Newtown Has 1 Of The Nation's Best Golf Courses, Per New Ratings

NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA — Newtown Township has one of the best places to play the links in the nation, according to a new list.

Aronimink Golf Club, which hosted this year's PGA Championship, ranked 66th on Golfweek's rankings of the top 200 "classic" golf courses in the U.S.

Golfweek — part of USA Today — defines classic courses as layouts that opened before 1960, when course architects interfered less with natural landscapes, according to the publication. Courses that opened afterwards are considered "modern."

Rankings are based on scores given by Golfweek's course-rating panel, which has hundreds of members continually evaluating each location.

Three of golf's majors have played out at Aronimink — the men's PGA Championship in 1962 and 2026, and the 2020 Women's PGA Championship.

Here's where several local courses stood on Golfweek's list:

• Merion Golf Club (East Course), Ardmore (seventh, 8.96 out of 10)
• Aronimink, Newtown Square (66th, 7.45 out of 10)
• Rolling Green, Springfield (tied for 124th, 6.97 out of 10)
• Philadelphia Country Club (Spring Mill), Gladwyne (tied for 157th, 6.77 out of 10)

Click here for Golfweek's full rankings.