maximize the experience for fans—a “stadium course.”

Dye delivered precisely what Dean Beaman envisioned, incorporating risk and reward throughout the layout to build excitement and drama, creating a canvas to capture a multitude of memorable moments that would live on in history and become “The Players.”

In addition to his masterpiece at TPC Sawgrass, Pete Dye designs have become the backbone of the PGA Championship rotation beginning with Crooked Stick in 1991, as well as Whistling Straits, Kohler WI in 2004 and 2015, and the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, SC in 2012 and 2021).

Pete Dye designed well over 100 courses throughout his illustrious career, and more than half of them are open to public play (Pete Dye-Public).

If you are looking for great public golf, or planning a vacation, the GolfDay Search Engine makes it easy to find the best courses and a better bang for your buck. 

1.  The American Club Resort Hotel/Sheboygan, WI

      Wisconsin Golf Trail/Kohler Golf

• Holes: 82 (4 Eighteen Hole Courses: Straits/Irish (Whistling Straits) and River/Meadow Valleys (Blackwolf Run) and Ten Hole Par 3 (The Baths))
• Course Architects: Pete Dye/Chris Lutzke
• USGA Course/Slope Rating

Whistling Straits:                    77.2/152                     

Irish:                                             75.6/146

River:                                           76.2/151

Meadow Valleys:                     75.3/145

The Baths:                                  27.1/87

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Ranges with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
• Course Descriptions-Whistling Straights/Irish
• Course Description-Blackwolf Run
• Accommodations
• Wisconsin Golf Trail
• GolfDay Rating: 100
• Location

2. Kiawah Island Golf Resort/Kiawah Island, SC

• Holes: 90 (5 Eighteen Hole Courses: Ocean/Cougar Point/Oak Point/Osprey Point/Turtle Point
• Course Architects: Pete Dye/Alice Dye/Gary Player/Clyde Johnston/Tom Fazio/Jack Nicklaus
• USGA Course/Slope Rating

Ocean:                                                        79.1/155                     

Cougar Point:                                          72.7/134

Oak Point:                                                 72.1/137

Osprey Point:                                           73.6/140

Turtle Point:                                             73.0/134

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Ranges with Targets, Chipping and Putting Greens at each course. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 100
• Location

3. The Sea Pines Resort/Hilton Head Island, SC

• Holes: 54 (3 Eighteen Hole Courses: Harbour Town Links/Heron Point/Atlantic Dunes)
• Course Architects: Pete Dye/Jack Nicklaus/George Cobb/Clyde Johnston/Davis Love III/Scot Sherman
• USGA Course/Slope Rating

Harbour Town Links                                           79.5/152         

Heron Point                                                            74.8/140

Atlantic Dunes                                                       74.3/143

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Ranges with Targets (2-Harbour Town and Heron Point/Ocean), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers. Range Balls and Fore Caddie (Harbour Town) included with Greens Fee.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 100
• Location

4. PGA West/La Quinta, CA

    Hilton Honors. La Quinta Resort & Club

• Holes: 108 (6 Eighteen Hole Courses: Palmer (Private)/Norman (Resort)/Nicklaus (Private)/Nicklaus (Resort)/Weiskopf(Private)/TPC Stadium (Resort)
• Course Architects: Arnold Palmer/Greg Norman/Matthew Dusenberry/Tad Burnett/Jack Nicklaus/Tom Weiskopf/Pete Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating

Palmer                                                        73.9/141         

Norman                                                      74.6/136

Nicklaus Private                                      74.3/146

Nicklaus Resort                                       75.3/130

Weiskopf                                                    74.2/130

TPC Stadium                                             75.8/148

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers and Golf Academy.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 100
• Location

5. French Lick Resort/French Lick, IN

    Pete Dye Golf Trail

• Holes: 45 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses: Pete Dye/Donald Ross and Nine Hole Walking Course (Valley Links)
• Course Architects: Tom Bendelow/Hal Purdy/Pete Dye/Donald Ross/Sandy Alves/Lee Schmidt
• USGA Course/Slope Rating

Dye                                                             80.5/151         

Ross                                                           75.7/149

Valley Links                                             35.4/121                                 

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets (2-Dye and Valley Links), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Warm Up Net with Putting and Chipping Green (Ross).
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• Pete Dye Golf Trail
• GolfDay Rating: 100
• Location

6. Barefoot Resort & Golf/North Myrtle Beach, SC

• Holes: 72 (4 Eighteen Hole Courses: Norman/Love/Fazio/Dye)
• Course Architects: Greg Norman/Tad Burnett/Davis Love III/Tom Fazio/Pete Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating

Norman:                                                  74.2/141         

Love:                                                         74.9/141

Fazio:                                                        73.4/144

Dye:                                                           76.0/143                                 

• Practice Facilities: Lighted and Covered Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Dyer and Greg Norman Golf Academies.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 100
• Location

7. TPC Sawgrass/Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

• Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses: Stadium/Dye’s Valley
• Course Architects: Pete Dye/Alice Dye/Jerry Pate/Steve Wenzloff/Bobby Weed
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Stadium                                                    76.5/155         

