Dye Designs Group begins project at South Korea’s Woo Jeong Hills Country Club

Work on the Perry Dye-designed course focuses on updating contouring, drainage and playability of all 18 greens.

Cynthia and crew

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Dye Designs Group has begun a project to update all 18 greens at South Korea’s Woo Jeong Hills Country Club.

Owned by KOLON Industries, Woo Jeong Hills was designed by the late Perry Dye and opened in 1992. Woo Jeong Hills is set amid mountainous terrain and noted for many Dye-design hallmarks including challenging bunkers and strategically placed water hazards.

DDG’s mother-son tandem of Cynthia Dye McGarey and Matt McGarey has been tasked with redesigning and then shaping the course’s 18 greens, plus two practice greens. Construction began in late December and is expected to be completed by the end of March.

“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,” Dye McGarey said. “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.”

Dye McGary recently discussed her career and work in episode 100 of Tartan Talks on Superintendent Radio Network.

“We have all worked very hard to ensure the long-term viability of our championship golf course and our chairman, Mr. Lee of KOLON, has been personally involved with all major decisions,” president Jongyoon Lee said. “Thanks to Dye Designs Group’s Cynthia Dye McGarey and Matt McGarey, we are confident that the integrity of the original design will be respected, and that the new greens will excite our members and challenge professional competitors during future KOLON Korea Opens.”

The work is scheduled to be finished in time for member play in late Spring 2025. Woo Jeong Hills has hosted the KOLON Korea Open, an Asian Tour event, since 2003.