The wandering field correspondent, MacDuff, somehow found his way into the competition at Foxburg and filed the following report. August 2022By MacDuff There are many hickory golf tournaments, but few are hosted with such passion and emotion as the Foxburg Hickory Championship. It is Tom Johnson’s passion that drives this sweetly elegant hickory golf event, a gutty golf event, over […]
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‘Just wonderful’ – The 2022 Foxburg Hickory Championship
The 2022 Foxburg Hickory Championship concluded on Saturday, Aug. 13. Tournament host Tom Johnson sends us this report: “Just wonderful…” were the sentiments 40 participants and 20 guests expressed at the close of the 14th annual Foxburg Hickory Championship. Weather conditions were absolutely wonderful, the food was wonderful, the golf course was wonderful, and the play was spirited on a […]
Toledo hickory golfers garner a little press attention
In early August the Michigan Hickory Tour made its annual stop in the Toledo, Ohio, area for an event hosted by Bill Tucholski and Tim Stroshine. This year, a staffer from the Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune was there to take it all in. The brief report and video below were filed by J.D. Pooley for the newspaper…. The Michigan Hickory Golf […]
Swiss Hickory attracts international golfers
Rick Adams reports: The 10th Swiss Hickory Open golf championship, July 29-30, lured participants from throughout the Alpine nation, as well as hickory aficionados from neighboring countries Germany and France. A contingent from the Hickory Society Cologne journeyed nearly 700 km (about 7 hours by car) from the central German city to the Swiss event site in Aigle on the shores […]
Schuman shows top form for win at 2022 Nickel & Dime in N.J.
July 31, 2022 Jared Paletti reports: “Proving that old dogs still know how to hunt, two of the Founding Fathers of the Metropolitan Hickory Society took honors at our 11th annual Nickel and Dime in mid-July at Ridgewood Country Club in northern New Jersey. Out of the field of 16 competitors, Brian Schuman, a co-founder of the Metropolitan Hickory Society, took low gross followed by […]
Ace adds excitement to 2022 Gearhart Classic
July 25, 2022 Rob Ahlschede reports: Lyle Rowland’s ace on No. 15 was the tournament highlight for this year’s Gearhart Hickory Classic, an accomplishment that earns him admission to our hickory Dodo Club for such feats. The 2022 Classic was treated to great weather, great play, and great times together for nearly 50 hickory players. True to Gearhart, day two began with […]
Big Ernie bests Eagle Springs for 2022 Keeper of Spirit title
MacDuff reports on the 2022 playing of the Keeper of the Spirit Gutty Challenge: Tom Johnson, who hosts the annual Foxburg Hickory Championship, likes to say that pre-1900, or what is called gutta percha golf, is “The hardest golf you will ever play, but it’s the most fun you will have.” The hardest? Well, the jury may still be out […]
2022 Lake Sunapee Results
The second iteration of the Lake Sunapee CC Hickory Classic on July 14 in New London. N.H., went very well, with 23 golfers hailing from Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and other New England states. The course was in buff, beautiful shape. Jeff Blomstedt of Massachusetts and Sam Webster of Annapolis, Md., won with 28 Stableford points. They were followed by […]
2022 White Mts. Hickory Open results
Results for the July 2022 White Mts Hickory Open, Bretton Woods NH. We had a gorgeous day in Bretton Woods, N.H. this past July at the Omni Mt Washington resort for the 5th annual White Mountains Hickory Open. It is a spectacular spot with a lot of history. Jack Crosby of Concord, Mass., and Bill ‘Wardy’ Wardwell of Turners Falls, […]
Krebsbach takes title at 45th Heart of America
Duane Baylor reports: The 45th playing of the Heart of America was played July 8-10 in Des Moines, Iowa, at Bright Grandview GC. Originally organized by Warren Olson, the event draws players from around the Midwest and beyond. The chief host is the Hickory Golf Association with friends and assistance from both the Golf Heritage Society and the Society of […]