Alice Dye

Alice Dye
Alice Dye
Born	Alice Holliday O'Neal; February 19, 1927; Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Died	February 1, 2019 (aged 91); Gulf Stream, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater	Rollins College
Occupation(s)	Amateur golfer; Golf course designer
Spouse	Paul "Pete" Dye, Jr. (m. 1950⁠–⁠2019)
Children	2

Alice Dye (February 19, 1927 – February 1, 2019)

golf course designer known as the "First Lady" of golf architecture

in the United States.

Biography

Born Alice Holliday O'Neal in

B.S.

degree.

In early 1950 after Alice's graduation, she and Pete Dye were married. The couple partnered to form Dye Designs, a firm specializing in golf-course designs. The firm became so successful in creating over 100 golf courses over the world.^[2] Their marriage produced two sons, Perry and P.B. (Paul Burke), as well as one of the top design teams of American golf courses, famous for their design of the TPC at Sawgrass (it was Alice who came up with the idea of the Island Green, the signature 17th hole at Sawgrass' Stadium Course) and for being the first firm in America to introduce design elements for golf courses used in Scotland.^[2] She became the first woman president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, and the first to serve as an independent director of Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA). Another of Alice's significant contributions was shortening the yardage for women in the golf designs, making them more accessible to the players.^[2]

She won the 1968

U.S. Senior Women's Amateur

as well as two Canadian Women's Senior Championships.

She was a member of the

USGA Women's Committee, the LPGA Advisory Council and a member of the Board of Directors of the Women's Western Amateur who honored her with their Woman of Distinction Award. She and her husband established a golf training program at Purdue University

.

Alice Dye was inducted into the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame in 1976 and in 2004 was voted the PGA's First Lady of Golf Award. She collaborated on the book "From Birdies to Bunkers: Discover How Golf Can Bring Love, Humor and Success into Your Life" with Mark Shaw that was published in 2004 with a foreword by Nancy Lopez.

Alice Dye died at the age of 91 years old in Gulf Stream, Florida.^[2]

Some of the golf courses designed by Alice Dye: