Pete Dye, famed golf course architect, the designer of  Caesarea Golf Club , has received the honor of being inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, located at the World Golf Village at St. Augustine, Florida.
Dye is only the fourth golf architect to ever receive this honor. Andy Santos attended the ceremony as representative of the Caesarea Development Corporation and the Golf Club.

Dye was selected from a shortlist of leading architects by the Advisory Panel to create the new course at Caesarea due to open in Spring 2009.

Pete Dye and his design associate, Tim Liddy, have shown a strong commitment to the development. Dye has stated that "whereas normally I am designing for a client, as Caesarea is the only 18 hole golf course in Israel, this time I'm designing for a country!"

The course has been conceived to be enjoable for players of all levels and can be set up to host important international competitions.

In addition to the 18 hole course, Dye and his team have been involved in the creation of a 9 hole short course and an expansive practice range which will assist the expansion of the game of golf in Israel by giving newcomers the facility to learn golf and improve their game.

Representing a golf course design prowess that includes more than 100 courses around the world, Dye's Inductee exhibit will showcase his 1995 Donald Ross award, 2003 Old Tom Morris award, and 2004 PGA Distinguished Service award, as well as his Past President's Jacket and gavel from the American Society of Golf Course Architects. Dye's personal, marked-up copy of Alister Mackenzie's "Golf Architecture" book will be included, as well as his Honorary Doctorate from Purdue University and his Honorary Doctorate and Honorary golf letterman's jacket from the University of South Carolina. Additionally, his Passport from 1986 to 1996 can be seen, showing scores of trips to the Dominican Republic, where he has designed five courses. Dye's exhibit also will feature such personal keepsakes as a wedding photo of him and Alice, his wife of 58 years. Andy Griffith and Matlock DVDs and Mills Brothers cassettes showcase Pete's longtime favorite TV shows and music.

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