Pete & PB Dye: Mirror Images of One Another Authentic,Genuine,Dedicated, andPassionate, those four words best describe the personal and professional life of the late World Golf Hallof-Fame course architect, Pete Dye. Sadly, the world lost Dye when he died two years ago, January 9, 2020 at the age of, 94. Fortunately, his legacy of work, of this longtime Hoosier resident, remains intact, thanks to the many golf courses, which he designed and redesigned over the years. Dye’s work as a golf course architect began in 1961 in his adopted home state of Indiana, when he and his wife Alice designed the Heather Hills (now, Maple Creek) Golf and Country Club in Indianapolis. If you never had a chance to meet Dye, a great way to learn about this golf visionary is to ask anybody who knew him and worked with him. Besides his wife Alice, the one person who worked longer with Pete was his son PB and he had the highest respect for his father. “My dad put a shovel in my hand at seven, I was driving a tractor at eight, I was operating a bulldozer at age nine and a backhoe at ten,” recalled PB, which is short for Paul Burke. By Mike May Indiana Golf Journal
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