Philadelphia Cricket Club reconstruction

[iacas]

http://www.friedegg.co/golf-courses/review-philadelphia-cricket-club

[phan52]

Philadelphia Cricket Club is a great club, although a little pricey. The restored Wissahickon course is worth the price of admission but, when they first built the second 18 (Militia Hill course), they had a significant membership drive offering a manageable initiation fee and an ala carte dues structure, where you could just join for golf. They have since changed that and you have to be all-in, which includes state-of-the-art racquet sports from squash to beautiful grass courts and a nine hole course next to their main clubhouse a few miles away from the golf complex. The nine hole course (St. Martins) is part of their original course where they played 2 US Opens in 1907 and 1910 and they have just finished a beautiful restoration there as well.

They have since lost a lot of members who joined under the old dues structure, but they are not at a loss for replacement members and heavily recruit young college age kids. They are pretty much a lock now to win the Golf Association team matches every year. Very different from the days when I caddied there and my Dad would have been denied membership because he was Irish Catholic. 

Edited December 4, 2017 by phan52