2025 Tournament Results

Under beautiful sunny skies, the 13th edition of the Michiana Hickory Open Borger Cup was contested by 41 hickory golfers at the Warren Golf Course on the campus of The University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. The event is jointly sponsored by the Golf Heritage Society and the Society of Hickory Golfers. Winners were crowned in Open, Senior, […]

Dark clouds threatened golfers during one or two points during the 2025 Keeper of the Spirit Gutty Challenge this year (July 17-18) but only a few drops splashed harmlessly about the historic Eagle Spring golf course. The rest of the time was spent chasing gutties over a charming layout through the hills and valleys of this great Wisconsin location. Greg […]

Mike Stevens, director of the Florida Hickory Golfers, reports on the annual outing at Sara Bay Country Club: Although hot as usual this time of year it was a great outing on July 26 at Sara Bay Country Club in Sarasota. Originally named Whitfield Estates CC, it was the home of the first 36 holes for the match between Bobby […]

The 2025 Columbia Cup hosted 70 players from nine different states over July 11-13. This, our 11th annual event, was played on the Gearhart Golf Links along the Oregon Coast—recently named the 5th best “true links course in the USA” by Golf Digest.   Perfect weather—marine layer in the morning breaking to sunshine and breezes in the afternoon. The greens […]

The 48th playing of the Heart of America Hickory Championship, the longest-running hickory tournament in the country, took place July 12 – 13, 2025 at the beautiful and historic Bright Grandview Golf Course in Des Moines, Iowa. The tournament, founded by Warren “Ole” Oleson and previously highlighted in a Golf Digest article, has in recent years been hosted by hickory […]

Wisconsin’s Ernie Ernst reports on a delightful event on the Baths and Irish courses at Kohler: The Kohler Par 3 Hickory Challenge was contested over July 1-2 at the Kohler Blackwolf Run location (The Baths, Kohler par 3 course) and the Straits on the Irish course.  It was two days of partner golf starting with 30 holes on the Baths […]

Under sunny skies and rising temperatures, the 10th annual Wisconsin Hickory Players’ annual charity event was held June 21-22 at Thornberry Creek at Oneida, Iroquois course. Iroquois is gutty- friendly and allows an unspoiled  walk or cart. The Pay It Forward Gutty Challenge offered a unique weekend of “Auld Gawf” spanning three centuries of golf equipment. Contestants sported Auld Gawf […]

Jacob Orcutt reports: Golfers from Alabama to Massachusetts came together at Shennecossett Golf Course in Groton, Conn. for the 5th annual Smith-Collett Classic – named for former Shennecossett pro and two-time U.S. Open champ Alex Smith, and his star pupil Glenna Collett-Vare, who won the U.S. Amateur Women’s Championship six times.  Shennecossett remains a difficult test of golf, and the […]

Our friends in the Metropolitan Hickory Society returned to the Spring Lake Golf Club on June 17 for its “War at the Shore” competition. It had been on hold for a few years, but the MHS, which hosted the 2023 USHO at the Inwood Golf Club, are a resilient bunch and love playing hickories on the many historic courses in […]