Description
Packed with inside information about how World Golf Hall of Famer Pete Dye hoodwinks golfers of all skill levels, Bury Me In A Pot Bunker presents valuable tips to strategically play Dye's courses and any courses through understanding the architect's bedeviling mindset. Also included are Pete's design philosophies as well as humorous "Dye-isms" chronicling Dye's remarkable career. "Most Pete Dye courses are mental challenges more than physical." - Rory Mcllroy "The way Pete gets on a property and feels it is pretty impressive. His courses built for tournaments are hard, but there's a good reason behind everything. We've talked for hours. To get his opinion has been invaluable." - Tiger Woods "No other golf course] designer continues to re-invent his architecture the way Pete Dye does." - Ron Whitten -Golf Digest "Pete Dye - the most loved, hated, and imitated golf-course architect of the past fifty years." - PGA Magazine " Pete Dye's] self-effacing, aw-shucks approach to the game belies an artistry that reached into golf's past and made it relevant for the future. More by accident than design, he proved himself to be a genius." - Bradley S. Klein - Golfweek "By acclamation, the master of psychological course design among modern golf course architects." - Tom Doak, Renowned Golf Course Architect
Author: Mark Shaw, Pete Dye
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 03/27/2013
Pages: 318
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.71d
ISBN13: 9781482642933
ISBN10: 148264293X
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Golf
- Biography & Autobiography | Sports
Author: Mark Shaw, Pete Dye
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 03/27/2013
Pages: 318
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.71d
ISBN13: 9781482642933
ISBN10: 148264293X
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Golf
- Biography & Autobiography | Sports
About the Author
Pete and Alice Dye have designed courses hosting 28 Major golf championships and counting. These include the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, site of the 2012 PGA Championship, The Players Stadium Course, home to the "fifth Major," the Players Championship, Whistling Straits, site of the 2010 PGA Championship and the 2015 Ryder Cup, Teeth of the Dog in the Dominican Republic, and Harbour Town Golf Links. Pete and Alice live in Delray Beach, Florida.
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