This picture is taken from the front of the tee.
From the back of the tee, the view is even more intimidating.
The first time I ever saw this hole, in the early to mid 60's, when I walked from the 4th green with my caddy, we arrived at the back of the tee and I gazed out ahead of me and turned to him and said:, "Wow, this is one hell of a par 4 !" To which he said: " Pat, this is a par 3", to which I said, "No way". I then looked at a scorecard and couldn't believe it. The visual was so intimidating. Prior to that moment I thought that all the hype about how difficult Pine Valley could be was overblown. That visual changed my mind.
I was fortunate, I managed to hit the front of the green.
However, the fellows I was playing with weren't so lucky.
One hit his tee shot fat, down into the area above the water. The other went far right, and the last fellow hit it on the fronting fairway.
Two of the fellows posted round ruiners on that hole.
It was a good lesson.
It's a very impressive and dangerous hole.
Playing short and making a 4 is NOT a bad score.
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