Grooming the Dog
Fresh off a $15 million restoration, Pete Dye’s Teeth of the Dog is once again baring its bite as the No. 1 course in the Caribbean.
David Droschak
February 19, 2026
Fresh off a $15 million restoration, Pete Dye’s Teeth of the Dog is once again baring its bite as the No. 1 course in the Caribbean.
On the verge of its 40th anniversary, PGA West has never been better. Home to nine courses, the “Western Home of Golf in America” is the ideal destination to play and relax during the winter months.
The Wisconsin destination is not resting idly as it recently broke ground on a 14-hole course that will offer another unique flavor to its playing menu.
Davis Love III, a five-time RBC Heritage winner who is now a golf course architect,
went to great lengths to preserve the intent of Pete Dye’s original design, which opened in 1969 on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Known for being a destination where value plays are abundant, South Carolina’s Grand Strand holds its own with the high-end big boys.
Course architect Beau Welling’s recent work on the 1972 Pete Dye design at Omni Amelia Island Resort tightens a bond that dates back to Welling’s teenage years.
Here are nine alternative plays around Monterey Peninsula that will make you forget Pebble … well, sort of.
While the short course dates back to the 19th century, the concept is gaining momentum as more players take up the game and more marquee designers get involved.