Friday, March 25, 2022. By Pete League Tournament Director Seven of the nine Texas First Tee chapters sent a four-person team to Onion Creek Club in Austin for the second Texas First Tee Hickory Championship. Only the El Paso and West Texas chapters were missing. The format was two two-person teams playing in a scramble, with the cumulative score of […]
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Flory defends title at Kohler Challenge, but weather was the real star
May 16, 2022 By Ernie Ernst The Kohler Hickory Challenge was contested this past week, May 12-15, at the courses at Whistling Straits and Blackwolf Run. With a little twist in course selection this year, participants were offered a warm up round on the Straits Course on Thursday for fun. Many took advantage of the opportunity to play the Ryder […]
Flory, Kopec winners at 2022 Southern Four-Ball
May 4, 2022 The 2022 Southern Hickory 4-Ball was played April 21,22,23. We had great weather, warm and lots of sunshine. This year’s event was played in two formats. For the low handicap players we had the Best Ball Scratch. For the others, we played a Team Total Stableford. Highland Park Golf Course was in great shape. Greens were tough […]
NWHP celebrates World Hickory Golf Day in vintage style
Northwest Hickory Players celebrate World Hickory Golf Day at Meadow Park Golf Course in Tacoma, Wash. The playing of the Vintage Hickory Classic has been scheduled for WHGD since 2013 and this year there were 46 players for the celebration. It was great having many players making the trip from the Portland area to join in the fun of the day. […]
Results of inaugural 2022 Sacramento Hickory Open
On April 9-10, 26 hickory players celebrated the first year Sacramento Hickory tournament. A very good first event field including several first-time hickory players. We had five from Washington, two from Oregon, two from Arizona, two all the way from south of Los Angeles, and two from Palm Springs, that leaves 13 from northern California. We had fields for Open, Senior, […]
2022 Sunflower Hickory Match Play results
April 26, 2022 Playing in strong prevailing winds gusting to 35 miles per hour, the Kansas City Area Hickory Golfers hosted its 2nd annual Sunflower Hickory Match-Play April 23, 2022 at the Falcon Lakes Golf Course in Basehor, Kan. Winners were recognized and awarded their gold medals at the dinner which featured excellent Kansas City style BBQ. Awards this year also […]
Virginia golfers honor Tad Moore at Southern Four Ball
April 25, 2022 By Jim Clawson VaHGA was well represented at this year’s Southern Hickory Fourball hosted by Tad Moore at the Highland Park Golf Course in Birmingham, Ala. Terry Pemberton and Eric “the Hickory Hokie” Johnson teamed up as did Deal Hudson (now from Lilburn, Ga. but still a VaHGA Founding Member) and yours truly. Non-resident members Mike O’Donnell […]
Mr. Yuji Yasuda is the 2022 Japan Hickory Open Champion
By Alex Bruce Our first major hickory golf event in Japan in 2022 was the Japan Hickory Open played at the glorious Kobe Golf Club (1903), Japan’s first golf club. The Kobe Golf Club members provided us access to the original 4,090 yards layout and par 71 scorecards, so we could all play the course the way it was designed. […]
A tradition (ahem), event, unlike any other – feather ball golf in Illinois
April 19, 2022 By MacDuff Since the advent in 2000, and even earlier, of modern hickory golf the sport has followed many paths, blossomed in a variety of forms. Hickory tournaments large and small, from gutty to golden-era 1920s style of play, offer opportunities to “discover the playing characteristics of wood shafted golf clubs,” as the Society of Hickory Golfer’s […]
Italy’s eight 2022 Challenge events and Hickory Open
Sept. 10-11 Italian Hickory Open Asiago Golf Club, north of Venice The 4th Italian Hickory Open will be contested 10-11 September at Asiago Golf Club in the foothills of the Italian Alps north of Venice. The format for the eight Italian Challenge events is individual stroke play utilizing the Stableford points system. Maximum handicap allowed is 36. Players must play with […]