Pete Dye, a Hoosier who along with his wife, Alice, designed premier golf courses worldwide, died Thursday at age 94.

The Ohio native moved to Indiana to sell insurance after serving in the Army in World War II and was a champion amateur golfer. He turned to course design in his 30s and compiled a portfolio that includes some of the world's favorite and most daunting courses.

He and Alice Dye are best known for the Players Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, home to The Players Championship each year. That course has the wildly popular — and sometimes vexing — "island green" on the par-3 17th hole.

Of that hole, Dye once quipped: “Life is not fair, so why should I make a course that is fair?”

“Pete made an indelible mark on the world of golf that will never be forgotten,” his family said in statement. “We will all miss him dearly.”

His local crown jewel is Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, which hosted the 1991 PGA Championship won famously by John Daly. The U.S. Women's Open and Solheim Cup have also been held there. Most recently, it hosted the PGA Tour's BMW Championship.

His creations include the Straits Course at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin, Harbour Town Golf Links at Hilton Head, South Carolina, the Pete Dye Course in French Lick, Indiana, as well as dozens of courses in Asia, Europe and South America.

He is a World Golf Hall of Fame member.

“Pete Dye left an imprint on the world of golf that will be experienced for generations, painting wonderful pictures with the land that continue to inspire, entertain & challenge us,” wrote Suzy Whaley, the president of the PGA of America.

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