P.B. Dye took his first golf lesson and fell in love with the game about the time most kids are barely out of rubber pants. That was back in 1959 when P.B. was four years old, and in the three decades since, he has turned into one of the outstanding golf course architects anywhere, not to mention his near-scratch golf game. "By the time I was six, I was working for my Dad in his golf construction business," says P.B., referring to his father, legendary golf course designer Pete Dye.
Actually, P.B. is a third-generation architect. "My grandfather built a nine-hole course on a farm in Urbana, Ohio, many years ago." "I love the game of golf, and I do as much as I can to enhance it because of that love," P.B. says. "I grew up on high-caliber golf courses and watched my father build great layouts." "Fortunately for me, the work I do requires so much personal attention that it allows me to build only a few courses at a time. It also permits me to be very selective; the primary concern with the clients I work for is the game of golf itself." "P.B. is one of the most talented designers I know," says Pete Dye. "I'm not just saying that because I'm his Dad, either. I've heard a number of professionals in the design field say the same thing. His creative instincts are superior to mine than when I first began my career, and he'll probably have more than I do when I retire."
The following are some of P.B. Dye's golf highlights. From 1974 - 1979, P.B. was on the University of Tampa Golf Team. In 1979 he was a U.S. Amateur Qualifier. In 1980, he was a British Amateur Qualifier. In 1998, P.B. won the Golf Family of the Year Award. P.B. Dye has designed 51 golf courses in 17 states and 6 countries.
The first course P.B. Dye designed was Fisher Island, in Miami, Florida in 1990. He also designed the following golf courses:
- Legends Golf Club, St. Pawleys Island, South Carolina
- Ruffled Feathers Golf Club, Burridge, Illinois
- The Gauntlet at St. James Plantation Golf Club, Southport, North Carolina
- Boone Valley Golf Club, St. Louis, Missouri
- The Gauntlet at Laurel Valley, Tigerville, South Carolina
- Urbana Country Club, Urbana, Ohio
- Heritage Club at Hilliard, Hilliard, Ohio
- The Gauntlet at Curtis Park, Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Virginia Oaks Golf Club, Manassas, Virginia
- Black Bear Golf Club, Mt. Dora, Florida
- The Heritage Club, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Northstone, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Rum Pointe Golf Club, Ocean City, Maryland
- The P.B. Dye Golf Club, Urbana, Maryland
- Parco de Roma, Rome, Italy
- Crimson Creek Municipal Golf Course, El Reno, Oklahoma
- Westbay Golf Club, Bonita Springs, Florida
- Olde Cypress Golf Club, Naples, Florida
- Hidden Glen at Bentdale Farms, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
- Punta Cana Beach Resort, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- Buck Point Golf Club, Brookville, Indiana
These courses are currently under construction:
- Cancun, Mexico
- Santa Barbara Plantation, Curacao
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
