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The Man Who Built Golf's Greatest Course — and Never Saw It Finished

This week the Crump Cup returns to Pine Valley, the most celebrated golf course on earth. It exists because one quiet Philadelphia hotel heir gave it his fortune, his final five years — and his life.

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Pine Valley Golf Club, Clementon, N.J. — the only course George Crump ever built, and the No. 1-ranked course in the world.

The Best Golfers in Philadelphia Were Tired of Losing

Philadelphia, circa 1910

George Crump was born in Philadelphia in 1871 into a family of consequence. His grandfather had edited the Philadelphia Inquirer; his father served 24 years as the city's British vice-consul. The family owned the famed Colonnade Hotel in Philadelphia and built others down the Jersey Shore in Cape May and Sea Girt. The hotel business gave Crump the two things every golf dreamer needs: money and time.

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