August 13, 2013
The 5th annual Foxburg Hickory Championship was held Aug. 9-10 at historic Foxburg Country Club in the hills of Western Pennsylvania, roughly an hour north of Pittsburgh. Foxburg Country Club was established in 1887, and is considered the oldest golf course in continuous use in the United States. Foxburg Country Club is also home to the American Golf Hall of […]
August 1, 2013
The 36th Heart of America was played under wonderful conditions on the Field Club in Omaha, July 27, 28. More than 56 golfers from around the Midwest and beyond came to the event, one of the oldest hickory golf events in the country, long a fixture of the Golf Collectors Society. Those in the Open Division were vying to […]
July 23, 2013
On Friday, July 12th, 14 two man “shamble” teams took to the Cypress nine at the Country Club of Jackson for some of the hottest hickory golf ever witnessed by this seasoned reporter. Yes, the Mississippi temperatures were sweltering but the scores were absolutely scorching! Surprisingly, some of the lowest rounds were played by newcomers to the hickory arena. […]
July 19, 2013
Official results for the USHO were delayed as the result of a scoring snafu that led to an incorrect posting of final results. Affected scores include the Senior Gross and Senior Net divisions of play. Regrettably, the error was not caught before the awards luncheon and subsequent posting to the SoHG website and Facebook pages. We apologize to the […]
June 29, 2013
The 2013 North-South was again held at the Pacific Grove Golf Links on the Monterey Peninsula. The weather was great again with the typical early morning (front 9) fog and clear blue skies for the back or ocean 9. The event began with a Friday night evening of socializing atChris Surano’s house for hors d’ouvres and drinks. Many of […]
June 24, 2013
The Playing of the 8th Belvedere Hickory Open The 2013 Belvedere Hickory Open hosted 55 participants on June 20-22 over a lovely golf course whose generous fairways approached speedy greens. Mr. Dennis “Marty” Joy, the club’s head pro, emerged as the Open victor following a tight back nine contest with modern hickory’s “wee mon” Mr. Roger Andrews (Jenks, Okla.) […]
June 10, 2013
By MacDuff In the end, only one of them could win. In the end, Andy Just of Jefferson, Ind., USA, would emerge as 2013 National Hickory Championship victor, beaming the while and deserving of the rich applause and resounding hurrahs that greeted him as he walked off the 19th green following a one-hole playoff victory over Bobby Sly (Kingston, Ont., […]
June 3, 2013
By Jay Cooke Virginia’s Deal Hudson turned in a sparkling final round 73 – a hickory course record – to claim the Vermont Hickory Golf Championship June 2 at Morrisville’s Copley Country Club. Despite an intense heat wave, the largest field ever teed it up in the tournament’s sixth edition, with 36 players from nine states competing in four […]
April 22, 2013
Roger Andrews, left, and Joe Hollerbach, right, accept the 2013Southern 4-Ball trophy from event host Tad Moore. There’s something about the Southern 4-Ball that just makes you feel good about playing hickory golf. Maybe it’s all the southern hospitality. Maybe it’s the delightful Highland Park golf course. Maybe it’s host and hostess Tad and Carol Moore. Maybe it’s seeing […]