Best Golf Courses in Pennsylvania

#1 on trail

Oakmont, Pennsylvania

Henry Fownes's Pennsylvania brute has hosted the U.S. Open ten times — more than any course in America — plus six U.S. Amateurs (Bobby Jones won here in 1925), three PGA Championships, and two U.S. Women's Opens. Lightning-fast greens and the infamous Church Pews bunker make it one of the game's hardest tests. Private club.

#2 on trail

Ardmore, Pennsylvania

Hugh Wilson's 1912 Ardmore masterpiece has hosted six U.S. Amateurs — including Bobby Jones's 1930 win that completed the Grand Slam — and five U.S. Opens, from Hogan's 1950 comeback to Justin Rose in 2013. Wicker-basket flagsticks, tight corridors, and quarry holes define one of championship golf's great short courses. Private club.

#3 on trail

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania

Donald Ross design outside Philadelphia, Aronimink has hosted the PGA Championship and remains one of the Northeast's most respected private tests.

#4 on trail

Ligonier, Pennsylvania

Dick Wilson's 1959 design winds through the western Pennsylvania hills, featuring tree-lined fairways and strategic bunkering. Host to the 1965 PGA Championship, 1975 Ryder Cup, and 1989 PGA Championship.

#5 on trail

Flourtown, Pennsylvania

A.W. Tillinghast design on rolling Pennsylvania terrain, private to members. One of three courses at Cricket Club, Wissahickon is considered the premier layout.

#6 on trail

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Seth Raynor's 1925 design brings his trademark template holes and geometric green complexes to the wooded hills northeast of Pittsburgh. A rare, exceptionally well-preserved private layout from one of golf's most distinctive architectural voices.