Merion Golf Club is a private golf club located in Haverford Township near Ardmore, Pennsylvania that is consistently rated by Golf Digest among America's greatest golf courses, and will host the U.S. Open in 2013. The club contains two courses: The West course, and the East Course, which is the more highly regarded.
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