Additionally, Aronimink has indoor and outdoor tennis and paddle courts, trap shooting, three swimming pools, a fitness center and a classic Tudor clubhouse with multiple dining options.

By 1897 the BGA had a full nine holes in play at 52nd Street and Chester Avenue, its first location, in what is today Southwest Philadelphia.

[8] History has it that Aronimink was named after the chief of the Lenape tribe who once occupied the small farmhouse being used as the original clubhouse.

Finally, in 1926 the club sold its Drexel Hill location and purchased a large 300-acre (1.2 km2) tract in Newtown Square, 15 miles (24 km) from the center of Philadelphia.

Aronimink gained media notoriety when it withdrew itself from plans to host the 1993 PGA Championship because it didn't have any current or prospective African-American members or applicants before the start of the tournament.

To Ross it was important that the lay of the land have an effect on the ball being played – adding an element of chance to the game and enhancing the golfer's sense of excitement and anticipation.

The intimidating first hole plunges down into a valley, then rises steeply, playing long and uphill to a well-guarded undulating green.

Although not a long hole, the approach must carry a yawning bunker guarding the front of a green with several difficult pin locations.

Then there is #8, perhaps the hardest par three on the course, playing 237 yards (217 m) downhill to a narrow green bisected by a large mound.

A successful approach shot must avoid the water hazard protecting the front left of the sharply terraced green.

The following year Nick Watney defeated the field with a bogey-free round on Sunday – after setting the course record of 62 (−8) on Saturday[3] – for a score of 267 (−13).