The US state of New Jersey is home to arguably the greatest golf course in the world, Pine Valley, though there's another course in the state's north which you need to have on your radar.
Somerset Hills Country Club is about an hour's drive from central Manhattan in New York City and, like a handful of New York's great courses, is designed by A.W. Tillinghast.
The golf course - built in 1918 - is set on rolling terrain and is a tale of two nines.
The front nine is visually wide open and, depending on where you stand, you can look out across most of the opening side.
The par-three second - 'Redan' - is a standout, featuring a classic redan green complex which runs diagonally from right to left, sloping towards the back of the green and protected on the left by a very deep bunker.
The medium length par-four fifth - 'Nairn' - has some crazy slopes built into the green and the barn-style maintenance shed on the par-five ninth - while inconsequential for most - was an intriguing sight.
The back nine at Somerset Hills appears tighter because the holes are framed more closely by trees.
The dogleg right par-four 11th - 'Perfection' - is a gem. A creek dissecting the fairway calls for a measured strategy from the tee for longer hitters, before an uphill approach to a green sloped substantially from back to front.
Perhaps the signature hole is the par-three 12th - 'Despair'. The hole plays 150 yards (137 metres) from the back tee and the green is guarded short, left and long by a lake.
The par-three 16th - 'Deception' - is another brilliant hole and deceptively difficult.
Tee shots missing left can leave a brutally downhill putt, chip or bunker shot, and misses to the right will either end up in the creek or leave an unpredictable pitch up and over a steep embankment.
The 17th hole - 'Quarry' - is pictured at the top of this article and starts with a blind tee shot over the crest of a hill before a sharply downhill approach.
The par-four 18th climbs back up the hill to the clubhouse and is named 'Thirsty Summit', a fitting prelude to a thirst-quenching post-round drink.
Somerset Hills' first (foreground), second and seventh greens.
The diabolical green on the fifth hole, 'Nairn'.
The maintenance shed beside the ninth fairway.
The par-three 12th, 'Despair'.
The par-three 16th, 'Deception'.
