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Merion Golf Club - East Course

450 Ardmore Ave
Ardmore, PA 19003
Phone: (610)642-5600Fax: (610)642-2980

This club has two regulation eighteen hole courses. Guests are not allowed to play either course unless accompanied by a club member. Both courses are built on gently rolling terrain and feature fast greens and narrow fairways that have limited trees, but are lined by a thick rough. Both courses are kept in excellent condition, although the East Course is kept up to championship-level standards every day. One of the best holes on the East Course is #16, featuring a limestone quarry in front of the green that must be carried on the approach shot. The 1934, 1950, 1971, and 1981 U.S. Opens were played here. "Golf Digest" rated the East Course 5th best out of "America's 100 Greatest Courses" for 1995-96, and 8th best for 1997-98. It was also rated as the #1 "Best in State" course for 1995-96, and 2nd best for 1997-98. Other awards include "GOLF Magazine's" ranking of 7th among the "Top 100 Courses in the U.S." for 1995, 1997 and 1999, 9th in "GOLFWEEK's" category of "America's 100 Best Classical Courses" for 1997 and 1998, and 6th in the same category for 1999.

Holes: 18

Greens: Bent Grass

Fairways: Bent Grass

Tee Information:
Tee	Par	Yardage	Course Rating	Slope
Back	70	6482	72.9	144
Middle	70	6103	71.1	140
Forward	70	5807	75.9	140

Greens Fees:	$125 +
Course Type:	private
Dress Code:	No denim, collared shirt and bermuda shorts required
Season:	Open all year (closed on Mondays)
Guest Policy:	Closed

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Average Golfer Review (4.6 Stars):

Number of Reviews: 5
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playing, Oct 03, 2008

reviewer: mark jensen from loudonville,ny usa

i have played it once im not a member but my dad was a asistaint their and he is good friends with the pro it is a a great course

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

great course, Nov 21, 2007

reviewer: Anonymous from Ardmore, pa.

this is a "great course". However, there are many lesser known but equally great courses throughout Pa. The weakpoint of this course is the membership. All private courses have obnoxious members but merions has more and they are more obnoxious. So if you have the opportunity to play merion be prepared for more than a golfing experience.

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What a Great Golf Course, May 31, 2005

reviewer: Hyno from Littleton Colorado

Hugh Wilson’s masterpiece is one of the best golf courses in the world. The principals of the course are those of the great Scottish Links. The white faces of Merion, are some of the most amazing bunker work ever created on a golf course. The complex design to the course, makes it one of the most challenging courses you will ever play. Your driving has to be on, and the putting greens are small, with brutal fast breaking putts. Bobby Jones loved this course, and you can see some of the core architecture present on Augusta National.

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