Ardmore Golf Course Among Nation's Best: Golf Magazine

ARDMORE, PA — Even with temperatures getting colder in the Philadelphia region, many golfers are trying to get in as many rounds as possible before winter sets in. And lucky for Philadelphia-area golfers, Golf Magazine says a course in the region is among the nation's best.

Golf Magazine recently released its list of the 10 best golf courses in each region of the United States.

Four regions — the west, heartland, southeast, and northeast — were looked at. In the northeast region, it was Merion Golf Club in Ardmore that made the top 10.

This marks the first time the magazine has done a regional breakdown and did so "showcase the country’s geographic diversity."

"American golf courses — much like the land they preside over — are a geographic melting pot," the magazine writes. "In order to better understand the qualities of our land mass, it’s helpful to create a further subset of it. In other words, it’s helpful to condense further down into regions."

Merion was listed as the fifth best course in the northeast region.

The course was designed by Hugh Wilson in 1912.

Other Pennsylvania courses that were highlighted in the northeast region are Oakmont (No. 4), Philadelphia Cricket (No. 37), Fox Chapel (No. 38), Lancaster (No. 39), and Huntingdon Valley (No. 50)

Below are the top 10 courses in the northeast region:

1. Pine Valley — Pine Valley, N.J. (George Crump/H.S. Colt, 1918)
2. Shinnecock Hills — Southampton, N.Y. (Howard Toomey/William Flynn, 1931)
3. National Golf Links of America — Southampton, N.Y. (C.B. Madonald, 1911)
4. Oakmont — Oakmont, Pa. (Henry Fownes, 1903)
5. Merion — Ardmore, Pa. (Hugh Wilson, 1912)
6. Fishers Island — Fishers Island, N.Y. (Seth Raynor, 1926)
7. Friar’s Head — Baiting Hollow, N.Y. (Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw, 2003)
8. Winged Foot (West) — Mamaroneck, N.Y. (A.W. Tillinghast, 1923)
9. The Country Club (Clyde/Squirrel) — Brookline, Mass. (TCC Members/Willie Campbell, 1899)
10. Somerset Hills — Bernardsville, N.J. (A.W. Tillinghast, 1918)

See the full list online here.