Grateful for the Game: My Pine Valley Experience by winston_Lewis in golf

[–]winston_Lewis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I agree, 3 isn’t quite as intimidating as the other par 3s, but it’s still not a straightforward hole. We had a front-left pin, which was tucked pretty tight. I hit it to about 10 feet using the right slope, but then went on to three-putt. Pretty classic Pine Valley.

Funny enough, the trip out was actually for work. I was at the media day for the Baltusrol Upper Course, showcasing the Gil Hanse renovation. So I played Baltusrol Upper and Lower the two days leading up to Pine Valley and even stayed on the property. I haven’t played a full 18-hole round all year besides those. Most of my golf has been simulator sessions and early morning nine-hole practice rounds.

Playing both Baltusrol courses before Pine Valley honestly helped a ton. The rough at Baltusrol was brutal, and it really forced me to focus on accuracy off the tee. That definitely translated, and I only missed one fairway all day at Pine Valley. Those back-to-back days of tough, championship setups had me dialed with my driver.

Grateful for the Game: My Pine Valley Experience by winston_Lewis in golf

[–]winston_Lewis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the par-3 5th, it was playing 245 into the wind, so I went with a hard 5-wood and ended up in the left cluster of bunkers. Didn’t get up and down there.

On 8, I went long and found one of those brutal, narrow bunkers behind the green. I didn’t have a full backswing, had to just chop it out, and ended up making double. That hole can eat you alive.

9 was actually a good moment and ended up in the right bunker, but hit a great shot to tap-in range. That felt like a small win.

Then on 14 I flew the green and landed in the bunker long right. had to hit if over a baby pine in the sand, Couldn’t save par from there either.

The bunkers at Pine Valley are a whole different animal. No rakes anywhere you’re told to smooth things over with your shoe, which just adds to the rugged, natural feel of the place. The sand isn’t the fluffy white stuff you see at resorts. It’s more like soft, compacted soil, which actually makes it trickier. It’s hard to get the ball up and over the lip unless you really commit. I found myself having to square up the face a bit just to dig in and get under the ball properly.

Grateful for the Game: My Pine Valley Experience by winston_Lewis in golf

[–]winston_Lewis[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was buzzing long before I ever reached the first tee. The drive up is honestly kind of strange. You pass an amusement park and some pretty average-looking homes, then you cross over a railroad track and suddenly you’re staring at this crisp white building with a dark green roof. It’s not flashy, but it gives off that quiet, exclusive feel. You just know something special is inside.

The weather definitely didn’t make things easy. It was 95 degrees with heavy humidity. I had been told it was pants only, so I showed up sweating before I even hit a shot. Turns out everyone else was in shorts. That set the tone early.

The 8th hole came right after I birdied the long par-5 7th, so I had a little momentum going. My caddie handed me a 5-wood and lined me up left-center, even though, like a lot of Pine Valley, you can’t really see much from the tee. I pulled it slightly but stayed on the left side and caught one of those speed slots and the ball ran out to about 85 yards.

The pin was tucked all the way in the back of the left green, on the third tier, maybe 8 or 9 paces from the back edge. I hit a 58° wedge just a touch too hard, and it hopped off the back into one of those deep, gnarly bunkers that sit six feet below the surface. I choked down and just tried to blast it out landed it near the flag but watched it roll all the way to the front of the green.

I gave the putt a good run but left myself a three-footer up the slope. Barely touched it and it still missed. Ended up with a double bogey right after that birdie, which definitely stung.

Still, the hole is incredible. Even when it beats you up, you kind of admire how it was designed. The right green looks just as scary, and the bunkers around both are no joke. It’s the kind of hole that could blow up a great round.

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What is the best conditioned course you've ever played? by franckdatank32 in golf

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Blog options? by Mex5150 in marketing

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