Pete Dye Golf Club (pics, edited with more pics)

[Matt Kardash]

Found a few nice photos of PDGC. I figured many don't know much about this course or how it looks. These pictures do a pretty good job showing how it's one of the most beautiful looking courses around.
I think the 18th might be one of the most under rated closing holes in golf. It's hard to think of an 18th hole I'd rather play than this one. i'm jelous of the guys on this website who are going to play here in august! Have fun guys.

7th hole


9th hole


2nd hole


Approach to 18th green with 10th hole in the distance


16th green


The crazy 17th green in distance


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A few more

[mtp]

That first picture is abysmal. It looks like a pitch and putt with with go-gart tracks: the others look great. Please explain that first picture.

[John Kavanaugh]

Let's not forget that Golfweek considers this course the 4th best course in the country built since 1960.  I havn't seen the course so have to figure this is just an awful picture.

[Matt Kardash]

Abysmal? Wow, that's strong. Ok, you don't like the cart path, i get it, but can you over exaggerate a bit more? You make it sound like someone just vomited and took a picture of it.

[C. Squier]

I've never played PDGC, but it looks like the 1st pic was taken from a crane and the bumps and hills look exaggerated because of that.  The rest looks pretty crazy (good) and I'd love to see more. 

[Jim Colton]

Well, it's not too hard to figure out that it's a Pete Dye course (which I'd consider a good thing).  Looks very much like Blackwolf Run (again, a good thing).

These pics have me checking my calendar for early August.

I knew very little about this course prior to this thread.  Thanks for sharing.

[Paul Carey]

The picture of number 7 (the first picture) does not do the hole justice.  The teeing area is 50-75 feet above the green and has a lot of swirling winds.  It is difficult to choose the correct club and execute the shot.  When standing on the tee you see the green, the bunkers and the sliver of fairway...not all the other tees. 

Of course the hole was manufactured....but aren't most of Dye's holes?

Anyway, the picture really does not do the hole justice.

 



 

[Rob_Waldron]

Paul neglected to mention that the path you see emrging from the center of the first photo is actually coming from an old mine shaft located under #7 tee. The view of the green as you come out of the shaft is unique to say the least!

By the way the only thing better than the golf course is the service which is consistantly outstanding!

[Dan Chapman]

Cool pics, thank you for sharing.  What am I looking at above the bridge in the 10th hole (4th picture down)?

[Jerry Kluger]

Looks great - always amazing to me that the Nationwide Tour absolutely eats it for breakfast.

[Andy Troeger]

Thanks for posting. I wish I could make the outing, hopefully it gets a good turnout, looks like a blast to play. I agree with Jim in that I see some Blackwolf Run in there, but also some other Dye traits. First picture is very busy, but I think it would be much less so if one was actually there.

[Jim Franklin]

Thanks for sharing the pics. It is still one of my favorite places to play. #7 is a good hole about 200 yards from the back tee. I believe that hole is also the cover of Brad Klein's book.

Kavanaugh - It is a great and fun course to play. You need to see it.

[John Kavanaugh]

Kavanaugh - It is a great and fun course to play. You need to see it.

I think I will when Dye finishes his new course at French Lick. 

[George Pazin]

Thanks for posting these. I'm in the weird position of hoping my business is slow in early August!

Kavanaugh - It is a great and fun course to play. You need to see it.

I think I will when Dye finishes his new course at French Lick. 

 

[Jed Peters]

I dunno, that looks pretty unreal to me....for some reason that course really suits my eye.

The first photo (#7) looks really fun, maybe that's just me?

[Matt Kardash]

I dunno, that looks pretty unreal to me....for some reason that course really suits my eye.

The first photo (#7) looks really fun, maybe that's just me?

Yeah, I agree. For my aesthetic, this is one of the most visually appealing courses I've ever seen.

[John Kavanaugh]

It is a tribute to the genius of Dye that he can take so many different types of properties and make them all look the same.

[Brian Cenci]

Course is awesome.  It's probably my favorite Dye (between this one and The Ocean Course).  So many good holes out there.

-Brian

[Dan Herrmann]

Another "view" of the 7th:

[Mike Hendren]

It is a tribute to the genius of Dye that he can take so many different types of properties and make them all look the same.

Barney,

Please name a sister hole from another Dye course for each of the holes depicted above. 

Thanks.

Mike

[John Kavanaugh]

Michael,

The only name Dye courses I have played are Crooked Stick and Kiawah Island.  I never carry a card so which hole is which is not in my memory.  I will say that Kiawah seemed whiter and Crooked Stick flatter than what is pictured.  I know I just pulled a gut feeling out of my ass but do you think I am wrong...and if so, could you post any pictures that don't look like the above.

Here is a nice link to the Dye Designs web site that has a nice flash gallery. http://www.dyedesigns.com/courses.html

[Jay Flemma]

Hey that seventeenth green raises the question   If a biarritz has enough rolls to make three sections, does that mean its a triarritz?  That 17th could be a quadarritz

[Mike Hendren]

Michael,

  I know I just pulled a gut feeling out of my ass but do you think I am wrong...and if so, could you post any pictures that don't look like the above.

Barney, thank you for this well-reasoned response.

No pictures to post, but I have played The Honors thrice as well as TPC Sawgrass and Whistling Straits.  Based on those three courses I offer the following observations:

The first par three is atypical in that Dye rarely gives one the full view of a short hole's green.  For some reason I thought of Doak's 8th green at Quail Crossing.

Greenside bunkering appears fairly deep - Dye only uses this feature at The Honors 11th and 17th greens to force a big carry for the playing attempting to reach in two.

I don't recall seeing a center-line hazard like the 9th above.

I also don't recall a diagonal forced carry like the 2nd hole shown above.

I don't recall seeing the repeated rolls in any greens like the 17th above.

I don't recall the high side of sidehill fairways being scalloped as seen on a couple of holes shown above.

The 18th hole is somewhat similar to the 13th at WS as the fairway sweeps downhill to a green hard against water.  

Just a few thoughts.  

[Mike Hendren]

After seeing these pictures and enjoying The Honors so much, I'll have to say that perhaps no one does U. S. parkland better than Pete Dye. 

[Cory Brown]

Just out of curiosity is there anywhere on that green (17?) that is pinnable besides the very back?