Aronimink Golf Club
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| Club information | |
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| Location | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Established | 1896 |
| Type | Private |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Tournaments hosted |
1962 PGA Championship 1977 U.S. Amateur 1997 U.S. Junior Amateur 2003 Senior PGA Championship 2010 AT&T National 2011 AT&T National |
| Website | aronomink.org |
| Aronimink Course | |
| Designed by | Donald Ross |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,237 yards (6,618 m) |
| Course rating | 74.4 |
| Slope rating | 130 |
| Course record | 62 Nick Watney (2011) (6,841 yds) |
Aronimink Golf Club is a private country club located in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia. Its championship golf course is consistently rated among the top golf courses in the United States. Aronimink is currently ranked 78th in Golf Digest's "Greatest Courses," 44th in "Toughest Courses" and 55th in Golfweek's "Classic Courses." In 2010, Aronimink was ranked #4 among the toughest courses on the PGA Tour by Links Magazine.
The club has been host to multiple USGA and PGA championships in its history. Additionally, Aronimink has indoor and outdoor tennis and paddle courts, trap shooting, three swimming pools, a fitness center and a classic Tudor clubhouse with multiple dining options.
The club's roots can be traced to 1896 when the Royal and Ancient game made its way to America and the Belmont Golf Association (BGA), the forerunner of the Aronimink Golf Club, spun off from the Belmont Cricket Club. A year later, the Belmont Golf Association teamed up with Philadelphia Country Club, Merion Cricket Club and Philadelphia Cricket Club to form the Golf Association of Philadelphia, the first sectional golf association in the United States. By 1897 the BGA had a full nine holes in play at 52nd Street and Chester Avenue, its first location, in what is today the heart of West Philadelphia. Playing to a length of 3,070 yards, par for the course was established at 36½. In that same year, the BGA was the first and only founding club to host its own championship. The tournament was won by Hugh Wilson who designed Merion's golf courses.
History has it that Aronimink was named after the chief of the Lenape tribe who once occupied the small farmhouse being used as the original clubhouse. From inception to the mid-1920s, as the City of Philadelphia continued to expand, Aronimink operated from three different sites. Finally, in 1926 the club sold its Drexel Hill location and purchased a large 300-acre (1.2 km2) tract in Newtown Square, 15 miles (24 km) from the center of Philadelphia.
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