HICKORY GOLF NEWS

The Southern Hickory 4-Ball Championship is undergoing a sea change in 2025. It’s founder, legendary clubmaker and SoHG co-founder Tad Moore is stepping down as its host. Moore, 83, said that a recent stroke (he’s fine) got him thinking about things and felt it might be time to hand off the long-running hickory “major,” one he established and has run […]

Bailey Weigandt reports: The weather was perfect and over 30 players from nine different states joined in for a great weekend of golf at the historic Owl Creek Country Club where the perfect fairways and greens awaited the competitors. Two titles were up for the taking, The Davies and The Bartlett trophies. The Davies Trophy goes to the winner of […]

The Australian Hickory Open Championship, held over Warringah, Manly, and Cromer golf clubs, Sept. 8-10, 2024, on Sydney’s northern beaches, hosted over 50 keen hickory enthusiasts for the 29th playing of the tournament. Players from Australia, Japan, Canada, China, and New Zealand turned up to compete with their 100+-year-old hickory clubs, most dressed in period clothing. Organized and administered by the […]

Hello hickory golfers, The inaugural Goodwin Gutty Open was contested on Sept. 30, 2024, at the historic Goodwin Park Golf Course’s north course. The course, which was laid out by amateur golf enthusiasts in 1906, has hosted some of Hartford’s best golfers, and, in the 1920s and 1940s, often served as an occasional airfield. The course lies within Goodwin Park, […]

Crisp temperatures and sunny skies greeted nearly 90 players for the 13th annual Ames Silversmithing Hickory Classic, held Sept. 29 at Ames Golf and Country Club in Ames, Iowa. Host and Tournament Director Gary Youngberg of Ames played steady golf, himself carding three birdies and a lone bogey for a solid 2-under par 69. That sizzling performance was followed by Connor […]

It’s a wrap! The 2024 Johnny Goodman River City Championship was held Sunday, Sept. 22, at the Field Club of Omaha and thanks to the weather gods, the event was a great success! A special thank you to the Field Club of Omaha and its staff for hosting a first-class outing. Also, thank you to Beardmore Subaru for sponsoring the […]

By MacDuff Early on, the 2024 McNabb Cup looked to have its largest field ever, several new entrants having been approved by the August & Ancient Committee that manages all aspects of the beloved tournament. As the tournament date drew near, several entrants wrote with anxious apologetic words to withdraw. In the end, it was two dozen of the best […]

Ernie Ernst and Jim Davis report: Could the cheery band of Wisconsin Hickory Golfers top their effort of 2016 at the Links of Lawsonia? Do we even need ask? Led by Ernst and James “Doc” Eike, the Wisconsin tribe hosted a wonderful tournament with all the bells and whistles you could want. Some 128 players competed in four flights Open, […]

Chris Ream has sent his annual report on the Canadian Hickory Open, Aug. 12-16, on the Legends Golf Course in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This is one of the great events on the annual hickory tour. As usual, Chris has outdone himself on the report. To cut right to the chase, after 27 holes, the Open Division was won by newcomer […]

Ernie Ernst reports: The weather could not have been more perfect.  Much like the Scottish Open that annually holds its event one week before The Open, this year’s Wisconsin Hickory Open was held Aug. 29-31 on the Links of Lawsonia in Green Lake the week before the U.S. Hickory Open in Kenosha. Fifty players from around the state and the […]

Iowa has been one of hickory golf’s active spots since the late 1970s when the Heart of America Hickory Championship was begun in Des Moines. The Iowa Hickory Classic came along soon after. The 2024 version was played Aug. 10-11 at the Fort Dodge Country Club, a sporty Tom Bendalow design dating from 1911. Good times, good weather and great […]

Dale Hallock reports: The 2024 Nebraska Hickory Open held at the Fremont Golf Club on Aug. 11 was highly competitive. Drake Lundeen shot a 76 to best legendary hickory golfer Randy Jensen by one stroke. As well, Rudy Thomas scored an ace on No. 10, which sent a round of excitement through the course. Congratulations to them and all our […]

Host Tom Johnson reports: The 16th Foxburg Hickory Championship was blessed with three fantastic days, Aug. 8-10. Several days of rain over the previous 10 days greened up the course, which made it play a little slower than normal. While the green speeds were moderate, the Foxburg legacy of being difficult around the greens was true to form.     […]

The 2024 Vermont Hickory Open was contested Aug. 10-11 at the Brattleboro Country Club, Brattleboro, Vt. Jim Gallagher, of Pitman, N.J., is now the reigning Open champion. Jack Crosby of Concord, Mass., is the Senior champion, and Jeff Bloomstedt of Gill, Mass., is the champion of the Statesman division. Jeff also earned the distinction of becoming the first competitor to […]

Rob Ahlschwede reports: The 2024 Columbia Cup is in the books. The new moniker honors the Columbia River, the ship Columbia that the river was named after, and Columbia Sportswear, our major sponsor.  Sixty-seven players in four divisions played the 10th event on the Gearhart Golf Links in Gearhart, Ore. Not too surprisingly, the event was previously known as the […]