The couple, both of whom passed away in recent years, did a brilliant job on Whistling Straits and more than a hundred other courses during a storied six-decade career
When the dust settles following the 43rd staging of the Ryder Cup at the Straits Course on Sunday evening, there is a reasonable chance the star of the week could be the beloved course architect, Pete Dye – for the simple reason that, whenever something major is played on a Dye course, the course always finds a way to stand out.
Dye, who died last year aged 92, was a titanic figure in the realm of golf architecture – one of only four course architects to be enshrined in the World Golf Hall of Fame – having designed more than a hundred courses around the world across a panoramic six-decade career. His tracks have held six major championships, most recently at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island earlier this year. The key to understanding a Dye course is that he makes them look much harder than they actually play.