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Jay Flemma

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Compare and contrast Perry Dye's work from his father's
« on: October 25, 2010, 02:46:59 PM »
The discussion over at the Pound Ridge thread raises an interesting question.

When I interviewed Perry on opening day at Pound Ridge, he agreed that it's a Perry Dye golf course, even though his dad popped in and helped, obviously.

Now Pound Ridge is a unique case because it's shoehorned into a tight space...most holes run back an forth along a common axis in a  large square area, so when people say that the main criticism of Perry's work there is that it lacks some of his dad's strategies - like alternate shot patterns..i.e. fade off the tee, draw into the green, then vice versa - or lacks the strength of routing that Pete is known for, and that PRGC looks like a Pete Dye, but doesn't play like a Pete Dye

...the fair response to that  criticism is that Pound Ridge may be a bad case study because it had so many restrictions on the property that it's not truly definitive of Perry's work.

So I ask those of you that have played other Perry courses, how are Pete and Perry different from one another?
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Brian_Ewen

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Re: Compare and contrast Perry Dye's work from his father's
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2010, 03:19:33 PM »
I think the only Perry Dye I have played is Khao Kheow in Thailand, which is a horrible 27 hole Sawgrass copycat course.

Like the rest of the courses that Perry built in SE Asia, its listed as a Pete dye  ::)
« Last Edit: October 25, 2010, 04:07:18 PM by Brian_Ewen »

PThomas

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Re: Compare and contrast Perry Dye's work from his father's
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2010, 03:49:00 PM »
there really is no comparison, Jay.....
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astavrides

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Re: Compare and contrast Perry Dye's work from his father's
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2010, 05:12:15 PM »
Now Pound Ridge is a unique case because it's shoehorned into a tight space...most holes run back an forth along a common axis in a  large square area, so when people say that the main criticism of Perry's work there is that it lacks some of his dad's strategies - like alternate shot patterns..i.e. fade off the tee, draw into the green, then vice versa - or lacks the strength of routing that Pete is known for, and that PRGC looks like a Pete Dye, but doesn't play like a Pete Dye

1) Is Pound Ridge similar to Ocean Trails (or whatever it's Trump name is) in that regard?  I've been to Ocean Trails, not Pound Ridge.
2) I thought PD was going to do courses east of the Mississippi and Perry was going to do courses west of the Mississippi?

Jay Flemma

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Re: Compare and contrast Perry Dye's work from his father's
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2010, 07:26:00 PM »
Paul, can you elaborate?
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Greg Tallman

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Re: Compare and contrast Perry Dye's work from his father's
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2010, 07:59:32 PM »
Night and Day?

Matt_Ward

Re: Compare and contrast Perry Dye's work from his father's
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2010, 08:05:38 PM »
Jay:

Perry often is much sharper with his features -- often resulting in some rather tough obstacles for many players to overcome. Pete, I believe, has mellowed in age -- with Perry the fangs are that much sharper.

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