Hole 4 at Pine Valley Golf Club

Clementon, New Jersey
Par
4
Yardage
499 yds
Stroke index
5
Hazards
12 bunkers
Hole 4 aerial at Pine Valley Golf Club

Aerial source not provided

Green size: 35 yds deep × 38 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 · 499 yards

The plan for No. 4

A par 4 and stroke index 5. The longest par 4 on the property, lengthened by 40 yards in recent Fazio work (Golf Digest). The drive is blind over a hill and the hole doglegs right (Top 100); from the tee, John Kieran wrote, the caddies simply point at the skyline.

Off the tee

About half the tee shot is a blind carry over sand to the top of the ridge (Golf Digest; The Travelling Golfer). Taking on the dogleg earns a shorter club in (Golf Club Atlas).

Approach & recovery

Cross bunkers more often catch a poor second than a drive (Golf Digest), and the approach usually comes from a downhill lie (1962 broadcast).

On the green

One of the biggest greens on the course, open in front and running away from you, front to back (Golf Club Atlas; Golf Digest). The surface runs 33 yards from front to back; read the contour panel for slope.

Watch for

  • Five bunkers left
  • Seven bunkers right

Hole 4 Green Complex

Mapped green boundary

Green Surface

Green size: 8,500 sq ft

Dimensions
35y Deep × 38y Wide
Mapped green boundary

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Research notes

  • 1962 broadcast: the 4th is a long, hilly par 4 that breaks sharply right, and the approach is usually from a downhill lie. (00:13:45)[1]
  • About half of the 4th tee shot is a blind carry. The cross bunkers can catch a long drive but more often catch a poor second, and the green runs away from the player. — Jerry Tarde (narration) (00:03:14)[2]
  • From the 4th tee the visitor sees nothing but sand; the caddies point at the skyline and say aim there (John Kieran, New York Times). — John Kieran (HOLE #4)[3]
  • The 4th asks for a carry over sand to the top of the ridge, then a long shot down the hill to the green. (favourite holes)[4]
  • The 4th green is open in front, one of the biggest on the course (9,700 sq ft) and follows the land front to back. Taking on the dogleg off the tee earns a shorter club in. (Holes to Note: 4th)[5]
  • The 4th tee shot is blind over a hill and the hole doglegs right. (reader review)[6]
  • The 4th, the longest par 4 on the property, was lengthened by 40 yards in the same Fazio team work.[7]
  • 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)[8]
  • 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)[8]
  • 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)[8]
  • 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)[2]
  • On the 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 16th and 17th the player is unlikely to see the drive land. (Holes to Note: 9th)[5]
  • Recent Tom Fazio work has removed trees, exposed more sand and moved tees back; hard holes got harder. — Jerry Tarde (narration) (00:07:31)[2]
  • 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)[9]
  • 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)[9]
  • Crump insisted on keeping each hole isolated and on a routing that regularly changes direction. (review)[9]
  • 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)[9]
  • Hotelier George Crump bought the land in 1912 and spent the next six years living at Pine Valley, searching out the holes. (review)[9]
  • 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)[10]
  • 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)[5]

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. Every Hole at Pine Valley Golf Club — Golf Digesthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVL-gbO0fLU
  3. Enduring Design at Pine Valley — Geeked on Golfhttps://geekedongolf.com/2020/03/pine-valley-golf-club/
  4. Pine Valley Golf Club course report — The Travelling Golferhttps://www.thetravellinggolfer.com.au/course-report/pine-valley-golf-club
  5. Pine Valley Golf Club course profile — Golf Club Atlashttps://golfclubatlas.com/countries/pine-valley-golf-club/
  6. Pine Valley Golf Club — Top 100 Golf Courseshttps://www.top100golfcourses.com/golf-course/pine-valley
  7. Our new drone footage captures the latest changes to Pine Valley — Golf Digesthttps://www.australiangolfdigest.com.au/pine-valley-golf-club-like-youve-never-seen-it-exclusive-drone-footage-of-all-18-holes/
  8. Pine Valley Golf Club review — UK Golf Guyhttps://www.ukgolfguy.com/pine-valley-golf-club
  9. Pine Valley Golf Club — Planet Golfhttps://www.planetgolf.com/courses/usa/pine-valley-golf-club
  10. Pine Valley: GOLF's Top 100 Courses in the World 2025-26 — GOLF.comhttps://golf.com/courses/pine-valley-golf-top-100-courses/