St. Davids Golf Club

St. Davids Golf Club occupies gently rolling ground on Philadelphia’s Main Line in Wayne, Pennsylvania, a few miles west of Merion and Aronimink. It is a private, members’ club centered on an 18-hole course that plays today as a compact par-70 with back tees listed around 6,600 yards. The property supports a full-shot practice range (created in 2004–05 as part of a broader campus plan), short-game areas, and a modern clubhouse opened in 2006 after the original 1930 structure was replaced. Regular competitive traffic comes through Golf Association of Philadelphia events and qualifiers; the club often sets the course up firm, with close-mown surrounds emphasizing angle and trajectory over brute length. A multi-phase restoration began in late 2024 under architect Tyler Rae, with on-site shaping and greens expansions already underway and full grassing slated for 2025. As it stands, guests encounter a walkable, tree-managed parkland route on deceptively bumpy terrain, with a famous mid-round par-3 at No. 9 (converted from par 4 in 1936) and a closing stretch that was reconfigured in 2005 to accommodate the range while preserving Ross’s strategy on the finishing corridors.