November 29, 2016
We just love it when city fathers agree that a historic old golf track must be preserved. Such enlightened thinking is rare these days among city fathers. Thus, when the mindful custodians of what is good and right in Winter Park, Fla. decided that their little municipal course must be saved and renovated, well, the cause of mashie and niblick […]
November 7, 2016
Beautiful weather was the inducement to great play at the 13th annual Mid Pines Hickory Open in Southern Pines, N.C. Though late in 2016, the event is the season opener for the 2016-17 Championship Series of the Society of Hickory Golfers. Some 89 hickory golfers competed on the wonderful Donald Ross-designed Mid Pines course, a favorite of many of the participants. The competitors […]
October 29, 2016
Indiana Hickory Open Oct. 20-23, 2016 Evansville, Ind. At the invitation of Wyandotte Hickory Organization (WHO) member Max Hollon and friends, a small contingent of Michigan WHO-ers ventured to Evansville, Ind. for the First Indiana Hickory Open scheduled for Oct. 20-23. The weather was cooperative, the company gracious, and the golf super. It is said that Julius Caesar described his military achievements as […]
October 21, 2016
Participants in the Metropolitan Hickory Society’s Jersey Shore outing had a beautiful day to golf on Oct. 19. Frank Flood of Connecticut took home the Open Division Championship with a sweet 80 at the wonderful Spring Lake Golf Club in Spring Lake, N.J. Jon Byron shot a fine 83 to take home the Runner-Up Medal in the Open Division. In […]
October 18, 2016
Newly renamed as the Johnny Goodman River City Hickory Championship, this event of the Nebraska Hickory Golfers Association was held at the Happy Hollow Country Club on Oct. 15. In conjunction with the event, the NEHGA inaugurated a Hickory Hall of Fame, inducting as its first three honorees Alexander Findlay, Johnny Goodman, and Randy Jensen. Twenty players in the 2016 […]
October 13, 2016
World Hickory Open Champion Sandy Lyle is pictured with his trophies at Panmure Golf Club. © Andy Thompson Photography / ATIMAGES Oct. 13, 2016 By Wendy Glass Carnoustie Country After two days of highly-competitive games between many of the world’s top hickory golfers, double Major winner Sandy Lyle has claimed the World Hickory Open Champion title for 2016. “I’m delighted […]
October 11, 2016
By Rob Birman Thirty-six determined golfers gathered for the second annual Gamble Sands Hickory Open, Oct. 8-9, hosted by Northwest Hickory Players and Gamble Sands. The course is one of the latest additions by David Kidd, architect of famed Bandon Dunes. And, while decidedly inland [200 miles inland from Seattle], the links resemble Bandon Dunes in many respects – tight fescue […]
October 4, 2016
The Wyandotte Hickory Organization held its sixth annual WHO Open Tournament on Oct. 1, 2016. The weather looked a little bleak that day as it rained right up to tee times. The golf gods smiled on the Wyandotte Shores G.C. when the sun came and stayed until the last putt was holed. This year’s open champion Bill Tucholski shot 79 […]
September 24, 2016
It was a finish you might expect from two talented golfers who have faced each other on more than one occasion. After 36 holes on the tough Links of Lawsonia, in Green Lake, Wisc., Cliff Martin of Los Angeles, and Jeremy Moe, pro at the Hardscrabble Golf Club in Fort Smith, Ark., each had carded a 151. Moe settled the […]