Pete Dye Golf Club started and had the genesis of its name way back in 1976 or 77 when the coal mining baron (LaRosa) from north central WV asked that the club be named as such... 16 or so years later, after a series of starts and stops and many iterations of the 17th green, the club opened... Come to think of it the 17th might be in line for yet another makeover. (No offense to Mr. LaRosa)
The guess is the regional, if not national, acclaim led to the others... certainly PB's