Brian Schuman, organiser of the Long Island National Hickory Championship, is keen to promote golf in his region of the country. With such a rich history of golf, the region should be ripe to heed his efforts. For starters, the Long Island Golf News website has posted a favorable article on the Long Island National Hickory. Without further ado, you […]
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ForbesLife Magazine highlights modern hickory golf
The September 2011 issue of ForbesLife features a story on hickory golf by James Dodson, a Pinehurst resident and author, who was introduced to the game at the 2009 Mid Pines Hickory Open. Tad Moore, Ken Holtz, Dr. Jay Harris and Mid Pines owner Kelly Miller are among those who guided Dodson through the nuances of niblick through jigger and […]
C.B. Macdonald matches go to U.S.
By Paul Dietz Niagara GC – the oldest golf course in North America – was the site for the 2011 CB Macdonald Challenge and The Eastern Canadian Hickory Championship on Sept. 10-11. The weatherman looked favourably on the Niagara GC in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, and provided us with perfect golfing conditions – low humidity and gentle breezes off Lake […]
Kummel Cup Results
Another Wisconsin summer is coming to an end and the fall season is upon us. The 2nd annual Kummel Cup was contested over the weekend on the Links course at The Golf Courses of Lawsonia, Green Lake, Wisc., with great weather, golf and friendship. The course was in great shape with the greens in the best condition they […]
Hickory Grail in Pinehurst following Mid Pines Hickory Open
European and U.S. Hickory Grail teams at Falsterbo, Sweden in 2009. The seventh quest for the Hickory Grail is scheduled for Nov. 8-9 at The Dormie Club, in Pinehurst, N.C. Europe has the honor of defending the Grail, having taken it with a convincing victory over the Falsterbo links in Sweden in 2009. David Kirkwood of Gullane, Scotland captains […]
Canadian Jim Wilhelm takes Foxburg title
Beginning with the excellent weather during the practice round on Thursday, Aug. 11, which we enjoyed for all three days of the Championship, and ending with a fine meal and award presentation, the Foxburg Hickory Championship was an exceptional event. The championship is 36 holes played on the oldest continuous golf course in the country. Foxburg Country Club was built in […]
Who will win Championship Series title?
Josh Fischer is stoked about the 2011 Championship Series. He should be. Fischer is one of a handful of players who have an opportunity to win the inaugural Championship Series title. The Championship Series of the Society of Hickory Golfers is a series of four events, the whole sponsored by Mountain Valley Spring Water. Point totals have been awarded […]
Greg Smith Featured on The Golf Affects Radio Show
Greg and Ann Smith photograped on the Oakhurst Golf Links during a National Hickory Championship. SoHG member Greg Smith of De Forest, Wisc. was invited to speak on The Golf Affects Radio show, WTSO AM in Madison, Wisc. Called the Big 1070, it is billed as Madison’s Sports Station. This show featured special guests Steve Stricker and Jerry […]
Hickory golf, then and now
There are striking similarities between Hickory Golf of today and the last decades of the 19th century! Our engaging hobby is almost unknown to the golfing world outside our little band of Practitioners here and abroad, and attracts no professional reward or public notice, with the happy result that it can be competitive without risk of ungentlemanly conduct, and entirely […]
One Hacker’s U.S. Hickory Open
By Hugh Menzies French Lick, Indiana. There is a name to conjure with. The name derives from a Frenchman who owned a salt works by a creek many moons ago. Lick was a word used for creek back then. It is, as basketball cognoscenti know, the hometown of NBA great, Larry Bird. It was also, for three days of early […]