5th ANNUAL INTERSTATE TOURNAMENTOLD KINDERHOOK, MISSOURI 1st – 3rd November, 2012 Hosts – Fred & Sherry Smeltzer We enjoyed the company of 44 hickory players in perfect golfing weather. For the first time it was possible to hold a couples 9-hole scramble competition on Thursday, with 10 couples taking part. This will become an annual feature of the Thursday practice […]
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World Hickory Open won by Rick Valentine
The 8th World Hickory Open 2012 – Chairmans Report, Lionel Freedman (Reprinted with permission from the World Hickory Open website.) The 8th World Hickory took place on the 8th and 9th October 2012. Very rarely has a hickory golf tournament been blessed with such wonderful weather and also at the end of two days produced such an exiting finish. Monday […]
Oakhurst Links purchased by Greenbrier
For a brief news report of the transaction, click the following link: 123456
Links to Explore – Fine Golf
123456 Though his site is oriented to the U.K., Lorne Smith has created a web site devoted to helping golfers discover the “joy to be alive” element that special courses evoke in us. Smith notes that Fine Golf has a threefold purpose: To raise the profile of the “running game” vs. target golf; to encourage support of greenskeeping according to […]
Hickory courses we love to play – Old Bandon Golf Links Bandon Ore.
www.oldbandongolflinks.com Before Bandon Dunes was a gleam in Mike Kaiser’s eye, there was the Old Bandon Golf Links. Built in 1926 by Lee Smith, it was then known as Westmost Golf Course. The little 9-holer has been refurbished for play by Troy Russell, a man who knows a thing or two about course construction and maintenance. The course had gone […]
Correspondent for October – Autumn Golf
There is a harmony In Autumn, and a lustre in its sky, Which thro’ the Summer is not heard or seen. P.B. Shelley, Hymn to Intellectual Beauty, 1816 Autumn Golf By MacDuff As it must, fall approaches. Though I wish it would hold off just a few more weeks. I feel certain that I am on the brink of […]
Wisconsin hickory players organizing association issue challenge to Midwest players
Wisconsin’s finest hickory players, here gathered for the Cherokee CC match, are forming a hickory players association. They have issued a challenge to neighboring Midwest states for hickory matches. Any takers? On Saturday, Sept. 15, eight hickory players from Ridgeway CC in Neenah, Wisc. visited Madison, Wisc. for a hickory golf match with seven players from Cherokee CC. The […]
Kelly Davidson wins 2012 Mountain Valley Hickory Open
Kelly Davidson is the 2012 Open Champ of the Mountain Valley Hickory Open. John Berggren is the Senior Champ. Host Breck Speed said there was great pla and good fellowship at a wonderful venue. “Thank you Hardscrabble CC and our local hosts Rob Goodfellow and Neal Cowne. We raised $3,500 for First Tee of Fort Smith,” Breck said. OPEN […]
Virginia Hickory 4-Ball Invitational
The VaHGA met for its Virginia Hickory 4-Ball Invitational in September at the Keswick Club in Keswick, Va. on Sept. 14-16. Greg Witmer and Eric Wagner won the low gross by one shot over Bob and Skip Platt. Jim Clawson and Rick Woeckener finished two back. Players who competed in the event included Eric Wagner, Greg Whitmer, Skip Platt, Bob […]
Gutty Slam Results for 2012
2012 Gutty Slam Results On Friday, Sept. 7, the final rounds of the 2012 Gutty Slam were played at historic Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Course, in Ontario, Canada. In order to qualify for the finale, a player must have participated in at least two of the other three gutty golf events – the All American Hickory Open played at […]