Oakmont Country Club Golf Course and Pine Valley Golf Course

Hopefully you have heard of both of these golf

courses. Pine Valley, Pine Valley, New Jersey has

the distinction of being #1 on Golf Digest’s list of

America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses. Oakmont

Country Club is listed as #5.

Oakmont opened for play in 1904 while Pine Valley

is a relatively newcomer having first opened for play

in 1918.

Pine Valley is often described as a course with 18

perfect and memorable holes.

Oakmont Country Club has hosted more combined USGA and PGA championships than any other

course in the U.S., including eight United States Opens, five U.S. Amateurs, three PGA Championships,

and two U.S. Women's Open.

Oakmont remains one of the most difficult

course in North America, with 210 deep

bunkers (personified by the Church Pews), hard

and slick greens that slope away from the

player, and tight fairways requiring the utmost

precision.

So, which of the brilliantly talented and now

famous architects of the day designed these

most revered of golf courses. Pine Valley’s architect was George Crump and Oakmont’s was Henry

Fownes. Bet you can’t name any other course that either designed. That’s because these two are one hit

wonders. Each design was their respective first and only course design.

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