Category Archives: Pete Dye

Meet Mike O’Connor, the project manager on Ryder Cup venue Whistling Straits

O’Connor worked alongside architect Pete Dye for five years building Whistling Straits in the 1990s.

The Straits Course twists and turns to tests tour pros. Match play in the Ryder Cup should only make it better.

Whistling Straits, site of the 43rd Ryder Cup, will play just as Pete Dye intended when it opened in 1998.

Where to play golf in Wisconsin: Variety galore at Whistling Straits, Sand Valley, Lawsonia Links and Erin Hills

Whistling Straits, Sand Valley, Erin Hills and Lawsonia Links make Wisconsin one of the strongest golf destinations in the U.S.

Where to play golf in the California desert: Palm Springs, La Quinta and PGA West

La Quinta Resort and PGA West offer a fabulously diverse set of golfing options, all with amazing pedigree in the posh California (...)

Course architect Perry Dye, builder of 80-plus courses and son of Pete Dye, dies at age 68

The son of Pete and Alice Dye, Perry Dye built more than 80 courses spanning 15 countries.

Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play: Connecticut

The Nutmeg State offers a range of golf options, with a reasonably priced municipal course atop the public-access courses list.

Math whiz Corey Conners figures out Ocean Course, takes lead in PGA Championship

"Played with a lot of freedom," said Conners of his six birdie, one bogey opening round.

‘The ultimate test of nerve’: Kiawah Island’s 17th hole could wreck many scorecards at PGA Championship

No. 17 at Kiawah Island is a long (like, uber-long) par 3 over water. Here's what players had to say early week.

Pete Dye aside, Jordan Spieth on solid footing chasing career Grand Slam at PGA Championship

Jordan Spieth's reputation on Pete Dye layouts is less than stellar. Still, he feels he's on solid footing entering the PGA Championship.

Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play: South Carolina

Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course headlines the list of Golfweek's Best Courses You Can Play 2021: South Carolina.

Check the yardage book: Kiawah Island Golf Resort’s Ocean Course for the PGA Championship

Take a look at the hole-by-hole maps provided by Puttview for this week's PGA Championship at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf (...)

PGA Championship: Jeff Stone takes Kiawah’s Ocean Course from resort play to a major

Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course must transition from daily play to major conditions, and the course superintendent makes it (...)

Check the yardage book: TPC San Antonio Oaks Course for the Valero Texas Open

TPC San Antonio’s Oaks Course, designed by Greg Norman with Sergio Garcia as a consultant, has hosted the Valero Texas Open since its (...)

Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play: Indiana

When basketball fans think of the best from central Indiana, they might reflect on the Hick from French Lick, Celtics great Larry Bird. (...)

Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play: Florida

Sure, we all know about the 17th hole of the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. That island green soaks up much of the attention every (...)

Remembering those we lost from the world of golf in 2020

The world of golf lost some real treasures in 2020. Golfers, golf course designers, golf coaches and golf photographers are among those (...)

TPC Sawgrass turns 40: Remembering the birth of ‘Stadium Golf’

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – All it took was a dollar and a dream – and 415 acres of swampland in northeast Florida – for Deane Beman to (...)

Barefoot Resort’s four course options perfectly display strength of Golfweek’s Best

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Go ahead and tell Dave Genevro which of the four courses at Barefoot Resort and Golf is your favorite. Like (...)