HICKORY GOLF NEWS

The sun was out, the day cool and bright and the birdies were singing, most of them for Burke Spensky who notched yet another victory at Idaho’s famous Spud Cup. The competition was played May 30-31 at the River Birch Golf Course in Star, Idaho. Hosts Tom and Sue Tracy put on star spudded event with handsome silver quaiches for […]

The Northwest Hickory Players welcome 42 players for their 2026  World Hickory Golf Day celebration on May 10.  Meadow Park Golf Course (1915, John Ball) was the site for the 14th Vintage Classic on a bright sunny Pacific Northwest spring day. The day started with the usual cool temps and a bit damp, but turned to sunshine and temps in […]

May 19, 2026 ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Hickory Open was back for another year, May 18-19, at the historic Dubsdread Golf Course. Over the two days of the championship, players enjoyed perfect weather, and the course proved to be a terrific challenge. Men’s Open After winning in his first appearance in last year’s event, James Witteck took control of […]

Event host Rob Keeling reports: Thank you to all the participants who journeyed to The Fields in Lagrange, Ga.  The Alabama and Mississippi Hickory Golfers sincerely appreciate everyone who joined us for the second year of the Classic and for the 24th playing of the Southern Hickory Four-Ball Championship.  Your support, fellowship and enthusiasm for the game of hickory golf […]

Markus Brier won the Hickory Masters 2026, held May 13-14 at Circolo Golf Villa d’Este in Italy. The Austrian tour professional, who has two wins on the DP World Tour and two on the Legends Tour, won by a single stroke ahead of overnight leader Paolo Quirici (Switzerland), the 2013 World Hickory Open champion. The two days could not have […]

Christian Juel, president of the Danish Golf Historical Society reports: We just had the 2026 Open Danish Hickory Championship on May 2 and were pleased to welcome a participant from the U.S., Mr. Wesley Ker-Fox, who is a member at the Country Club of Columbus. It was very impressive to welcome a U.S. visitor and much appreciated. Wesley also visited […]

Australian Les Browne reports on his visit to the 2026 China Hickory Golf Invitational. I recently returned from the China Hickory Golf Invitational (April 13-14) just outside Beijing. The event had an international flavor with players from Japan, New Zealand, Korea, Malaysia, the U.S. and Australia in the field of 60. Hickory golf in the Asia Pacific region is expanding […]

Christian Juel, president of the Danish Golf Historical Society, reports that the group has been offered a unique opportunity to play at one of the country’s most historical courses, the Elsinore Golf Club. The offer is for 2027, but Christian wishes all hickory golfers to have an advance notice. His message follows: Dear friends, dear participants in this year’s tournament, […]

SoCal Hickory Golfers got together at the beautiful San Clemente Golf Club for World Hickory Golf Day. It was a two-man team event of six holes better ball, six of alternate shot, and six of scramble. Below are some photos from the event. Great time was had by all. Happy Hickory Golf Day! David Anderson and his partner Aaron Castillo […]

The Nebraska Hickory Golf Association scheduled its season opener to coincide with World Hickory Golf Day on May 3. The two-person best-ball competition was held at Elmwood Park in Omaha with both gross and net prizes. Dale Hallock reports that the weather was superb and the event was sold out. “Thank you to ALL players for making this event a […]

To celebrate the World Hickory Day ‘Down Under’ on the 3rd of May, the Australian Golf Heritage Society scheduled an event played on sand greens using 100-year-old hickory shaft clubs.  Throughout Australia, there are approximately 400 courses that have greens comprised of biodegradable oiled sand or some other similar material, usually due to the prohibitive cost of maintaining grass greens […]

SoHG President Joey Piatek is a devoted fan of feather ball play and may be counted among those in the select community of craftsmen who produce replica clubs of the feather ball era. Following are his reflections on play in the 2026 Oddball Tournament, held April 17-18 at the Hillcrest Golf Center in Washington, Ill. With our clubs carried under […]

The sixth annual Sunflower Hickory event was  contested on April 25 at its new location – the St. Andrews Golf Course in Overland Park, Kan. Twelve two-person teams (24 players) participated in the 18-hole match play event, which attracted players from Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Texas and Colorado. In this early season low key scramble event, team match winners receive a […]

The 2026 Spring Matches of the Bon-Air golfers is one of the highlights of the early hickory golf season in the south. This year’s competition was on April 18, the Saturday following The Masters. The event is played at the Donald Ross-designed Washington-Wilkes C.C. in Washington, Ga., about 15 miles or so northwest of Augusta. One of the perks of […]

MacDuff reports: The match in the low handicap Braid Division of the SoHG World Gutty Championship (WGC) ended with thunder in the background and lightning horns blaring. A missed stymie negotiation settled the matter. The players left the field as gusty rain squalls roared in only minutes later. Such was the dramatic conclusion for the inaugural playing of this newly […]