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Newtown Square, PA
Aronimink Golf Club
Aronimink began with cricketers making room for another game. Its roots reach to southwest Philadelphia in 1896, three decades before the Club acquired the Newtown Square property where Donald Ross would lay out its enduring golf course.
- Course
- 18 holes · par 70
- Original architect
- Donald Ross
- Club website
- Visit website
The course
Course design
From Belmont cricket to a championship home
In December 1896, Harrison Townsend led members of Belmont Cricket Club in laying out rudimentary holes at 52nd Street and Chester Avenue. Their Belmont Golf Association incorporated as Aronimink Golf Club in 1900, giving the golfing institution a separate name and legal footing.
The Club changed grounds twice before reaching its present home: to 54th Street and Whitby Avenue in 1902, then to Drexel Hill in 1913. The purchase of 300 acres in 1926 led to its move into Charles Barton Keen’s clubhouse on Memorial Day 1928.
Championship hosting became a recurring part of Club life. Gary Player won the 1962 PGA Championship here; John Fought followed in the 1977 U.S. Amateur, and John Jacobs in the 2003 Senior PGA Championship. Those events brought different generations and categories of competitors to the same institution.
Sei Young Kim’s 2020 Women’s PGA victory completed Aronimink’s hosting of the PGA of America’s three rotating major championships. In 2026, the men’s PGA Championship returned, and Aaron Rai won. That return is now part of the Club’s completed history.
Championships
Results and dates 7 editions
PGA Championship
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Gary Player
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Aaron Rai
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BMW Championship
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Keegan Bradley
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Senior PGA Championship
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John Jacobs
U.S. Amateur
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John Fought
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U.S. Junior Amateur
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Jason Allred
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Women's PGA Championship
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KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Sei Young Kim
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In the archive
Sources and editorial notes15 references
Sources for this story
- Aronimink Golf Club website Aronimink Golf Club
Welcome and Our History: 1896 origins, 1926 purchase and 1928 move.
Consulted 2026-09-15Passages:Introduction - History of Aronimink Aronimink Golf Club
1896-1925; 1926-2023; championship list, including completed 2026 PGA.
Consulted 2026-09-15 - 2026 PGA Championship and Aronimink course tour PGA of America
2026 champion Aaron Rai; hole descriptions 1, 5, 11 and 18.
Consulted 2026-09-15
Record sources12 references
- Club mark source
- Hanse Golf Course Design
- www.pgatour.com: retained course-work evidence
- PGA Championship winner report The official winner report establishes the completed 108th playing, Aaron Rai, and Aronimink Golf Club. The official Media Center also calls it the 108th edition, and the official championship schedule establishes rounds from May 14 through May 17.
- PGA of America: Gary Player return to Aronimink and current course profile The PGA firsthand Player account identifies his 1962 PGA victory at Aronimink and his 2026 return. The official course profile dates the move from Drexel Hill to the Newtown Square property to 1926; the owner guest guide independently lists 1962 and the planned 2026 PGA, and the completed 2026 PGA result confirms the latter occurred. Both events belong to the Newtown Square course, not a former club property. No unchanged routing is asserted.
- PGA of America: official KPMG Women’s PGA Championship history Official 2020 history record: October 8-11, 2020; Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania; winner Sei Young Kim, 266 (-14). Winner and round-score total agree with the organizer’s separate winners table.
- GCSAA: 2020 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship course fact sheet The dated tournament fact sheet names the Aronimink course for the October 8–11, 2020 championship and supplies its eighteen-hole tournament setup. It matches the existing Aronimink Course identity. No design dates, turf figures, par or yardages are changed.
- Western Golf Association: 2025 BMW / Western Open Records and Statistics Guide PDF page 183, 2018 chapter, plus summary page 9. Competition dates come from the actual year chapter; institutional venue and champion are independently cross-checked against the official publisher chronology.
- PGA TOUR: official 2006 Champions Tour media guide PDF page 257, printed 5-39, 2003 entry: Senior PGA Championship. Exact competitive-day boundaries remain unverified.
- USGA: U.S. Junior Amateur official final result Printed/PDF page 9, 1997 result row. Completed championship and final result. Jason Allred defeated Trevor Immelman, 1 up. Actual date range from the retrospective result table.
- USGA: 2024 U.S. Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 10, 1977 result row. John Fought d. Doug Fischesser, 9 and 8. Match margins and extra-hole lengths are not stroke totals. Actual dates from the retrospective result table.
- 2026 PGA Championship Media Guide The official Media Guide directly enumerates the 44th playing, champion, site, and its year-page date span. The recorded venue and champion preserve the official PGA Championship History entry’s published text.