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THE NATION’S OLDEST COUNTRY CLUB the Philadelphia Cricket Club welcomes the Big Ten Championship to the club in spring of 2019.

Philli Cricket as it’s known was a country club for some 40+ years before it had a golf course.

The club really got put back on the map after an architect Keith Foster renovation of it’s Wissahickon Course that was originally designed by A. W. Tillinghast. The course is ranked in the Top 100 courses in America on several national publications lists.

Wissahickon Holes 4 and 5

The men’s 2019 champions will be played at the club, from April 26-28.

“We are very excited to bring the Men’s Big Ten Golf Champions to the Philadelphia Cricket Club in 2019,” said Big Ten Associate Commissioner for Sports Administration Wendy Fallen. “We are confident that the clubs rich history and prestigious courses will provide a memorable experience for our students and coaches.”

The university of Illinois will come in as the defending champions, and having won nine of the last 10 championships.

“It is a privilege for the Philadelphia Cricket Club to host the Men’s Big Ten Golf Championship,” said club president John White. “Our membership is delighted to have been chosen to host a conference that has such a rich tradition. I am certain the student from 14 schools in 11 states that make up the Big Ten will find out golf course challenging and will enjoy the great hospitality in the Philadelphia area.”

The Philadelphia Cricket Club is the only club in America to open a new course in three straight centuries, with the most recent course being the Militia Hill Course that opened in 2002, and was designed by Dr. Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry.

Militia Hill that sits next to the Wissahickon Course, has some stone structures on the course, which was where George Washington’s army last camped before moving to Valley Forge.