I have never met Pete Dye, but being from the south I sure know his name.

Back in the late 1980s, I was building custom homes in Landfall at Wrightsville Beach, NC. Landfall was blessed to have two of the great designers; Jack and Pete. Despite the allure of the Nicklaus brand, most locals were excited about the Pete Dye design.

What I remember most was his reputation for being a golf purist and how much people just liked the man. In November Pete Dye was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. An excerpt:

Dye’s approach to constructing a new course harkens back to an older time – he does not strictly adhere to detailed architectural plans or diagrams, preferring instead to fashion each hole out of the ground in a very personal and handson fashion, very much in the manner of the grand masters of golf course architecture. Given Dye’s approach, you’d almost expect to see him out on a job site with the mules and scrappers fashioning a course similar to his direct lineal architectural antecedents – Donald Ross, C.B. Macdonald, Alister MacKenzie and A.W. Tillinghast.

Over the years I have seen many of our BrightDoor communities employ Mr. Dye for creating their golf legacy – and it must be paying off  (Reed Development and Linger Longer to name two) .

I believe Pete Dye is a true icon in golf and a man who makes the real estate industry proud. Here’s a new list from Links magazine of the Top 20 Pete Dye courses you can play.