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by Dr. Cesar Rosenbaum Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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The Club at P.B. Dye has been selected by Golf Digest as one of the toughest courses in America. Our course is also among the 15 best courses in Maryland. With Sugarloaf Mountain looming as its backdrop, our beautifully crafted and meticulously manicured golf course will capture both your imagination and your competitive spirit.

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How many golf courses has PB Dye designed?

That was back in 1959 when PB was four years old. Six decades later, following in his father’s footsteps, he has turned into one of the outstanding golf course architects with over 50 courses to his name. Several of PB’s courses are co-designs with his Dad, legendary golf course designer Pete Dye.

Why the club at PB Dye?

The Club at P.B. Dye has been selected by Golf Digest as one of the toughest courses in America. Our course is also among the 15 best courses in Maryland. With Sugarloaf Mountain looming as its backdrop, our beautifully crafted and meticulously manicured golf course will capture both your imagination and your competitive spirit.

What is PbPb’s favorite golf course?

PB’s personal favorite course is the Urbana Country Club. His grandfather, “Pink” Dye, started the original nine in 1922 on farm ground owned by his wife’s family. PB’s grandmother, “Ma” Dye, asked him to build the second nine, seventy years later.

Where did PbPb design his first golf course?

PB’s first co-designs with his dad were Long Cove Club of Hilton Head Island which has been in Golf Digest America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses reaching Second 10 in the same year and The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tennessee which in 1985 Golf Digest voted “The Best New Course of the Year.”

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When is P.B. Dye Golf Club open?

P.B. Dye Golf Club is open:Sun - Sat 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

What hotels are near P.B. Dye Golf Club?

Hotels near P.B. Dye Golf Club: (8.98 mi) 10 Clarke Place (6.79 mi) Homewood Suites by Hilton Frederick (7.32 mi) Hilton Garden Inn Frederick (8.99...

What restaurants are near P.B. Dye Golf Club?

Restaurants near P.B. Dye Golf Club: (7.35 mi) Manalu Italian Restaurant (6.83 mi) Mayta's Peruvian Cuisine (9.68 mi) Dutch's Daughter (9.29 mi) Th...

When did PB Dye start golfing?

PB Dye took his first golf lesson and fell in love with the game about the same time most kids were barely out of rubber pants. That was back in 1959 when PB was four years old. Six decades later, following in his father’s footsteps, he has turned into one of the outstanding golf course architects with over 50 courses to his name.

What is PB's favorite golf course?

PB’s personal favorite course is the Urbana Country Club. His grandfather, “Pink” Dye, started the original nine in 1922 on farm ground owned by his wife’s family. PB’s grandmother, “Ma” Dye, asked him to build the second nine, seventy years later. “Go to Urbana and build it” (referring to the new nine of Urbana Country Club ).

What does PB golf course include?

PB has an identity all his own, but like his father’s creations, his courses often include railroad ties, pot bunkers, and island greens. Alice Dye says, “Designing a golf course is like painting. You don’t want someone else adding brush strokes. We might discuss ideas, but each of us does our own thing.”. Bloodlines aside, Pete Dye offers ...

Where did PB play golf?

The Fisher Island Club was the home of the Merrill Lynch Senior Shoot Out Championship in its opening year. PB attended the University of Tampa and was a big part of their golf team. He qualified for both the U.S. Amateur and British Amateur in his senior year.

What is PB's signature course?

What separates PB from other architects is his ability to climb on a bulldozer and shape a golf hole from tee to green. At PB’s signature course, The PB Dye Club, he spent over 120 days on site doing much of the shaping himself along with his crew. Most of PB’s courses are located in the Eastern part of the United States.

What did P.B. Dye do?

Resembling his father in voice and mannerisms and his mother in physical appearance, P.B. Dye developed a golf game, and creativity in course design, that rivalled both of them. Some of his earliest collaborations with his father attracted immediate national attention.

What is PB's favorite golf course?

PB’s personal favorite course is the Urbana Country Club. His grandfather, ‘Pink’ Dye, started the original nine in 1922 on farm ground owned by his wife’s family.

Where did Pete Dye and Alice Dye live?

Read More... Pete Dye and his wife Alice Dye met in the late 1940s when they were both studying at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. They then married and moved to Indianapolis, Alice’s home city, where their two sons, Perry Dye and Paul Burke (PB as he’s known), were born.

Where did P.B. learn golf?

has been ‘moving dirt’ for as long as he can remember. He was atop a bulldozer at age 9 learning the art of shaping golf courses at Crooked Stick in Carmel, Indiana, and at age 16, P.B. helped his dad at Teeth of the Dog in Dominican Republic.

Who is Pete Dye's father?

P.B. fashioned the celebrated Honors Course with his father Pete. Pete Dye and his wife Alice Dye met in the late 1940s when they were both studying at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. They then married and moved to Indianapolis, Alice’s home city, where their two sons, Perry Dye and Paul Burke (PB as he’s known), were born.

Who designed the golf course at the Country Club of Birmingham?

Country Club of Birmingham (West) 3 rd. Donald Ross originally designed the West course at the Country Club of Birmingham but Robert Trent Jones modified it in the 1950s and Pete Dye made further changes from the mid 1980s onwards. Read More >>.

Who wrote about P.B. Dye?

Geoff Cornish and Ron Whitten in The Golf Course wrote the following about PB: “P.B. Dye attended the University of Tampa (Fla.) for several years, but his career choice was always golf course design.

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