We're finishing up the new clubhouse at The Ocean Course and one of the things we're looking to do is to use the front hallway as a tribute to Pete and Alice Dye and their impact on the game.  We're going to have about 20 or so sections/themes, about 1/3 of which will be on aspects of The Ocean Course.  The other 2/3 will be on his/their work on other venues.  Can I get the treehouse to chime in and give some suggestions on some themes that we can use for his/their work.  Obviously, we're going to feature Harbour Town, Sawgrass, Whistling Straits, Crooked Stick.  What themes about these courses should we focus on and what about some of his/their other work?

I've always thought Long Cove looked like a neat course in the photo's I've seen. Casa de Campo would seem to be an automatic.

Mike,
   I think an area that demonstrates how Pete and Alice borrowed ideas from abroad that were incorporated into their courses and design style.
   Also showing Pete's hands-on approach to building courses would be good.

That's very good idea Ed. Pictures of Prestwick would answer alot of questions for people.

You have to include something on the Pete Dye GC. It's the only one he gave his name to.

Have to give P.B. some space too.

BTW, the clubhouse looks PERFECT, not the overdone mauseleums that abound newer courses.

Any benches could be made out of railroad ties......

The entry could be through a boxcar bridge......

Perhaps one exhibit could be put out on an island, and most hallways could be slightly angled, replicating Pete's fw's.

A tribute to the 14th at Harbor Town would be appropriate as a symbol of all his railroad ties.

Sorry, Jeff.  We're not going to redesign the clubhouse for this tribute...

Jim Urbina worked with Pete Dye. An email to Jim or Tom would probably be your best bet for seeing who worked with Pete over the years.

Mike
In terms of "themes", maybe you can have thematic titles for each section.

One of those titles/sections might be "The Innovative Traditionalist"  (or maybe "Innovation through Tradition",  or "Traditional Innovation").

Another title/section might be "New Grounds for Golf" (or "Breaking New Ground").

Yet another title/section might be "The Iconoclast" (or "The Oldest Modern").

Finally, how about "The Bridgebuilder" (or "Bridging Designs").

Peter

I agree with Peter: themes work much better than courses. Casual golfers will learn a lot more about why they should care about Pete Dye that way.

All IMHO, of course...

Garland, I played last week with someone who talked about playing a Ben Crenshaw course a few years ago called "Sand Hills." He liked that so much he's planning to play a new Crenshaw course, Austin Golf Club.  All in all, he really likes the designer Ben Crenshaw. Don't you?

Another vote for Nicklaus, then.

Mike - Don't leave out The Moorings Club in Vero Beach for it is one of the great "quirkies" Pete (and I bet Alice had an input, too) designed.

Pete has also done some designs for little if any fee

To that effect, perhaps you might include a picture of one of the holes at Wintonbury Hills with a caption that tells the viewers of Dye's charitable contributions to the game (not to mention Tim Liddy's admirable work on the course, as one of Dye's pupils).  Another such possibility is Big Fish Golf Course out in Wisconsin, which appears to be the same concept as Wintonbury Hills.

Another suggestion might be to keep a couple pictures of Dye on-site at a current project-in-progress.  Just to show how the work of a revolutionary such as Dye is never done...