Hole 9 at Pine Valley Golf Club

Clementon, New Jersey
Par
4
Yardage
458 yds
Stroke index
7
Hazards
9 bunkers
Hole 9 aerial at Pine Valley Golf Club

Aerial source not provided

Green size: 37 yds deep × 32 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 · 458 yards

The plan for No. 9

A par 4 and stroke index 7. Two greens, the left one first. The fairway looks tight from the tee but is one of the widest on the course (Golf Digest; Golf Club Atlas).

Off the tee

The drive is measured along the reviewed playing line. Two mapped landing areas on the fairway are clear of every mapped hazard. Eight hazards lie short of the green.

Approach & recovery

The original left green invites too much club, yet eight or nine feet past it the ground falls away down a steep wooded slope (James Finegan). With trees behind removed, it now reads as an infinity green from below (Golf Digest).

On the green

On the left green the back-right hole location sits a few paces from a cliff (Golf Club Atlas). The surface runs 33 yards from front to back; read the contour panel for slope.

Watch for

  • Four bunkers left
  • Five bunkers right

Hole 9 Green Complex

Mapped green boundary

Green Surface

Green size: 5,306 sq ft

Dimensions
37y Deep × 32y Wide
Mapped green boundary

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Research notes

  • Historian James Finegan: the approach to the original left green invites too much club; eight or nine feet past the green the ground falls away down a long, steep wooded slope. — James Finegan (HOLE #9)[1]
  • On the left 9th green (worked by Perry Maxwell), the back-right hole location sits a few paces from a cliff; the fairway looks tight from the tee but is one of the widest on the course. (Holes to Note: 9th)[2]
  • The 9th has two greens, the left one first. Trees behind were recently removed, creating an infinity green when approached from below. — Jerry Tarde (narration) (00:07:11)[3]
  • 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)[4]
  • 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)[4]
  • 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)[4]
  • 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)[2]
  • 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)[5]
  • 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)[5]
  • Crump insisted on keeping each hole isolated and on a routing that regularly changes direction. (review)[5]
  • 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)[5]
  • Hotelier George Crump bought the land in 1912 and spent the next six years living at Pine Valley, searching out the holes. (review)[5]
  • 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)[6]
  • 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)[2]

Sources

  1. Enduring Design at Pine Valley — Geeked on Golfhttps://geekedongolf.com/2020/03/pine-valley-golf-club/
  2. Pine Valley Golf Club course profile — Golf Club Atlashttps://golfclubatlas.com/countries/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 — UK Golf Guyhttps://www.ukgolfguy.com/pine-valley-golf-club
  5. Pine Valley Golf Club — Planet Golfhttps://www.planetgolf.com/courses/usa/pine-valley-golf-club
  6. Pine Valley: GOLF's Top 100 Courses in the World 2025-26 — GOLF.comhttps://golf.com/courses/pine-valley-golf-top-100-courses/