Dye’s Valley                                             74.0/134                     

• Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers and Tour Academy.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 100
• Location

8. PGA Village/Port St. Lucie, FL

• Holes: 70 (3 Eighteen Hole Courses: Wanamaker/Dye/Ryder and 6 Hole Par 3 Course)
• Course Architects: Tom Fazio/Pete Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Wanamaker                                                         75.2/145         

Dye                                                                          75.7/142

Ryder:                                                                    73.1/133                     

• Extensive including Lighted Grass Range with Targets, Wedge Range, Putting Greens, Chipping Greens with Multiple Bunkers and PGA Golf School.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 100
• Location

9. Nemacolin/Farmington, PA

• Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses: Mystic Rock/Shephard’s Rock)
• Course Architects: Pete Dye/Tim Liddy
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Mystic Rock                                               77.2/146         

Shepherd’s Rock                                     75.6/140                   

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with TrackMan Technology, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 100
• Location

10. Prestwick Country Club/Myrtle Beach, SC

    Myrtle Beach Golf Trail/East Coast Golf Management

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Pete Dye/P. B. Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.3/150  
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Accommodations
• Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
• GolfDay Rating: 98.5
• Location

11. Paiute Golf Resort/Las Vegas, NV

• Holes: 54 (3 Eighteen Hole Courses: Wolf/Snow Mountain/Sun Mountain)
• Course Architect: Pete Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Wolf:                                             76.1/140

Snow Mountain:                      73.1/130

Sun Mountain:                          73.0/135

• Practice Facilities: Extensive including 2 Grass Driving Ranges with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers. On Site Lodging is Not available, Golf Packages and Accommodations through MGM Resorts.
• Course Descriptions-Wolf Course
• Course Descriptions-Snow Course
• Course Descriptions-Sun Course
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 97.9
• Location

12. Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex/West Lafayatte, IN

      Purdue University/Pete Dye Golf Trail

• Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses: Akerman-Allen/Kampen)
• Course Architect: William Diddel/Larry Packard/Pete Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Ackerman-Allen:                       76.5/141

Kampen:                                       76.5/146

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range (Covered and Heated bays also available), Putting and Chipping Greens.
• Course Descriptions-Ackerman
• Course Descriptions-Kampen
• Pete Dye Golf Trail
• GolfDay Rating: 97.6
• Location

13. Riverdale Golf Course/Brighton, CO

      Adams County

• Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses: Dunes/Knolls)
• Course Architect: Pete Dye/Perry Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Dunes:                                           73.0/136

Knolls:                                           70.9/125

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Descriptions-Dunes
• Course Descriptions-Knolls
• GolfDay Rating: 97.4
• Location

14. Eagle Eye Golf Club/Bath, MI

      Eagle Eye Golf & Banquet Center/Hawk Hollow Golf Properties

• Holes: 36 (18 Hole Championship Course and Eighteen Hole Putting Course (Little Hawk)
• Course Architect: Pete Dye/Chris Lutzke
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.5/146
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 96.8
• Location

15. Bulle Rock Golf Club/Havre de Grace, MD

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Pete Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.5/147
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Wedge Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls Included with Greens Fee.
• Course Descriptions
• GolfDay Rating: 96.7
• Location

16. TPC Louisiana/Avondale, LA

       Audubon Golf Trail

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Pete Dye/Chris Gray
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.9/141
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (3). Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
• Course Descriptions
• Audubon Golf Trail
• GolfDay Rating: 96.0
• Location

17. The Fort Golf Course/Indianapolis, IN

      Pete Dye Golf Trail/Indiana State Parks

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Pete Dye/Tim Liddy
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.0/143
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• Pete Dye Golf Trail
• GolfDay Rating: 95.7
• Location

18. Keswick Club/Keswick, VA

      Keswick Hall

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Fred Findlay/Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay/Pete Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.1/138
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets and Fairway Bunker, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 95.5
• Location

19. Trump National Los Angeles/Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Pete Dye/Perry Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.6/144
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets and Putting Green (Chipping Green with Bunker–Instruction Only).
• Course Descriptions
• GolfDay Rating: 95.2
• Location

20. Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech/Radford, VA

      McConnell Golf/Virginia Tech Foundation

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Tom Clark/Dan Schlegel/Pete Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 77.3/145
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Descriptions
• GolfDay Rating: 95.0
• Location

21. Pound Ridge Golf Club/Pound Ridge, NY

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Pete Dye/Perry Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.9/148
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range (Weekends)/Mats (Weekdays), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Descriptions
• GolfDay Rating: 94.1
• Location

22. Brickyard Crossing/Indianapolis, IN

      Pete Dye Golf Trail

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Pete Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 76.6/141
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Descriptions
• Pete Dye Golf Trail
• GolfDay Rating: 94.0
• Location

23. Kingsmill Resort/Williamsburg, VA

      Escalante Golf

• Holes: 54 (3 Eighteen Hole Courses: River/Plantation/Woods (Private)
• Course Architect: Pete Dye/Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay/Edmund Ault/Brian Ault/Tom Clark/Curtis Strange
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

