No. 1 in virtually every other golf publication. Yet with Golf Digest being the most circulated magazine in the category, the merits of Pine Valley compared to Pebble Beach has sparked quite a debate. Whitten saw the reaction when he attended a golf architects meeting last week. It's definitely a polarizing issue. Golf Digest doesn't ask for my stance on these things.
Pine Valley is more of an unknown for most golfers, who know the course by reputation only.
The real thing far exceeds Pine Valley's reputation. The place is pure golf, and nothing but golf. There's no place where you can inhale golf like you do at Pine Valley. Built between 1912 and 1918, the George Crump and H.S. Colt creation was made to be an ultimate test. Legend is that nobody breaks 80 on Pine Valley on the maiden voyage, including Bob Jones and Arnold Palmer.