The hole climbs noticeably for the last 300 or so yards and there is a menacing fairway bunker that is perfectly placed to trap second shots that stray off line just a tad. The first is one of the hardest holes on the golf course, a long par 4 that plays longer than the yardage unless you hit it 280-320 off the tee. The 18th doglegs slightly right to a magnificent, castle-like clubhouse and this tough uphill closing hole plays to every inch of the 436 yards indicated on the card. I played Aronimink last May on a wet and windy day. Kim closes in 63, wins KPMG Women's PGA. Gil Hanse restored the old classic ahead of the 2018 BMW Championship. There are two large bunkers on the right side. The first play on the Ross-designed course took place on Memorial Day two years later. Since 1966 Golf Digest has published their list of the best courses in the country. Was this review helpful? Founded in 1896, Aronimink was the host course of the 1962 PGA Championship, where Gary … Was this review helpful? Those who block their shots to the right will find a formidable tree that blocks the side very well. If you miss the green short to the left you will be in the water. Volunteers look on while wearing masks during the third round of the 2020 KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club on October 10, 2020 in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. One could likely fit three Merion East courses on the entire site at Aronimink. Definitely a course that will challenge your all-round game, and well worth going out of your way to play. September 29, 2020. Aronimink 3 rd. Suddenly one could have had more variety in the holes on the back nine. Aronimink starts with four par 4’s the first being a brute up hill to a tiered green. See other reviews from Josh. Heaven help any player not sufficiently getting the ball far enough into the target. The course rating is 73.6 and it has a slope rating of 123 on Bent grass. While this hole is not as difficult as a starting hole as Oakmont’s, it is a sudden shock to the system for the average length player. The back nine begins with another strong par four measuring 454 yards from the back markers and its narrow fairway leads to a bunkerless green that’s protected by water to the front left of the putting surface. Aronimink is a really good golf course, made better by the recent restoration by Gil Hanse. Since then, the course has been altered many times down the years, while remaining true to Ross’s original design principles: to ensure even the best players are put to the “supreme test”. The second shot for top players requires a clear decision. Was this review helpful? The corridors at Aronimink are now free of the clutter -- the expanse of the property is there for the eye to see in its entirety. It played very long even from the medal tees but this was mainly down to how wet the course was. In my opinion, the par 4 11th should now be their signature hole -- it's been greatly improved with smart bunkering, while still maintaining the severe green. The twelfth hole is a longer straight par 4 from an elevated tee with a bunker short left and two bunkers short right. Aronimink Golf Club is rated #9 in the top 50 Golf Clubs in America. Long par-3 holes can often be simply dull with little real imagination. Karrie Webb set the mark in 2001 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington when the tournament was known as the McDonald’s LPGA Championship, and Sarah Kemp tied it in 2011. It takes good advantage of the rises and falls in the terrain of the golf course. The longer views over the many fairways from the fourteenth green, twelfth tee, and fifteenth tee are splendid as are the views playing up nine and eighteen in front of the beautiful clubhouse. 78, Panelist comments: Below is their current list with an * marking the public access courses. They are not brutally hard per se but they don't yield birdies without proper execution. The pro’s at the AT&T national had been universal in their praise for Aronimink but again I was sceptical as it was a tournament being hosted by Tiger Woods and few if any would ever speak their mind at the Tiger’s tournament. The 11th is a tough par 4 with the green set well above the player…it has a wicked false front which draws the ball back down towards the fairway. In an area blessed with great courses a day at Aronimink should not be missed. 1 person found this review helpful A tree lined strip of green fairway that slides downhill and then rises sharply up to the green creating almost a soft “U-shaped” hole. Sei Young Kim coasts to second consecutive victory, sets eyes on No. Platinum Club of America 2019-2020. See other reviews from M. James Ward. There are bunkers surrounding most of the green and once again they are deep. Deep rough awaits a pulled shot to the left and the green, like others at Aronimink, is elevated. Designed by Donald J. Ross, ASGCA, the Aronimink golf course opened in 2017. In 2010, Aronimink was ranked #4 among the toughest courses on the PGA Tour by Links magazine. Then Aronimink acquired 300 acres in Newtown Square in 1926 and commissioned Donald Ross to lay out 18 holes there. The back tee was extended to 460+ yards and slightly lowered. From this bunker on the right you will have a blind shot as the green is well above you. This is a club for the privileged. Its championship layout is consistently rated among the nation's top golf courses. The prestige and heritage of this club is evident from every angle. At clubs where the whole “country club” experience exists, I am of the opinion that the golf suffers, as it is treated just as another sport whereas in reality it should be the centrepiece of the whole establishment. There are bunkers on the right so the safe play is to the left of them. Joe Capello was the Head Golf Professional during the move, a position he held until 1967. 