"Hope Valley’s course has gone through multiple renovations throughout its history, but this one will be a golf restoration by architect Kris Spence, who specializes in meticulously restoring Ross designs to their original charm and challenge while optimizing them for modern play. The course will be closed in January and is expected to reopen in the fall of 2027."

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"Nantz’s positive impact on the game make him a worthy recipient of the 2026 ASGCA Donald Ross Award. The organization’s highest honor recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to the game of golf and the profession of golf course architecture. Nantz will receive the award during the ASGCA annual meeting in October."

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"Golf course architect Gil Hanse doesn’t claim to be an expert on Donald Ross, the famed Scottish-born builder of courses credited with building some of America’s most famous courses, including Pinehurst No. 2. Ross held a special place in his heart for Aronimink Golf Club, where two decades after laying out the course on rugged farmland in 1928 and creating his classic greens that reject anything less than a precise shot, Ross returned and couldn’t help stick out his chest and boast of the final product."

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"Opened on Memorial Day, 1928, the course was designed by the most prolific architect of his era, Donald Ross, who brought his full toolkit to bear: bold, crowned greens that punish imprecision, reverse-cambered fairways, demanding and varied approaches, and a routing that makes the most of rolling former Pennsylvania farmland."

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"This corner of the course comprises No. 6, a crazily downhill 120-yard par-3; No. 7, a 280 par-4 where your only goal is to finish with the ball with which you started; and No. 8, a 240-yard par-4 up a suburban mountain. Some of the local high schools play their events at Merion West. It’s perfect. Herb Wind, you may know, did invent the phrase Amen Corner for that nook of Augusta. The same Herb Wind once told me that the U.S. has three great golf capitals: Chicago, New York and Philadelphia."

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"The second men’s Major, the PGA Championship, takes place at Aronimink Golf Club and to give golf enthusiasts a flavour of the challenge that the professionals face, the Shot Scope data experts took a closer look at the par 3 17th."

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"Designed by Donald Ross in 1928, Aronimink stands out amongst a crowded Philadelphia golf scene by employing a cleverly varied routing, bold bunkering, and a brilliant set of greens."

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"Built on rugged farmland outside Philadelphia, the course is bold and demanding holes tumble across natural valleys, fairways bank and shift, and greens reject anything less than a precise shot. Bunkers are everywhere—clustered, strategic, and punishing—and the greens are classic Ross, full of tilt, shoulders, and subtle movement that keep players guessing."

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"Designed by legendary architect Donald J. Ross, the 1928 layout is widely considered his masterpiece. Aronimink rewards precision over power, with rolling fairways, strategic bunkering, and classic green complexes that demand thoughtful shot-making. It’s a course that challenges every part of a player’s game and is bound to provide a challenge to the best players in the world during the 2026 PGA Championship."

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"Historic Donald Ross-designed Bradenton Country Club is working with golf course architect Brandon Johnson to lead a restoration of the course, bringing it back to Ross’s original vision while enhancing it for today’s game. Johnson is currently in the early stages of planning and is expected to present his recommendations to the club later this year."

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