Crooked Stick Golf Club

Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana, was the passion project of architect Pete Dye, who found the land, helped raise the money, and designed the course with his wife and collaborator Alice Dye. Construction began in 1964; the back nine opened in 1965 and the full eighteen holes by 1967. Dye rejected conventional design in favor of bold ideas, using timber bulkheads, expansive sand, and dramatic greens that would become his trademark. Crooked Stick became the first Dye course to host a major, the 1991 PGA Championship, remembered for John Daly's stunning victory as the ninth alternate who arrived without a practice round and won his first major. The club has since hosted additional championships, including a U.S. Women's Open, a Solheim Cup, U.S. Senior Open, and PGA Tour events, cementing its reputation as one of America's premier modern courses.