1 person found this review helpful There is also sand both left and right near the green which is raised. Every hole provides unique and distinct features from the rest. * Lydia Ko's world ranking revival ... Lincicome brought 16-month-old daughter Emery to a recent practice round at Aronimink Golf Club and let her run around the course and plop down on … Depending on the pin placement it can be very difficult to two putt, but many pin placements are easier particularly if you are below the hole. Named after the chief of the Lenape tribe who once occupied the farmhouse that was used as the original clubhouse, the Aronimink Golf Club was established at the end of the 19th century and its members played golf at a couple of locations before upping sticks from Drexel Hill and settling on a 300-acre site at Newtown Square in 1926. See other reviews from RM61. of Gil Hanse. There is another set of bunkers on the left side which you are tempted to aim for as the fairway tilts to the right. There are two sets of bunkers down the right side of the fairway requiring a second shot to go back to the left. The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, the third major of the LPGA Tour season, gets underway on Thursday at Aronimink Golf Club. There are numerous bunkers left and right near the front of the green which has a big mound on the front left side and two spines running through it as well as some mounds leading to flat areas. 6m ... (yes, rounds), there was reason to be concerned that (…) Most Popular. There’s a stately solitary tree on the same side and it truly adds to the beauty of the hole. See other reviews from Mark White. The course was later revamped by Dick Wilson, George Fazio and Robert Trent Jones. The next hole could have begun in the woods above this green and still incorporated the ridge line on the tenth fairway while utilizing the existing brilliant green. To add to the sand there are three bunkers behind the green, center and right. - 3600 St. Davids Rd., Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 – UNITED STATES If you miss the left side of the fairway you are in heavier grass and have to contemplate hitting over a small pond that starts in the center of the green and finishes on the left side. There is a steep falloff to the right side of the raised green and a swale cuts deep into the green, more into the right side, and will bring any ball that doesn’t clear the swale back to the bottom of the bowl. 3600 Saint Davids Road, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 At Plainfield Ross created an exemplary routing with one of the finest blend and balanced collection of holes I have witnessed. The closing stretch at Aronimink is quite good. Golfweek Aronimink Golf Club. 0 people found this review helpful The green has a run-off area behind it where one’s ball can end 60 feet away as well as a fall off to the right that can kick a ball almost into the trees. The green has a huge vertical ridge in it and is steeply slanted throughout. Recent tree clearance gives the course an open feel but you still need to find the fairways as the rough is penal. S.Y. There is a large bunker complex to the right for the tee shot. “The wind fluctuated on the back nine, so I struggled with my iron game,” said Kim, who is No. This Donald Ross design which had recently been renovated by Gil Hanse is real ball strikers course. The back right of the green feels like it is its own island. The course has hosted several national competitions in the modern era including the 1962 PGA Championship which Gary Player won, the 1977 US Amateur when John Fought beat Doug Fischesser 9&8 in the final match, the 1997 US Junior Amateur when Jason Allred defeated Trevor Immelman 1-UP in the final and the 2003 Senior PGA Championship, won by John Jacobs. The main storyline on Aronimink relates to a "before" and "after" situation involving architect Gil Hanse. There is another set of bunkers on the right side of the fairway just beyond the first set as well as a set of bunkers on the left side at a mid-way point to the green for the second shot. The second hole is a dogleg left with a slightly tilted fairway. The hole previously was loaded with endless trees -- that situation has been smartly rectified. The pin when placed in the corners demands a keenly played approach. The advice I had been given was to stay below the hole as most of the greens slope viciously from back to front. The stretch between 12 and 16 is a little weak but 17 is a cracker….a longish par 3 over water with bunkers protecting the right side and anything short and left will fall into the water. The green is elevated and a quality birdie try can only happen with a deft pitch shot. The green is the largest on the golf course but is well protected by bunkers left and right with the left ones being deep. The eighth hole is one of the holes visitors remember the most as it is a long downhill par 3 that plays to what looks like a very narrow green with bunkers on either side at the front but the one on the right eats into the green a bit. Here's a look at how the purse was paid out for Sei Young Kim and the rest of the players who made the cut at Aronimink Golf Club. Finally, there is a mound that bites into the green on the right front. Work completed in spring 2018 ahead of the