The legacy of famed golf course architects Pete and Alice Dye will live on forever in their countless courses across the world.
The two will also be honored with a new junior golf tournament set to debut in 2020 at the home to the Dyes’ “firstborn” championship course.
Announced by officials on Monday, the inaugural Pete and Alice Dye Junior Invitational, to be known as The Dye, will be held at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana, May 25-27.
A field of the top 33 boys and girls junior players will compete in the 54-hole event and will receive points for the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), National Junior Golf Scoreboard (NJGS) and Golfweek/Sagarin Junior Rankings.
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Why 33? That’s the number of cars that race in the Indianapolis 500, held the day before The Dye just a few miles south of Crooked Stick. The field is highlighted by Golfweek/Sagarin No. 2 Alexa Pano, No. 7 Michael Brennan and John Daly Jr., son of 1991 PGA Championship winner at Crooked Stick John Daly.
“Pete and Alice Dye were both elite level amateur players and began winning tournaments as juniors,” said tournament chairman Wayne Timberman. “The Dye is the only national invitational where elite boy and girl golfers play for a major title on the same Top 100 course at the same time.”
The winners will receive a hand-carved award in the shape of the club’s iconic Crooked Stick.
