The 2026 PGA Championship is played this year at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
The tournament's host course is featuring on the Tour for the first time in 10 years, and Gil Hanse's redesign of the Donald Ross course has proved a stout test.
Aronimink Golf Club plays as a par-70 golf course, playing to a scorecard distance of 7,394 yards, making it one of the middling-length golf course on the PGA Tour. Four courses on the PGA Tour player under 7,000 yards, and two of them are for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Aronimink Golf Club scorecard breakdown
Aronimink Golf Club has two par 5s, four par 3s and 12 par 4s, and the golf course finishes with an incredible par-4 finish with a challenging tee shot and approach shot.
The par 3s have a variety of looks and lengths, though they tend to play in the long-iron range.
The par 4s are the biggest test of the course, ranging in length, style and challenge. There is modest room to play off the tee.
Aronimink Golf Club scorecard
| HOLE | PAR | YARDS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 434 |
| 2 | 4 | 413 |
| 3 | 4 | 455 |
| 4 | 4 | 457 |
| 5 | 3 | 171 |
| 6 | 4 | 402 |
| 7 | 4 | 431 |
| 8 | 3 | 242 |
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| 9 | 5 | 605 |
| OUT | 35 | 3610 |
| 10 | 4 | 472 |
| 11 | 4 | 425 |
| 12 | 4 | 466 |
| 13 | 4 | 385 |
| 14 | 3 | 216 |
| 15 | 4 | 546 |
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| 16 | 5 | 555 |
| 17 | 3 | 229 |
| 18 | 4 | 490 |
| IN | 35 | 3784 |
| TOTAL | 70 | 7394 |
Aronimink Golf Club course breakdown
Now that we know the layout of the golf course, what else makes Aronimink Golf Club a challenge?
The golf course is typically firm and fast, and it's also really long off the tee. However, the big challenge is the green complexes, because Donald Ross made them elevated, sloping and playing smaller than they are.
Also, the bunker complexes are fascinating as they're clustered smaller bunkers to create potential lie problems compared to bigger bunkers.