club’s hosting of the BMW Championship in September, which Keegan Bradley won after defeating Justin Rose in a play-off. The clubhouse sits atop a hill, the course laid out below with the 1st and 10th tee-shots dropping dramatically downhill and the approaches to 9 and 18 rising dramatically uphill. The fourth hole is a long straight par four with bunkers left and right, but the fairway is generous in width. One can think they might be within 10 feet of the pin yet be 50 feet away. The land is rather undulating and this I think is one of Aronimink’s strengths….the greens are pretty big with plenty of movement. That being at Aronimink they seem to have upheld the strong golf culture within the club, from the caddies right down to the practice facilities it is evident that golf is still very much the premier endeavour here. Regrettably, Aronimink doesn't get the fanfare of other Ross courses such as Pinehurst #2 and Seminole. The 10th starts from an elevated tee. Make it to the flatter part and you are rewarded with a shot of 130-160 yards. The excellent tree-lined and open parkland layout contains a wealth of wonderfully crafted, memorable and challenging holes. As miracles go, what transpired in the Ryder Cup at Medinah Country Club in 2012 hardly qualifies as such for Chicagolanders. Amateur, (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) Thirty spots in the Tour Championship are … The elevated tee shows the par-4 hole of nearly 435 yards in its entirety as you plunge downhill then back uphill to the green. It took seven years for Ron Prichard, a designer specializing in course restoration, to rebuild the course into something close to the original Ross design as evidenced by old aerial photos. The third hole is the number one index on the front nine as a mid-length par 4 with lots of room to the right side. I wonder what he would think if he saw this and many of his other courses today. It can play as long as 230 yards and as short as 160 yards. Following the recent discovery of old photographs from There are fairway bunkers well short of the green on the left and a deep, large bunker on the green to the right. The finishing hole plays about 480 yards from the back tee and 410 yards from the front tee. Golf Magazine ranking: Aronimink Golf Club. We have 6 courts at Gulph Mills and 2 courts at Aronimink for indoor backup so matches will be played as scheduled if possible. 1929, the club approved a further restoration project under the stewardship The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is set to return to the Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa., for the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship starting Thursday. The approach is generally played with a long to mid iron and the green is one of the more sedate ones found at the course but there is a range of subtle breaks to confound the player. The tenth is a long par 4 from a raised tee hitting downhill for the shorter hitter but the longer hitter drives it straight over the ridge and picks up an additional 30-40 yards leaving only a wedge into the green. The Preserve Golf Club is home to one of the top-rated and finest championship golf courses in Mississippi. These are the best golf courses in Pennsylvania, according to GOLF's 2020-2021 Top 100 Courses in the U.S. ranking. Read More >> Respond to above review  The long par-4 15th is the strongest of the two-shot holes. Every time I play Aronimink I am more impressed. The key is the putting green. On the approach to Aronimink, driving through the leafy suburb of Newtown Square, you are quickly made aware that this is no normal suburb, it is here and also along the “main line”(which is interestingly enough where Merion is located) that the elite of Philadelphia have made their homes. Aronimink’s opening hole sets the tone with a long par four that plunges down into a valley then rises uphill to a well-protected green. Ross’ original design was slightly different than how it was built. On a good day with the putter, you can shoot a low score here. The green does have movements and is slightly above the fairway. The shots into the greens are all varied – some uphill, some downhill, some level. It is a diabolical green but hugely fun to play. The green has a steep fall off to the left side and has mounds and a spine in it. 22hr This is one of the more difficult greens to putt. The Takeaway: Grade B+ Quick Facts. He said, “I intended to make this course my masterpiece, but not until today did I realize I built better than I knew.”. The par-3 17th at nearly 230 yards is simply grand stuff. 1d Bill Murray's golf apparel lawyer responds to Doobie Brothers' legal rebuff, 'ugly' shirts comment. I played Aronimink on a cold and windy day in October. The Ross genius comes from using what the land provided and Hanse made sure to re-energize a hole that Ross himself would admire. Aronimink Golf Club is a private country club in the eastern United States, located in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia. If you're in the proper spot to hit your approach, you're going to struggle to make par.”, © 2020 DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, USE OF AND/OR REGISTRATION ON ANY PORTION OF THIS SITE CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF OUR. I had played over 50 rounds here before they redesigned the course for the PGA. ARON is Aronimink Golf Club. The course in play today at Aronimink Golf Club opened in 1928 and Dornoch’s most famous son, Donald Ross, originally designed it. Top players competing at the BMW can reach the green in two blows under most conditions. Having played Plainfield which is another one of Ross’s east coast courses only a couple of weeks prior to my day at Aronimink I was very keen to compare and contrast. 