In its more than 100-year history, the Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course has hosted a few amateur and professional tournaments, but never a PGA Tour event. This week is the first, as players tackle the Truist Championship (previously known as Wells Fargo Championship).
In just one day of play, the pros have left a historic mark on the course.
The course record of 65 was broken by no less than 10 players in the first round of the sixth Signature Event of the PGA Tour season. Keith Mitchell lowered the record by four strokes after carding nine birdies and no bogeys for a 9-under 61.
“It’s a great golf course,” Mitchell said after his performance. “Love playing it. Definitely old school. We don’t play a ton of these. It’s nice to have that as a little refresher out here.”
Another player who shot an insanely low score was Denny McCarthy, who carded nine birdies and one bogey to finish the first round at 8-under 62. McCarthy started on the 10th hole and had five consecutive birdies from 11 to 15, a bogey on the 18th and four more birdies on the second nine.
Four players finished the first round tied for third with a 7-under 63. Ahshay Bhatia (10 birdies, three bogeys), Rickie Fowler (eight birdies, one bogey), Collin Morikawa and Sepp Straka (seven bogey-free birdies each).
“It’s a fun place to play,” Fowler said about the Wissahickon Course. “For the members that are here, this is about all you can ask for, for somewhere you show up and play every day. I feel like they’ve done a great job of modernizing it over time, but it still has all the old school characteristics. It’s a fun place to play.”
Four other players shot 6-under 64s and are now tied for 7th: Sam Stevens and Joe Highsmith (one eagle, six birdies, two bogeys each), Keegan Bradley (eight birdies, one double bogey) and Shane Lowry (six bogey-free birdies).
The previous Wissahickon Course record was 65.10 players beat that today.
— Fried Egg Golf (@fried_egg_golf) May 8, 2025
Another 14 players matched the previous course record. 64 players shot in the 60s and only five players couldn’t brake par.
Defending champion Rory McIlroy finished the first 18 holes in a share of 25th place at 4-under par. His day included six birdies and two bogeys.
The Wissahickon Course was founded in 1922 and was designed by A. W. Tillinghast, who has to his name iconic courses such as Bethpage Black, Baltusrol and Winged Foot. Wissahickon measures 7,119 yards and is par 70, with a rating of 74.8 and a slope of 140.
Prior to hosting the Truist Championship, the course hosted the 2014 Philadelphia Open, the 2015 PGA Professional National Championship, the 2016 Constellation Senior Players Championship and the 2024 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball.
Another Philadelphia Cricket Club course (St. Martins) hosted the 1907 and 1910 editions of the U.S. Open.
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