Hole 10 at Pine Valley Golf Club

Clementon, New Jersey
Par
3
Yardage
161 yds
Stroke index
18
Hazards
5 bunkers
Hole 10 aerial at Pine Valley Golf Club

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Green size: 31 yds deep × 23 yds wide

Scorecard yardage is for Championship tees. The aerial shows its labeled reference position; distance rings measure to the green.

Championship tees · Par 3 · 161 yards

The plan for No. 10

A par 3 and the easiest hole on the card. The shortest hole and the best birdie chance: a small island green where most pins can be attacked, though the slope of the surface is the real test (GolfCourseGurus). The course's notorious deep pit bunker sits short right (Golf Digest).

Off the tee

The tee sits on the edge of a ridge with the valley below on the left, and the wind always blows there; judging it is the shot (Simon Carr).

Approach & recovery

Avoid short right. The sand plays like a waste area with tight lies, and the pit bunker sometimes has no sand in it at all (UK Golf Guy).

On the green

Sharply banked and sloping down to the traps on both sides; a spinning ball can roll off (1962 broadcast). The surface runs 28 yards from front to back; read the contour panel for slope.

Watch for

  • Three bunkers left
  • Two bunkers right

Hole 10 Green Complex

Mapped green boundary

Green Surface

Green size: 4,284 sq ft

Dimensions
31y Deep × 23y Wide
Mapped green boundary

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Research notes

  • 1962 broadcast: the 10th green is sharply banked and slopes down to the traps on both sides; a spinning ball rolled off it. (00:26:59)[1]
  • Simon Carr: the 10th tee sits on the edge of a ridge with the valley 50 feet below on the left, and the wind always blows there, so judging it is the shot. — Simon Carr (HOLE #10)[2]
  • The 10th is short (142 from the middle tee) to a bowl of green, with the course's notorious deep pit bunker short right. — Jerry Tarde (narration) (00:07:51)[3]
  • The 10th is the best birdie chance: a small island green where you can aim at most pins, but the sloped putting surface is the real test. (Birdie Time)[4]
  • The sand plays like a waste area with tight lies, and the deep pit bunker on the 10th sometimes has no sand in it at all. (playing the course)[5]
  • A 12-handicap guest: every drive has a forced carry and the landing area is rarely visible, but a roughly 230-yard driver carried them all from the men's tees and found generous fairways beyond. (playing the course)[5]
  • About half the approaches need a carry, and anything short is punished; laying up on the par 4s and going in with a wedge is no disgrace. (playing the course)[5]
  • Eight of the 10 short-course holes replicate approach shots on the main course (2, 3, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18), with the same elevation change and direction. (short course)[5]
  • Greens can reach 12 to 13 on the Stimpmeter at tournament time, and the aim of a putt may be 90 degrees from the straight line to the hole. — Jerry Tarde (narration) (00:06:41)[3]
  • On the 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 16th and 17th the player is unlikely to see the drive land. (Holes to Note: 9th)[6]
  • Recent Tom Fazio work has removed trees, exposed more sand and moved tees back; hard holes got harder. — Jerry Tarde (narration) (00:07:31)[3]
  • The landing areas off the tee are more generous than the reputation suggests; about half the greens need an all-carry approach and the rest accept a ball bounced in from the front. (review)[7]
  • Crump died suddenly in early 1918 with only fourteen holes open; the 12th through 15th were built the following year by Hugh Wilson and William Flynn to his plans. (review)[7]
  • Crump insisted on keeping each hole isolated and on a routing that regularly changes direction. (review)[7]
  • Harry Colt had a large input into the final routing; Crump consulted many leading architects but held strong views on how the course should be arranged. (review)[7]
  • Hotelier George Crump bought the land in 1912 and spent the next six years living at Pine Valley, searching out the holes. (review)[7]
  • Pine Valley has held the No. 1 spot in GOLF's world ranking for decades, with a routing that hopscotches between islands of turf across sandy ground. (3 things to know)[8]
  • The par 3s ask for roughly a three wood, 4 iron, 9 iron and 6 iron into the 3rd, 5th, 10th and 14th for a good player. (Holes to Note: 10th)[6]

Sources

  1. Byron Nelson vs Gene Littler at Pine Valley | 1962 Shell's Wonderful World of Golf — PGA Tourhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XdVWUTLhdI
  2. Enduring Design at Pine Valley — Geeked on Golfhttps://geekedongolf.com/2020/03/pine-valley-golf-club/
  3. Every Hole at Pine Valley Golf Club — Golf Digesthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVL-gbO0fLU
  4. Pine Valley Golf Club review — GolfCourseGurushttps://www.golfcoursegurus.com/reviews/pine-valley-golf-club/
  5. Pine Valley Golf Club review — UK Golf Guyhttps://www.ukgolfguy.com/pine-valley-golf-club
  6. Pine Valley Golf Club course profile — Golf Club Atlashttps://golfclubatlas.com/countries/pine-valley-golf-club/
  7. Pine Valley Golf Club — Planet Golfhttps://www.planetgolf.com/courses/usa/pine-valley-golf-club
  8. Pine Valley: GOLF's Top 100 Courses in the World 2025-26 — GOLF.comhttps://golf.com/courses/pine-valley-golf-top-100-courses/