18 is a strong par 4 back up the hill with the green framed by the impressive clubhouse. The 6th and 7th are fairly benign -- both dogleg rights -- the former goes uphill and the latter downhill. This routing would have created an extra hole. Respond to above review  It is obvious Ross tried to impress his Scottish heritage both at Plainfield and here at Aronimink, with the open nature of the course and the option he gives you with regard to club selection around the greens. 49, 1987-1988. ... After winning the KPMG at Aronimink Golf Club, Kim flew back to … But Philadelphia kept gaining on them, so in 1926 – six years after becoming the Aronimink Golf Club, the members decided to leave the City of Brotherly Love altogether. The long par-4 12th moves in another direction. There is a set of bunkers on the right side near the top of the ridge so you don’t want to aim right. But more recently, the club had architect Gil Hanse, who resides nearby, restore the course once again, more in keeping with Ross’ original blueprints. The course in play today at Aronimink Golf Club opened in 1928 and Dornoch’s most famous son, Donald Ross, originally designed it. The green slopes back to front and has two ridges on the right side. The 14th is a good hole but something a bit more elastic in terms of length would have worked much better. Gil Hanse just recently completed a renovation that restored the golf course essentially to how it was built. Not sure if this came from changes done post-Ross' design, but there wasn't a great continuity throughout the round -- and many of the holes seemed the same to me.”, “This is a true championship test with distance necessary to put yourself in decent spots to attack these well-designed greens. Was this review helpful? After Donald Ross completed his design in 1928, he proclaimed, “I intended to make this my masterpiece.” That didn’t keep club members from bringing in William Gordon in the 1950s to eliminate out-of-play fairway bunkers and move other bunkers closer to greens. The fairway bends slightly left and has protection on the right from a bunker that sticks out just enough to catch the feint of heart tee shots. 0 people found this review helpful Strong players can opt to hit driver and take the risk in getting to the base of the hill -- leaving no more than a simple pitch. Aronimink Golf Club outside of Philadelphia will host the Women's PGA Championship in 2020 and the PGA Championship in 2027, the PGA announced on Tuesday. Aronimink has made it a point to be among the locations for key events -- starting with Gary Player's win at the 1962 PGA and with the club looking to serve as host to that same event in '27. The tee shot must avoid a lurking fairway bunker on the left. 0 people found this review helpful The above review is an edited extract from. Classic course design. Stay on the hill and you often have just over 200 yards to the flag. Aronimink opens with a four par-4 holes -- each totally different than the other -- and each going in different directions. The rough can be very penal on the right side of the fairway. The hole is inviting and yet also littered with trouble. Numerous bunkers have been added and… Aronimink is an object lesson in architectural evolution. The first three holes on the inward half work so well. The seventh hole is another dogleg right with a blind tee shot requiring one to stay as far right as possible as the fairway slopes downhill and tilts to the left. Latest News. This is a great golf course. Might be the best conditioning I've encountered as a panelist. The strength of Aronimink is the green complexes, particularly the greens themselves. The course encourages you to open up, the shoulders and let go, it presents the same visual Ross style aspects as at Plainfield (after the tree removal) but offers the player a wider target from the tee. The course in play today at Aronimink Golf Club opened in 1928 and Dornoch’s most famous son, Donald Ross, originally designed it. If you go too far right you can have your approach shot blocked by some trees. The 5th, although short, is particularly well bunkered. One of the main strengths at Aronimink is the land the course occupies. I've played the course twice prior to the restoration and twice since -- and it's definitely a stronger course now. Nine of the top 10 in the Rolex Rankings are set to tee it up outside of Philadelphia. The sixteenth is the second and last par five and plays as a slight dogleg left as a set of deep and large bunkers on the left side of this fairway that tilts left to right. Please contact your club manager. The green complex connects to the green complex for the tenth hole. Another bunker is on the right. Even Tiger couldn't break par here at his own tournament. The sixth hole has changed dramatically due to the removal of nearly all of the trees on the right which at one point were very dense. It has a fall-off area behind it. The course commences with a solid opener. I always wonder about the routing at Aronimink as it is my opinion and the opinion of my guests that the back nine is too straight, despite the wider tees designed to create a visual appearance of a dogleg by the placement of the tee markers on one side or the other of the tee. Respond to above review  They are both fine tracks and in light of the coverage it has received from the AT&T I would not be one bit surprised if Aronimink