The Golf Club
History
The Golf Club in New Albany, Ohio — Pete Dye's breakthrough design from 1967 and among the first American courses to be recognized internationally — was the prototype for modern American course design. Dye abandoned the smooth parkland model to create a rugged, naturalistic course with rough sod-wall bunkers, irregular green contours, and strategic demands recalling classic Scottish design. The course represented a radical departure from its era and directly influenced Harbour Town, TPC Sawgrass, and virtually every Pete Dye design that followed. It remains private and revered by architects as one of the most influential courses of the 20th century.
Signature Hole
6th hole, par 4, 440 yards — a classic Dye design with a sod-wall bunker cutting into the fairway and a naturally contoured green