George Arthur Crump

[3] Crump was born in Philadelphia in 1871,[1] but spent most of his formative years in Camden and Merchantville, New Jersey.

Crump married Isabelle Henry in 1898; at that time, he listed his profession as the 'Hotel Business'.

In 1910 Crump and his friend Joseph Baker embarked on a European trip in order to play and study the premier golf courses of Britain and the Continent.

Their itinerary included rounds at St Andrews, Prestwick, Turnberry, Hoylake, Sandwich, Deal, Prince's, Sunningdale, Walton Heath as well as golf courses in France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy.

During the construction of the Pine Valley Golf Club, marshlands had to be drained and approximately 22,000 tree stumps had to be pulled out with special steam-winches and horse-drawn cables.