made a steady rise up the rankings. The greens are fantastic and roll great. There are deep bunkers on the right front of the green and a mound on the left that cuts into the front left of the green. PGA Championship, 3600 Saint Davids Road Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 (610) 356-8000. Keegan Bradely won in a playoff over Justin Rose as Justin Rose performed poorly on the final hole and in the playoff. The design of the green is good but not as challenging as a number of others. The above is extremely impressive and I would be lying if I said it didn’t; add to the overall experience, however my interest is in the quality of the golf course and my only worry was that it would turn out to be a let down. The ninth hole is the first of only two par 5’s on the golf course. The putting surface is typical of what you find at Aronimink -- plenty of internal movements that mandate quality approaches time after time. 1 ranking Beth Ann Nichols 1 day ago. There's also the addition of 100+ bunkers -- many located in prime areas and reflecting recent gains made in ball and club technology. NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – If you look at the numbers, just by the numbers, Aronimink Golf Club doesn’t compare to some of the other beasts the women have faced in major competition. It is a hole requiring courage to cover the pond and the green has a steep fall-off to the right and back. Wayn on the draw sheet is Wanynesborough Country Club. But we evaluate what is there and what is there is worthy of being discussed in the top 100 in the USA. This ranking represents the standard of Excellence for the finest Private Golf and Country Clubs around the globe. Hats off to the superintendent his team because the turf conditions at the course are superb. See other reviews from Nick Mullen. The tournament will be the third of four major championships on the LPGA Tour schedule, succeeding the ANA Inspiration and preceding the season’s culminating U.S. Women’s Open, scheduled for December. 0 people found this review helpful The 5,710-yard course, which owes its well draining nature to its gravel base, is easil... During a recent family holiday to Edinburgh an afternoon pass from the wife gave my son... Where to begin with RVGC. The green is steeply tilted back to front and three putts are common here. The short 5th is quite good -- the green sliding in different directions. Highest ranking: No. The major weakness of Aronimink comes with the par-4 13th and par-3 14th. The green is large but once again if you go over you face a tough chip back as the green slopes back to front and has several subtle ridges in it. Architect: (610) 356-8000 Year: 1928. There are both mounds and a spine in this green and it actually has the toughest pin location on the golf course, although it is rarely used as it is borderline unfair. 7 through 10 is a tremendous stretch, the 8th being one of the most demanding par 3’s I have seen and ten an typical Ross par 4 presenting a stiff challenge from the tee, the fairway and the green. Aronimink Golf Club Results . Respond to above review  The fairways are now mostly tree-lined, but that was not the case when Ross designed the course. Sei Young Kim shot a sensational 7-under 63 on Sunday to earn her first major title at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. • Please check the website often for changes in location or times of matches. DM on Instagram - @NCR1183. Golf Course Review by: Billy Satterfield. It has one of the greatest opening holes, with a tee shot from an elevated tee down into a valley and then up again to an elevated green. One of Ross’s best routings, with continual change in direction. Near the green there are bunkers front and to the left. Gil Hanse just did a redesign intent on bringing all the core elements back to the original Donald Ross layout. The green is narrow and runs on a spectacular diagonal from lower left to back right. Both the 8th and 17th at Aronimink are vintage Ross efforts with Hanse brilliantly doing an updating -- not a forced effort seeking to impose his style. Aronimink Golf Club 3600 Saint Davids Rd Newtown Square, PA 19073-1799 Phone: (610) 356-8000 Website: www.aronimink.org Type: Private Category: Golf Club Par: 70 Bring your hybrid or your favorite long iron because you will need them if you play the back tees. Hanse reclaimed nearly 30,000 square feet of green surface area and the additional amount has truly bolstered the layout with pin positions that can be tucked into the tiniest of areas. The 16th is a fairly ordinary par-5. U.S. Hole 8 is probably the signature hole of the front 9 measuring around 240 yards from the back tee to a green set well below the player slopes from left too right….this hole requires a high quality shot to find the putting surface. There is another deep bunker about 85 yards short of the green on the right. Platinum Club of America 2019-2020 Aronimink Golf Club is rated #9 in the top 50 Golf Clubs in America. Directions: Get here! The result of the most recent renovation is that Aronimink plays a bit easier due to much wider fairways and larger greens. The former course was a good one but needed a bit of long overdue pruning and an upgrading of the putting surfaces which Ross was masterful in creating. The 11th that follows moves in a completely different direction and features a well-protected drive zone that likely will not impact the players in the BMW event. Gil Hanse restored the old classic ahead of the 2018 BMW Championship. $200.00. 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