Pine Valley Golf Club, Pine Valley Golf Course

Pine Valley Golf Club -Pine Valley, is a Private, 18 hole golf course located in Pine Valley, New Jersey.

Pine Valley Golf Club first opened for play in 1918. The course was designed by George Crump, and H.S. Colt.

Pine Valley was rated the #1 golf course in the world in both 2012 and 2015 by Golf Magazine. Hey wait a second, there is no ocean view, no island green in the sense of an island in the middle of a lake. What gives? Why is Pine Valley continually judged as the finest course? Those in the know say it is the world's best course because 1) it has more world class holes than any other course, 2) it's eighteen 'consecutive holes are the best eighteen consecutive holes, 3) it has the finest three hole start and 4) the finest three hole finish of any course in the world.

George Crump deserves the vast majority of the credit for the incorporation of so many classic design elements. Crump is the man who found the property, who lived on site and scoured it week after week to find the ideal routing, and who oversaw the detailed construction of fourteen of the holes.

Cypress Point or Royal Melbourne (West) or Royal County Down or even The Old Course at St. Andrews, each feature nines of unequal merit. However, at Pine Valley, the level of excellence and challenge remains from the 1st tee to the last putt on the 18th green.

The design features wide fairways and large, fast greens. There are several sand and grass bunkers located throughout the course, and water hazards come into play on four holes. This club has the highest slope and course ratings for men in the continental U.S. A redesign of two holes was completed in 1989 by Tom Fazio and Andy Banfield.

This golf facility also offers a ten hole Short Course designed by Tom Fazio. Due to the private nature of the club, green fees are not available for publication.

Think a course has to be play to a Par 72 to be any good? Think again. Pine Valley is “only†a Par 70, and yet it is regarded as the finest golf venue in the world. The course plays to 6,656 yards from the back tees.