2026 Tournament Results

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 […]

Event host Ken Holtz reports on another great winter visit to the desert for hickory golfers. Playing pre-1935 hickory shafted golf clubs, 105 players celebrated the 14th annual Arizona Desert Hickory in Sun City West. Dressed in knickers, argyle socks, woolen caps, and equipped with vintage equipment, they challenged Grandview & Pebblebrook Golf Courses in grand style over a two-day […]

Southern California hickory golfers enjoyed the annual Bagpiper, held at Costa Mesa CC, on Feb. 22. Event Captain Mark Wille was pleased with the 22 player turnout and the beautiful, sunny Southern Cal day. The Open winners were Eddie Breeden and Dave McMurtrey with a score of 72. Senior division winners were Tom Goode and Rick Perrault with a score […]

MacDuff (who, through an error, perhaps, on the part of the hosts, was in the field) reports on the 2026 Winter Park Hickory Classic (Jan. 17-18): Anxious eyes kept watch on the weather in advance of the seventh annual Winter Park Hickory Classic. A brutal cold snap had the rest of the country in its grip and Florida did not […]