THE NEW CLUBHOUSE at Harbour Town part of the Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head South Carolina. (R) The Par 3, 4th hole at Harbour Town home of the RBC Classic. The Harbour Town is a Top 100 you can play, for more information visit Seapines.com/golf     ____________________________________________________________________

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The construction of a room to honor course architect Pete Dye has begun in the clubhouse at the Harbour Town golf course, a Top 100 You Can Play.

The room will open in February of 2018, and will incorporate the relationship of Dye’s Hall of Fame career as a course designer, to his creation of Harbour Town.

“Harbour Town made my career,” says Dye who got an assist on the course by a young golfer/aspiring architect by the name of Jack Nicklaus.

The course opened almost 50 years ago and just in time for the PGA Tour to come and play the Heritage Classic. That first tournament was won by the “King” Arnold Palmer, who made a late final round charge to win.

 (L) THE PAR 3, 17TH HOLE at Harbour Town. (R) Former Illinois PGA Professional Mike Jones now at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington PA. stands with Pete Dye in 2016 on the new Dye Designed Shepherds Rock Golf Course.

    THE PETE & ALICE DYE STATUE at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel Indiana (L). Pete Dye at the French Lick Resort and the Pete Dye Course with yours truly.

The Pete Dye room honors the life and works of Dye, and how Dye left his trademarks on course design, including the use of railroad ties, and Smithco bunker rake.

There will be three video’s that one through the themes of Dye’s work. One video will have players and friends discuss favorite holes and courses. Another video relives the famed shots on Dye’s greatest holes. The final video recaptures Dye’s creation and building of Harbour Town.

There will be a Pete Dye award and trophy display, that provides a record of what Dye brought to course design.

“We are thrilled to honor the life and work of the great Pete Dye in our Harbour Town Clubhouse,” says Cary Corbitt, Vice President of Sports and Operations. “The stewardship of Pete Dye’s seminal design is important to us and his longtime contributions to Sea Pines, Hilton Head, and the golf world at large are immeasurable.”

For more information on Sea Pines, Harbour Town and Heron Point designed by Dye, visit Seapines.com/golf or call (866)-561-8802.