The Vermont Hickory Golf Association is pleased to announce that this year’s Vermont Hickory Open, the 19th annual contest, will be a one day medal (stroke) play event featuring four divisions: the Open division (any age or gender), the Senior division, (60 years of age or older), the Statesmen division (70 years of age or older), and a Women’s division. Both low gross and low net in each division will be acknowledged. A division must have a minimum of four competitors for the low gross winner’s name to be engraved on the Vermont VHO trophy.

VENUE: The 2026 VHO will be at the Copley Country Club, in Morrisville, Vt., last visited for the VHO in 2013. The 1936 course is nine holes with a distance covering 2,154 yards. The play to be two rounds of nine holes with alternate tee positions.

DATES: Saturday, Aug. 22. Green fees and a box lunch are included in the registration. Practice rounds are not included in the registration fee. Please call the pro shop at C. C. C. to schedule your practice round 802-888-3013.

SCHEDULE OF PLAY: Play will be by tee times; the first tee time is expected to be at 10 a.m. There is a restaurant with both inside and outside seating where we may gather for refreshments after play. The box lunch will have two choices. We expect to have table space available after play for club swap, trade, buy or sell. Group pictures will be at 9:30 a.m. prior to tee off.

RULES OF PLAY: The Society of Hickory Golf rules will apply. See the Society of Hickory Golf web site at hickorygolfers.com and look for guidelines under the tournament tab. Play must be with a hickory shafted clubs manufactured before Dec. 31, 1934, or with Society of Hickory golf approved reproductions. There is no limit to the number of clubs allowed in your bag. Cell phone GPS and/or other distance measuring devices are not permitted during tournament play. Local rules will be made available before start of play.

RESERVATION NOTE: Summer in Vermont is incredibly popular, and for good reasons. We strongly suggest you make reservations quite early (late spring at the latest if possible), particularly for rooms.

REGISTRATION: Click here for a registration form. Or check the Vermont Hickory Golf Association website www.vthga.org. Click on the Events tab and then on the 2026 Vermont Hickory Open tab.

The registration fee is $50. As indicated above, golf carts and practice rounds are not included in the fee but can be arranged directly with the pro shop 802-888-3013