Philadelphia’s 50 Most Beautiful Golf Courses

Ever wonder what a golf course looks like from 300ft up?

We did too! But rather than take an aerial picture of just one course, we set out to showcase aerial views of 50 of the area’s most beautiful golf clubs!

Narrowing down the list was no easy task since Philadelphia is fortunate to have so many top courses. We started with over 150, captured aerial pictures of our top 65, then finally whittled it down to our final 50. To determine our ranking, we considered course aesthetics, design, and prestige. The project took nearly two months to complete.

Enjoy the pictures below and let us know in the comments if there are any courses you think we missed!

Complete List

1. Merion East – Merion Golf Club

Ardmore, PA

Type: Private

Par: 70

2. Wissahickon Golf Course – Philadelphia Cricket Club

Flourtown, PA

Type: Private

Par: 70

3. The Golf Course at Glen Mills

Glen Mills, PA

Type: Public

Par: 71

4. Merion West – Merion Golf Club

Ardmore, PA

Type: Private

Par: 70

5. Aronimink Golf Club

Newtown Square, PA

Type: Private

Par: 70

6. The ACE Club

Lafayette Hill, PA

Type: Private

Par: 72

7. Rolling Green Golf Club

Springfield, PA

Type: Private

Par: 71

8. Huntingdon Valley Country Club

Huntingdon Valley, PA

Type: Private

Par: 70

9. Militia Hill Golf Course – Philadelphia Cricket Club

Plymouth Meeting, PA

Type: Private

Par: 72

10. Philadelphia Country Club

Gladwyne, PA

Type: Private

Par: 71

11. White Manor Country Club

Malvern, PA

Type: Private

Par: 72

12. Green Valley Country Club

Lafayette Hill, PA

Type: Private

Par: 72

13. Whitemarsh Valley Country Club

Lafayette Hill, PA

Type: Private

Par: 72

14. Manufacturers Golf & Country Club

Fort Washington, PA

Type: Private

Par: 71

15. Cedarbrook Country Club

Blue Bell, PA

Type: Private

Par: 72

16. Sunnybrook Golf Club

Plymouth Meeting, PA

Type: Private

Par: 72

17. Meadowlands Country Club

Blue Bell, PA

Type: Private

Par: 71

18. Applebrook Golf Course

Malvern, PA

Type: Private

Par: 71

19. Union League Golf Course at Torresdale

Philadelphia, PA

Type: Private

Par: 70

20. Whitford Country Club

Exton, PA

Type: Private

Par: 72

21. West Chester Golf & Country Club

West Chester, PA

Type: Private

Par: 35

22. Saint Davids Golf Club

Wayne, PA

Type: Private

Par: 70

23. Radnor Valley Country Club

Villanova, PA

Type: Private

Par: 70

24. Llanerch Country Club

Havertown, PA

Type: Private

Par: 71

25. Gulph Mills Golf Club

King of Prussia, PA

Type: Private

Par: 71

26. Chester Valley Golf Club

Malvern, PA

Type: Private

Par: 70

27. Plymouth Country Club

Plymouth Meeting, PA

Type: Private

Par: 72/74

28. Blue Bell Country Club

Blue Bell, PA

Type: Private

Par: 71

29. Downingtown Golf Course

Downingtown, PA

Type: Public

Par: 72

30. Overbrook Golf Club

Bryn Mawr, PA

Type: Private

Par: 70

31. North Hills Country Club

North Hills, PA

Type: Private

Par: 71

32. Waynesborough Country Club

Paoli, PA

Type: Private

Par: 71

33. Center Square Golf Club

Norristown, PA

Type: Public

Par: 71

34. Hershey’s Mill Golf Club

West Chester, PA

Type: Private

Par: 71

35. Woodcrest Country Club

Cherry Hill, NJ

Type: Semi-Private

Par: 71

36. Concord Country Club

Concordville, PA

Type: Private

Par: 71

37. Rancocas Golf Club

Willingboro, NJ

Type: Public

Par: 71

38. Lulu Country Club

North Hills, PA

Type: Private

Par: 71

39. Radley Run Coutry Club

West Chester, PA

Type: Private

Par: 72

40. Jeffersonville Golf Club

Jeffersonville, PA

Type: Public

Par: 70

41. Phoenixville Country Club

Phoenixville, PA

Type: Private

Par: 35

42. Penn Oaks Country Club

West Chester, PA

Type: Private

Par: 71

43. Paxon Hollow Golf Club

Media, PA

Type: Public

Par: 71

44. Meadowbrook Country Club

Huntingdon Valley, PA

Type: Semi-Private

Par: 62

45. Bala Golf Club

Philadelphia, PA

Type: Private

Par: 68

46. Springhaven Club

Wallingford, PA

Type: Private

Par: 70

47. Westover Golf Course

Norristown, PA

Type: Semi-Private

Par: 70

48. Merchantville Country Club

Merchantville, NJ

Type: Private

Par: 36

49. The Club at Shannondell

Audubon, PA

Type: Public

Par: 70

50. Flourtown Country Club

Flourtown, PA

Type: Private

Par: 70

Let us know what you think of our rankings in the comments below!

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Gerry kelly

3 years ago

Merchantville is in NJ not PA. No Pine Valley? ?????

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Matt

Thanks Gerry, we fixed the typo. We didn’t include Pine Valley because we didn’t go that far into NJ. It’s a great course so if we do another one of these, we’ll definitely feature them.

Sean Toole

Where’s Stonewall at? That’s easily a top 10

Bill

Commonwealth National in Horsham, PA.

How did Commonwealth not make this list?

LOL @ Flourtown CC…

Jake

Nothing in Bucks County? Spring Mill, Jericho and Lookaway should be included.

Brian

Flourtown Country Club…looks like it could use some work. Yikes!
and if you’re going by aerial views alone, then both Merion’s and Huntington Valley should slip out of the top ten.

Longball

What no Cobbs?

Chopper

Some pretty major omissions here… commonwealth, spring mill, old York road to name a few. Pretty funny that a couple dog tracks like westover made the cut.

Thanks for all the comments! For those who mentioned Commonwealth, it is unfortunately located next to the Horsham Air Guard Station, so we were unable to fly our drones there. It’s a beautiful course!

curt allen

no Tavistock? no Laurel Creek? Rancocas no. 37? Should have stated what counties not just Philadelphia. 2 months, should have taken 3

Curt

The NJ courses on the list are hysterical. Tavistock is closer to Philadelphia then all of the NJ courses on the list.

Bala is quite the dog track so I would be curious to know the shape of the courses beneath that.

Dave Speace

Reply to ZC

I wouldn’t call Bala a dog track! Nice little course and fun to play…old style with small greens!

Jerry

Philadelphia got an early start to golf in America. It is home to some of the best golf course designers in the world. As a teenager, George Thomas designed and built Whitemarsh on his family’s farm in the late 1890’s. William Flynn had a huge influence on many great Philadelphia courses including Merion.

Not sure what criteria was used to compose the list. St. Martin’s, Squires, Talamore, Philmont, Green Valley, Overbrook & Gulph Mills are all better groomed than some of the ones on your list.

Bobby

Dan, It’s just amazing, you do a good thing and give it away and people find things to complain about. Many of these responses illustrate people’s preference to look at pictures but not read the narrative. (i.e. Pine Valley explanation). They’re also examples of the great Philadelphia parochialism, in this case as regards the haters favorite or local tracks. Thanks for your work. I look forward to flyovers of other courses.

Michael Shevlin

Nice job Matt. If you need any help with remote pilots let me know.

Bob Doria

Makefield Highlands in Yardley, PA