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BY: RORY SPEARS, Editor & Director of Content.
The Western Golf Association and the PGA Tour along with BMW, have now formally announced the 2018 BMW Championship is headed out east to the Philadelphia area and the Donald Ross designed Aronimink Golf Club in Newton Square PA., in the Northwest Suburbs of Philadelphia.
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The BMW Championship takes the top 70 players left in the Fed Ex Cup Playoffs, and narrows the field down to the top 30 players that will be complete for the title in Atlanta the following week. The championship has been named the tournament of the year by the PGA Tour on four occasions, including 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014.
“We are delighted to add Aronimink to the list of prominent clubs that have hosted the BMW Championship,” said Vince Pellegrino,WGA Senior Vice President of Tournaments. ” Aronimink has served as a worthy and historic venue for many of golf’s finest championships, and we’re looking forward to adding to that tradition by bringing the PGA Tour’s best to the Philadelphia area in 2018.”
Since the club was founded in 1896, it has hosted the PGA Championship, theSenior PGA Championship, and the U.S. Amateur. It has hosted two PGA Tour events in recent years.
The BMW Championship Trophies. The Wadley (left) and the BMW trophy (right).
“We look forward to bringing a major world-class event to Aronimink,” said Steven Zodtner, president of Aronimink. “Our membership and the Philadelphia golf community are excited to partner with the WGA, BMW of North America, and the PGA Tour to showcase our championship golf course and return professional golf to our region.”
This is the first time since 1959 the BMW Championship or the Western Open has been held in Pennsylvania, when it was played at the Pittsburgh Field Club and won by Mike Souchak.
Aronimink Clubhouse and putting green.
“We are thrilled for the BMW Championship to come to the East Coast, helping our partners at the Western Golf Association broaden awareness and support the Evans Scholars Foundation as they seek to send 1,000 caddies to college by by the year 2020,” said Trudy Hardy, Vice President of Marketing for BMW of North America. “Our goal is to provide the ultimate premium experience to the Philadelphia area golf fans.”
Since 2007, the BMW Championship has raised more than $19.6 million for it’s sole charity, the Evans Scholars Foundation. There are currently 870 Evans Scholars enrolled at 18 universities across the country including eight from Pennsylvania. For more information on the champions please visit BMWChampionship.com.