Aronimink Golf Club
Aronimink Golf Club: Donald Ross (1928). Par 70, 7,267 yards. Aaron Rai won the 2026 PGA Championship here with 271 (−9).
Aronimink Golf Club: Donald Ross (1928). Par 70, 7,267 yards. Aaron Rai won the 2026 PGA Championship here with 271 (−9).
Aronimink Golf Club: Donald Ross (1928). Par 70, 7,267 yards. Aaron Rai won the 2026 PGA Championship here with 271 (−9).
Updated October 24, 2026
8 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
PGA of America
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Aaron Rai | 271 (−9) | by 3 strokes |
| 1962 | Gary Player | 278 (−2) | by 1 stroke |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Kim Sei-young | 266 (−14) | by 5 strokes · PGA of America / LPGA |
PGA Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Nick Watney | 267 (−13) | by 2 strokes |
| 2010 | Justin Rose | 270 (−10) | by 1 stroke |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Keegan Bradley | 260 (−20) | PGA Tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | John Jacobs | 276 (−4) | by 2 strokes · PGA of America (senior major) |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | John Fought | 9 & 8 | USGA |
A plaque behind the 1st tee carries Donald Ross's line: "I intended to make this my masterpiece, but not until today did I realize that I built better than I knew."
Source: Aronimink Golf Club - History
Aronimink began in 1896 as the Belmont Golf Association, an outgrowth of Belmont Cricket Club, and moved three times before settling in Newtown Square in 1928.
Source: Aronimink Golf Club - History
After moving from Drexel Hill, the club bought 300 acres in Newtown Square in 1926 and moved into its Charles Barton Keen clubhouse on Memorial Day 1928, with Donald Ross laying out the 18 holes.
Source: Aronimink Golf Club - History
When it staged the 2020 KPMG Women's PGA Championship, Aronimink became the first venue to host all three of the PGA of America's rotating majors: the PGA Championship (1962), the Senior PGA Championship (2003) and the Women's PGA.
Source: Aronimink Golf Club - History
The green of the downhill par-3 8th almost joins the 10th green behind it, separated only by a small strip of fairway.
Source: AP via WTOP - PGA Championship '26: A hole-by-hole look at Aronimink
A new tee made the 15th a 546-yard par 4 for the 2026 PGA Championship, which AP described as the longest par 4 on a major scorecard.
Source: AP via WTOP - PGA Championship '26: A hole-by-hole look at Aronimink
Gil Hanse's restoration reclaimed lost green space and restored Ross's original bunker styles and shapes; the 2026 fact sheet counts 180 bunkers covering 200,000 square feet.
Source: GCSAA Tournament Fact Sheet: 2026 PGA Championship · GCSAA Tournament Fact Sheet: 2018 BMW Championship
Donald Ross
Ross restoration: views restored by removing overplanting, greens returned to original shapes and sizes, Ross bunkering re-established
Source: Wikipedia: Aronimink Golf Club
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PGA Championship 14–17 May 2026 | Aaron Rai | both |
| 2018 | BMW Championship 6–10 September 2018 | Keegan Bradley | PGA Tour |
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's tour-course research (profiles, championship history, the tour's visits since 2017, stories, details and course changes, each with its sources). A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. The light in the room is the sun's real position on the last day of a recorded visit.
The routing and ground are drawn from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). The clubhouse is drawn by GNN from reference photographs; the photographs stay private.
Data: aronimink-golf-club.json. Spot an error? See corrections.