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Dye Designs Group renovating the greens of a top South Korean golf course

The mother-and-son tandem of Cynthia Dye McGarey and Matt McGarey of American-based Dye Designs Group has begun a project to renovate the greens at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club in South Korea.

The U.S.-based Dye Designs will renovate the greens at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club in South Korea.
The U.S.-based Dye Designs will renovate the greens at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club in South Korea.

Woo Jeong Hills was designed by Perry Dye, son of architect Pete Dye, and opened in 1992 under the ownership of textile and chemical manufacturer Kolon Industries. The course has been site of the Kolon Korean Open since 2003. The McGareys will redesign and reshape each of the course’s 18 greens plus two practice greens. Work began in December and is slated to wrap up in March.

The McGareys are the third and fourth generations of the Dye family to be involved in golf architecture.

“It’s been more than 30 years since Woo Jeong Hills opened, so updating the size, contouring and drainage of its greens is important to ensure it remains among Asia’s best,” Cynthia Dye McGarey said in a media release announcing the work. “This project is especially meaningful to us given we’re refreshing my cousin Perry’s first golf course design in South Korea, a country he enjoyed and where he did so much great work.”

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Dye Designs Group renovating the greens of a top South Korean course