Who's who: Perry Dye

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Who's who: Perry Dye

  • Name:

    Perry O'Neal Dye
  • Country:

    USA
  • Lived:

    [1952-2021]. Born 1952 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Died July 8, 2021 in Denver, Colorado (aged 68).
  • Original/Home Club:

  • Occupation:

    Golf course architect
  • Turned Pro:

    n/a
  • Website:

    https://www.dyedesigns.com

Golf course design

Perry Dye, whether designing on his own or together with his father Pete Dye, has been involved in many design projects with the family firm of Dye Designs. Perry's best known work includes, but is not limited to:

UNITED STATES: ASU Karsten (AZ, with Pete Dye); Desert Pines (NV); Lost Canyons (Calif, with Pete Dye & Fred Couples); Pound Ridge (NY, with Pete Dye); Promontory, Dye Canyon course (Utah, with Pete Dye); Royal Links (NV); Trump Natl Los Angeles (Calif, with Pete Dye); Walkabout (FL, with Jan Stephenson).

CARIBBEAN & MEXICO: La Reunion (Antigua, with Pete Dye).

ASIA: Khao Kheow (Thai); Laguna Natl (Singapore, with cousin Andy Dye); Poresia (Malay, with Pete Dye); Sapporo Bay (Jpn, with Pete Dye); Southern Hills (Thai); Subhapruek (Thai, with Pete Dye); Thai Muang (Thai); West Coast Haikou (China, with cousin Cynthia Dye); Woo Jeong Hills (S Korea).

EUROPE: Klagenfurt-Seltenheim (Aut); Lykia Links (Turkey); San Roque, New course (Spain, with Seve Ballesteros);

Did you know?

Perry Dye is a member of the famous Dye family of golf course designers. He and his brother P.B. both followed their grandfather (Paul "Pink" Dye), father (Pete) and mother (Alice) into the family business of designing and building golf courses. Perry began his apprenticeship under his father at the age of 12, starting at Crooked Stick GC in Indiana and The Golf Club in Columbus, Ohio. During his college years, Perry worked on the construction of such courses as Oak Tree GC in Oklahoma, The Country Club of Colorado, and the famous layouts at the family's Caribbean home in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic.

Perry's full-time work in golf course design and construction began in the '80s, with several courses in Colorado and California. By the mid-1980s he had become instrumental in Dye Designs going "international." He first took the firm to Japan, and then helped realise the company's global aspirations, with designs in other parts of Asia, Australia and Europe, as well as in Latin and South America. In March, 1996, Perry was accepted into the prestigious American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA).

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