Pete Dye’s Design Legacy (feat. Scot Sherman)

About this episode

The episode explores Pete Dye's influence on golf course design and features an interview with Scot Sherman discussing his work related to Dye's legacy.

With the Players Championship approaching, we take a close look at the philosophy and influence of Pete Dye, the architect behind the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, Harbour Town Golf Links, and many other great courses. First, Garrett explains why golf architecture nerds tend to admire Dye even though Dye violated a lot of currently fashionable principles of design. Then, Garrett brings on Scot Sherman, lead designer at Love Golf Design, to discuss his history with the Dye family as well as his recent and upcoming work at TPC Sawgrass and Harbour Town. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Garrett

Guest: Scot Sherman

Topics covered

• golf architecture
• Pete Dye
• TPC Sawgrass
• Harbour Town
• design philosophy
• golf course design

Keywords

• Pete Dye
• golf design
• TPC Sawgrass
• Harbour Town
• golf architecture
• design principles
• Scot Sherman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Love Golf Design

Places: TPC Sawgrass, Harbour Town Golf Links

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