River:                                            73.2/136

Plantation:                                  70.9/130

Woods:                                         72.2/133

• Practice Facilities: Driving Range with Targets and Fairway Bunker (Grass Thursday-Sunday, Mats Monday-Wednesday), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 93.4
• Location

24. TPC San Antonio/San Antonio, TX

• Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses: Oaks/Canyons)
• Course Architect: Greg Norman/Tad Burnett/Sergio Garcia/Pete Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Oaks:                                             76.1/142

Canyon:                                        73.6/126

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 93.0
• Location

25. Links at Perry Cabin/Saint Michaels, MD

       Inn at Perry Cabin/KemperSports

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Roy Dye/Pete Dye/Alice Dye/P.B. Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.0/149
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 92.9
• Location

26. Eagle Creek Golf Club/Indianapolis, IN

       City of Indianapolis

• Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses: Sycamore/Pines)
• Course Architect: Pete Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Sycamore:                                    71.9/132

Pines:                                             73.1/132                                             

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Descriptions
• GolfDay Rating: 92.9
• Location

27. Fowler’s Mill Golf Course/Chesterland, OH

        Penn Ohio Golf Trail

• Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Courses: Lake/River/Maple)
• Course Architect: Pete Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Lake:                                             37.9/146                                 

River:                                            36.6/138

Maple:                                          34.2/127                                                                     

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 92.4
• Location

28. Rum Pointe Golf Links/Berlin, MD

      Ruark Golf

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects Pete Dye/P.B. Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.6/133                                                  
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (2)
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 91.9
• Location

29. Gypsum Creek Golf Course/Gypsum, CO

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Pete Dye/Perry Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.3/142                                                  
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Descriptions
• GolfDay Rating: 91.6
• Location

30. Gasparilla Inn & Golf Club/Boca Grande, FL

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: David Wallace/Pete Dye/Alice Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.3/142                                                  
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 91.4
• Location

31. Wintonbury Hills Golf Course/Bloomfield, CT

       Town of Bloomfield/Indigo Sports

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Pete Dye/Tim Liddy
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.4/129                                                  
• Practice Facilities: Driving Range with Targets (offsite-half mile away), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (4).
• Course Descriptions
• GolfDay Rating: 91.3
• Location

32. The Cardinal/Greensboro, NC

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Pete Dye/Rick Robbins
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.1/142                                                  
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• GolfDay Rating: 91.3
• Location

33. Port Royal & Racquet Club/Hilton Head Island, SC

• Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses: Barony/Robber’s Row)
• Course Architect: George Cobb/Willard Byrd/John LaFoy/Pete Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Barony:                                         71.8/135

Robber’s Row:                            72.7/134                                             

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Descriptions
• GolfDay Rating: 91.1
• Location

34. The Country Club of Colorado/Colorado Springs, CO

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Pete Dye/Roy Dye/Richard Phelps
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.6/139                          
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee
• Course Descriptions
• GolfDay Rating: 91.1
• Location

35. Oak Hollow Golf Course/High Point, NC

      City of High Point

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Pete Dye/Roy Dye/Richard Phelps
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 71.7/134                          
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Green.
• Course Descriptions
• GolfDay Rating: 90.5
• Location

36. Plum Creek Golf Club/Castle Rock, CO

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Pete Dye/Perry Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.7/147                          
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Green.
• Course Descriptions
• GolfDay Rating: 90.5
• Location

37. En-Joie Golf Club/Endicott, NY

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Ernest Smith/William Mitchell/Pete Dye/Michael Hurdzan/Dana Fry
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.1/135                          
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Green.
• Course Descriptions
• GolfDay Rating: 89.7
• Location

38. Amelia Island Plantation/Amelia, FL

• Holes: 46 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses: Long Point/Oak Marsh and Ten Hole Par 3 Course (Little Sandy)
• Course Architect: Tom Fazio/Pete Dye/Bobby Weed
• USGA Course/Slope Rating

Long Point:                                  73.3/136

Oak Marsh:                                  70.9/129

• Practice Facilities: Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Golf Academy.
• Course Descriptions
• GolfDay Rating: 89.5
• Location

39. Royal Hawaiian Golf Club/Kailua, HI

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Pete Dye/Perry Dye/Greg Norman
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.4/140
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens fee.
• Course Descriptions
• GolfDay Rating: 89.4
• Location

40. Plum Creek Golf Club/Carmel, IN

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Pete Dye/Tim Liddy
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.6/127
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens.
• Course Descriptions
• GolfDay Rating: 89.4
• Location

The GolfDay rating is based on a variety of criteria, including the stature of the architect(s) who did the original design(s), updates that have been done on the course(s), USGA Course and Slope Ratings, current local and national rankings by Golf Digest and Golfweek, the quality and diversity of practice facilities, general course conditioning and current reviews. The resort rating also includes a factor for the variety of courses located at the property as well as the quality of accommodations and level of service.

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