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Pete Dye, the legendary course architect, and designer of Austin Country Club, past away on Thursday at the age of 91. Emily knows well the story I tell when playing with guests on our hole number eight, WGC World Match Play tournament hole 17. The short par 3, plays across a canyon. A shot short or left of the green is automatically swallowed up and you face double bogey or worse. The hole is basically a set of tee boxes, a few well-placed bunkers, and a green.
Supposedly, when Pete submitted the original renderings for the golf course when the club moved to its present and third site in 1984, the greens committee reviewed the drawings and called Pete to discuss. They told him, "Pete, we love the golf course. But there is one problem . . . there are only 17 holes?" Pete quickly responded, "I know that. We can put a par three anywhere."
Scroll through this best of Pete Dye-designs when you have a minute to marvel at his work, starting with Whistling Straights (photo below). Enjoy!
