The Dye Preserve was formed with 32 founding members, all of whom had a common desire to have a club in south Florida where they could bring their friends to play on an outstanding golf course that upheld the traditional ideas and values of the game of golf.

While the golf course and the Clubhouse were built in double time, the Dye deliberately slowed its pace in building up the membership. The old fear of a rotten apple ruining the rest in the barrel—of bad driving out good, as it rarely happens the other way around—affects most human organizations, and golf clubs are no exception. That is one of the reasons for the Dye opting to move slowly towards achieving its full membership target of 300.

“We promised our members that we would not rush out and make a mess of this thing,” said Joe Webster, club president. “They then had the responsibility of inviting compatible golfers to join them. We planted the tree; now we have to let it grow.

“Our typical member,” continued Webster, “is also a member of other great clubs in the United States and overseas. The mix is a fairly even balance between professional people who live and work in the area and people who come down for the season.”

• Membership is by invitation only.
• The membership is made up of men and ladies from 24 states and five foreign countries.
• The average age of members is 54 years old.
• There are no tee times at The Dye Preserve. Following the practice in some historic British and Irish clubs, members call the Club to put their names down.

Competitions include Club championships for the men and ladies, and annual member-guest and member-member tournaments. The Club also hosts the National Senior- Junior Team Championship. The silver perpetual trophies for the Club competitions were acquired from the silversmith who crafted several of the championship trophies for the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, enhancing the sense of golf tradition at the Dye.