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Alice Dye, Innovative Golf Course Designer, Is Dead at 91

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Alice Dye, who teamed with her husband, Pete, to pioneer modern golf-course architecture and worked to promote the women’s game for more than half a century, died on Friday in Gulf Stream, Fla. She was 91.

Her death was announced by Dye Designs, the family’s company.

The Dyes designed dozens of venues, in the United States and abroad, many of them regularly ranked among the best in the world and frequently chosen to host professional tournaments.

That roster includes the stadium course at TPC Sawgrass, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.