After Conrad Von Borsig had been ousted in the semifinals of
the BMW Philadelphia Amateur at Stonewall a few weeks ago in a hard-fought 1-up
victory for eventual champion Jeremy Wall, Von Borsig talked about wanting to
continue to compete at a high level in local golf circles.
And if you’re trying to maintain a competitive edge on the
golf course, there is no better place to be a member than Von Borsig’s home
course, Philadelphia Cricket Club.
“We have 25 to 30 guys who are really good players,” Von
Borsig said that day at Stonewall. “We all work on our games all winter.
Everybody points to the (BMW) Team Matches. And our club championship is really
tough to win. It might be as tough to win as (the Philadelphia Amateur).”
The Cricket Club’s depth was on display once again Wednesday
as it captured the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s 100th Team
Championship, holding off LuLu Country Club in a summit meeting at Bent Creek
Country Club in Lititz. It was the second straight title in the event for the
Cricket Club and the fourth time since 2013 it has been crowned the team
champion.
The Cricket Club’s top entry in the BMW GAP Team Matches was
denied a spot in the Playoff for the title by a strong LuLu entry, but such is
the Cricket Club’s deep stable of talent that its second team won its division
and represented the club in the Playoff.
Von Borsig piled up three points in his afternoon singles
matches as the Cricket Club matched LuLu’s 16.5 points to maintain the
three-point edge it had built in the morning alternate-shot foursome matches. The
eight-man teams competed in foursome matches in the morning followed by singles
matches in the afternoon.
The Cricket Club finished with 26 points, three more than
LuLu’s 23. Huntingdon Valley Country Club, which emerged as the champion in the
BMW Team Match Playoff this spring, finished third with 14 points and
Commonwealth National Golf Club was fourth with nine points.
Von Borsig teamed with reigning Cricket Club club champion
Matt Kocent, who captained the team at Bent Creek, in the morning as they
picked up two-and-a-half points for the cause.
The Cricket Club came out of the morning foursomes with 9.5
points, followed by LuLu with 6.5 points, Huntingdon Valley with 4.5 points and
Commonwealth National with 3.5 points.
Rounding out the Cricket Club roster were Sean Sementz,
Robert Walizer, John Brennan, Scott Storck, Ryan Gelrod and Dan Feeney.
“This is a huge accomplishment for Cricket,” Kocent told the
GAP website. “It just shows how many great players we have at our club and it means
a lot to bring it home.”
Huntingdon Valley owns 13 wins in the 100-year history of
the Team Championship, but none since 2004. LuLu captured its first title in
2017, but has been unable to get by the Cricket Club for a second one.
Commonwealth National took Team Championship honors in 2009 and 2014.
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