Aronimink Golf Club Charges $150,000 to Join Plus $1,800 Monthly Dues
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Updated · GOLF.com · May 12
Aronimink Golf Club Charges $150,000 to Join Plus $1,800 Monthly Dues
2 articles · Updated · GOLF.com · May 12
$150,000 in initiation fees and about $1,800 in monthly dues put Aronimink Golf Club among the priciest private clubs in the Philadelphia area ahead of this week’s PGA Championship.
Membership is not simply bought: candidates face an opaque approval process and a waiting pool that can mean entry in six months, or no acceptance even after 10 years.
The club, founded in 1896 and at its current site since 1926, adds members slowly and recently underscored that exclusivity by granting Gary Player honorary membership 63 years after his 1962 PGA win there.
Aronimink pairs that exclusivity with a restored Donald Ross course, ranked No. 84 on GOLF’s Top 100 U.S. courses, plus amenities including pools, tennis, paddle, trap shooting and a historic clubhouse.
Why did an elite club with a $150,000 fee wait 63 years to honor a past champion?
Will a restored 1920s course design humble the power hitters of the modern PGA Tour?
How does a club's opaque, exclusive culture clash with hosting a major public sporting event?