3.3 Pine Valley Golf Course, Pine Valley, New Jersey

Pine Valley Golf Club in Pine Valley, New Jersey Camden County, southern New Jersey, is one of the most esteemed golf courses in the world. Architect George Crump was assisted during its design by two of the most famous architects of his time, H.S. Colt and A.W. Tillinghast.
The main characteristics of the course can be seen on the green complex where Crump spent days in applying slight changes day after day, adding the needed touch here and there with the patience of an artist.[6]
I am going to describe the green complex of the 3rd hole and the 7th hole, because this is an example of how what Nature left before can be enhanced.

3.3.1 Hole no. 3, Green Complex

This is a perfect example of how the green’s shape can follow, integrate and even replicate the shape of the landscape in which is designed.
The green is modelled with the hills and the woodland on the background, the shallow U-form replicates what Nature put there before.