The Dye Course at White Oak

What exactly is The Dye Course at White Oak? The answer is a few things: a private Pete Dye golf course, a world-class retreat, and support of White Oak Conservation.

The club's website sheds a little more light on the organisation behind the club" White Oak Conservation is a state-of-the-art scientific education and conservation centre that works to save rare species and wild places. Its' programs build assurance populations, reintroduce animals to the wild, protect imperilled wild populations and habitats, and increase knowledge, awareness and support for conservation. White Oak Conservation is best known for its work with rhinos, okapis, and giraffes.

The 17,000-odd-acre refuge is owned by Mark Walter - a well-known businessman who owns Chelsea FC, LA Dodgers, LA Sparks, and the PWHL (a women's ice hockey league). He is also the CEO of Guggenheim Partners LLC, a banking firm.

The golf course is owned by a billionaire, and the club has no members. This isn't a private members club; it is a private golf course. The Dye Course at White Oak is one of the final designs attributed to the great golf course architect. Originally commissioned in 2013, Pete Dye would pass before this course came to fruition. Being the father of modern design-build golf course architecture, the construction would be left to Allan MacCurrach to construct.

Much like GWest in Scotland, the number of people who have played the course is less than those who have been in space… its rare air.