Last golf major at Aronimink: Revisiting Gary Player's 1962 PGA Championship win in Newton Square
Here's a look back at the first time the PGA Championship was at this golf course.
Last golf major at Aronimink: Revisiting Gary Player's 1962 PGA Championship win in Newton Square originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The 2026 PGA Championship is taking place at a relatively lesser-known golf course, as Aronimink Golf Club will serve as the host for the year's second major.
Aronimink has played host to several golf tournaments across different tours but hasn't been part of the men's major rotation for a while. Located in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, Aronimink has been around for over a century but has only hosted one other men's major. Still, that one major is an important one in golf history, as it was part of the ascension of one of the game's best-ever players.
As another PGA champion will be crowned at Aronimink this weekend, here's a look back at the first time the PGA Championship was held at this course. MORE: The lowest 72-hole scores in majors history What was the last major at Aronimink? While Aronimink has hosted the Senior PGA Championship and the Women's PGA Championship, the course hasn't hosted a men's professional major since 1962.
At the time, the PGA Championship moved from a match play tournament to a stroke play tournament just fie years earlier and was played in the middle of July. MORE : Rules for the PGA Championship playoff Who won the 1962 PGA Championship? Gary Player won the 1962 PGA Championship, his first of two PGA Championship titles and the third of his eventual nine major championships.