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Hole No. 5

Pine Valley
Pine Valley, New Jersey
15th hole; par 5, 591 yards

On a course infamous for forced carries over punishing sand features (like "Hell's Half Acre," and the "Devil's A------"), the 15th seems comparatively tame, rather like the eye of a hurricane. It's an uncomplicated tee shot over a pond, but get narrower and tougher as it climbs uphill to the green. The risk/reward balance is ingenious. Those who choose to blast away on the second will find a fairway that shrinks to no more than 20 feet wide close to the green, and which cants insidiously left to right. Laying back brings its own peril: the green has a pronounced false front, so anything less than a full-blooded approach might trundle right back down the fairway.

Credit: LC Lambrecht

 

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