Pine Valley Golf Club

Heathland Championship Private Bucket List Historic

Pine Valley Golf Club Golf Course

Pine Valley, United States

Course Details

Holes

Par 70

Rating / Slope

75.3 / 153

Course Rating

Green Fee

Private Club

Course Type

Heathland

Private

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About Pine Valley Golf Club Golf Course

Pine Valley Golf Club has topped virtually every major ranking of the world's greatest golf courses for decades, and the course's reputation for brutal, uncompromising difficulty is entirely earned. Carved through dense pine forests on a sandy New Jersey ridge by visionary amateur George Crump — with invaluable assistance from British architect H.S. Colt — the course presents a relentless series of carries over sandy waste areas, carries that must be precise to reach the islands of fairway and green that rise from the surrounding scrub. There are no rough areas in the traditional sense: you are either on the fairway, on the green, or in deep sandy waste covered in scrubby vegetation that can turn a bad shot into a lost ball. The par-5 7th, the Cape hole at the 13th, and the par-3 10th are among the most demanding holes in world golf, each requiring a commitment to a target line that leaves no margin for error. Founded as a private retreat by Crump — who sadly died before the course opened — Pine Valley operates without a public green fee or hotel. An invitation from a member is the only way in, making it simultaneously the most desired and least accessible course in America.

Why Play Pine Valley Golf Club

Ranked No. 1 in the world for decades — the benchmark by which all difficult courses are measured
George Crump and H.S. Colt design on sandy New Jersey heathland — opened 1918
Fairway islands rising from sandy waste — miss the target and you are in real trouble
Par-3 5th (Short) and par-5 7th routinely appear on lists of the world's toughest individual holes
Strictly members-only access — no public tee times, no hotel, invitation required