VALLEY BROOK COUNTRY CLUB
🇺🇸 McMurray, PA, USA
Designed by Ferdinand Garbin, Robert Trent Jones Sr.

Valley Brook Country Club's Red Course occupies rolling terrain in McMurray, a suburb south of Pittsburgh in Washington County. The original layout was designed by Ferdinand Garbin, a regional architect active in western Pennsylvania during the mid-twentieth century. Robert Trent Jones Sr. later contributed renovations that brought his characteristic strategic design principles to the property, including repositioned bunkers, reshaped greens, and enhanced hazard placement that reward precise shot-making.
The course moves through wooded corridors and open meadows typical of the Allegheny Plateau region. Elevation changes provide natural variety in shot values, and several holes feature doglegs that require thoughtful club selection from the tee. The greens display the moderate contouring and strategic bunkering associated with Jones's work, creating approach shots that favor accuracy over distance. Water comes into play on select holes, adding tactical considerations to the routing.
Valley Brook serves a private membership drawn largely from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The club maintains a traditional country club atmosphere with facilities that include dining and social amenities alongside its golf offerings. The Red Course represents one element of the club's recreational program, providing members with a layout that reflects both regional design heritage and the influence of one of American golf architecture's most prolific figures.
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Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Red at Valley Brook Country Club has a Course Vaults score of 8 out of 10 based on 2 explicit golfer ratings.
Red was designed by Ferdinand Garbin and Robert Trent Jones Sr..
Red at Valley Brook Country Club is listed as private on Course Vaults; guest access is typically restricted.
Par at Red is 37.
Red plays 3,651 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Red is 147.