GOLF’s latest High 100 Programs within the U.S. rating consists of 11 newcomers, together with Philadelphia Cricket (Wissahickon) in Flourtown, Pa.
Evan Schiller
GOLF just lately launched its newest rating of the High 100 Programs within the U.S. (2024-25), a listing that features 11 newcomers. A few of them you would possibly know. Others you won’t. Right here, in our newcomer spotlights, we’ll introduce you to those rookie High 100 gems.
Newcomer highlight: Philadelphia Cricket (Wissahickon) / Rank: 98th
Location: Flourtown, Pa.
Kind: Personal
12 months opened: 1922/2013
Architect: A.W. Tillinghast/Keith Foster
What you might want to find out about Philadelphia Cricket (Wissahickon)
Keith Foster’s 2013 restoration, which options each nice selection and spaciousness, introduced all of A.W. Tillinghast’s design sparkle again. Some greens are open throughout the entrance and beg for a operating shot whereas others are perched and closely defended. The design displays Tillinghast’s genius for numerous inexperienced settings. His well-known trademark, the Nice Hazard (a mammoth central bunker that bisects the green), is especially nicely carried out at PCC’s seventh gap. The course is also house to one of many East Coast’s finest finishers, a tricky risk-reward par-4 with a creek that comes into play should you don’t hug the left facet of the green off the tee.
What our raters say
“Some would argue this has been lengthy overdue. Having began the restoration course of all the way in which again in 2008, Philadelphia Cricket Membership was actually one of many first programs to pioneer the restoration mannequin that we see so typically now with golf equipment throughout the nation. The renovation was a large success and has led to a number of premier occasions going down on the membership, most just lately the 2024 USGA 4-Ball.”
“Wissahickon has been an exquisite course for a very long time, relationship previous to the restoration. The routing is good, particularly after the sequencing adjustment on the entrance 9. Despite the fact that the par-3s are terrific as a set, it’s a must to admire the two-shot holes right here. They’re a mix of problem and thought with all of it culminating with the brutal finisher.”
“For such a giant and broad structure, it was the quick pictures (the restoration pictures), that have been most spectacular — or simply plain inconceivable/punishing — ought to one miss within the flawed spot. Nonetheless, from the very first tee, an outstanding driving course.”
