Hole 16 at Pine Valley Golf Club

Clementon, New Jersey
Par
4
Yardage
475 yds
Stroke index
8
Hazards
6 bunkers · Water
Hole 16 aerial at Pine Valley Golf Club

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Green size: 40 yds deep × 40 yds wide

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

Championship tees · Par 4 · 475 yards

The plan for No. 16

A par 4 and stroke index 8. Where you aim the tee shot decides the hole (Golf Digest). The short way home is right, but it is also the longest carry; the further left you drive, the more the approach angles toward the lake (Golf Club Atlas).

Off the tee

Clear the sand on the best line, down the right as Nelson and Littler did in 1962, and you can hit an iron from the right side to the left of the green, away from the lake (James Finegan).

Approach & recovery

The fairway is split by a swath of rough. Sand catches a pulled second; a pushed one slides into the water (Golf Digest).

On the green

An immense green of roughly 11,400 square feet (Golf Club Atlas) that falls sharply to the right. The surface runs 37 yards from front to back; read the contour panel for slope.

Watch for

  • Six bunkers left
  • Water right

Hole 16 Green Complex

Mapped green boundary

Green Surface

Green size: 9,863 sq ft

Dimensions
40y Deep × 40y Wide
Mapped green boundary

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Research notes

  • 1962 broadcast: both players played the 16th by driving over the vast bunker and down the right side. (00:41:24)[1]
  • James Finegan: players who clear the sand on the best line can hit an iron from the right side of the fairway to the left side of the largest green on the course, away from the lake. — James Finegan (HOLE #16)[2]
  • On the 16th the short way home is right, but it is also the longest carry; the further left the drive, the more the approach angles toward the lake. The green falls sharply right. (Holes to Note: 16th)[3]
  • The 16th has an immense green of roughly 11,400 square feet with risk and reward on both the tee shot and the approach.[3]
  • Where you aim the tee shot on the 16th decides the hole. The fairway is split by a swath of rough; sand catches a pulled second, and a pushed one slides into the water. — Jerry Tarde (narration) (00:12:39)[4]
  • 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)[4]
  • On the 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 16th and 17th the player is unlikely to see the drive land. (Holes to Note: 9th)[3]
  • Recent Tom Fazio work has removed trees, exposed more sand and moved tees back; hard holes got harder. — Jerry Tarde (narration) (00:07:31)[4]
  • 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)[6]
  • 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)[6]
  • Crump insisted on keeping each hole isolated and on a routing that regularly changes direction. (review)[6]
  • 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)[6]
  • Hotelier George Crump bought the land in 1912 and spent the next six years living at Pine Valley, searching out the holes. (review)[6]
  • 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)[7]
  • 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)[3]

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. Pine Valley Golf Club course profile — Golf Club Atlashttps://golfclubatlas.com/countries/pine-valley-golf-club/
  4. Every Hole at Pine Valley Golf Club — Golf Digesthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVL-gbO0fLU
  5. Pine Valley Golf Club review — UK Golf Guyhttps://www.ukgolfguy.com/pine-valley-golf-club
  6. Pine Valley Golf Club — Planet Golfhttps://www.planetgolf.com/courses/usa/pine-valley-golf-club
  7. Pine Valley: GOLF's Top 100 Courses in the World 2025-26 — GOLF.comhttps://golf.com/courses/pine-valley-golf-top-100-courses/