Merion Golf Club will host three more U.S. Opens after the United States Golf Association (USGA) named the Ardmore course its fourth anchor site Oct. 8.

The designation locks in men's U.S. Opens at Merion in 2030, 2040 and 2050. It also brings the U.S. Women's Open to the Haverford Township club for the first time, in 2034, with a second Women's Open scheduled for 2046.

Five championship weeks between 2030 and 2050.

Merion joins Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina, Oakmont Country Club in western Pennsylvania and Pebble Beach Golf Links in California as the only clubs to hold the anchor-site status, according to Patch. The USGA created the program in 2020 to build long-term partnerships with host venues and invest in infrastructure for players and spectators.

"Merion has long been one of the defining venues in championship golf," USGA Chief Championships Officer John Bodenhamer said in a statement. "Its history, architecture and ability to consistently identify the game's greatest champions make it a place where every player dreams of winning."

No venue in the country has hosted more USGA championships than Merion. The East Course, designed by Hugh Wilson, opened in 1912 and has staged 20 USGA events across 13 consecutive decades, starting with the 1904 U.S. Women's Amateur.

Five of those were U.S. Opens, won by Olin Dutra in 1934, Ben Hogan in 1950, Lee Trevino in 1971, David Graham in 1981 and Justin Rose in 2013.

The club went 32 years between Opens before Rose's victory, according to Fox Sports. The anchor-site deal erases that kind of gap. Merion's next U.S. Open in 2030 will come 17 years after Rose lifted the trophy.

The announcement arrives two months after Merion hosted the 2026 U.S. Amateur, won by Jack Whaley, which drew record attendance according to Golfweek. That turnout reinforced the club's ability to handle a major championship crowd. The U.S. Open has drawn more than 200,000 fans in recent years.

The USGA now has U.S. Open venues set through 2042, with additional sites scheduled through 2051, according to Yahoo Sports.

Before Merion's 2030 date, the U.S. Open heads to Pebble Beach in 2027, Winged Foot in 2028 and Pinehurst in 2029.