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, […]
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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 […]
World Hickory Golf Day is less than a month away!
How is YOUR group celebrating World Hickory Golf Day? The day to celebrate hickory golf falls this year on Sunday, May 1. Well, it’s always the first Sunday in May. The Northwest Hickory Players are well into the swing of things. We hear the Michigan group plans an outing, too. Let us know about your May 1 hickory golf activities; […]
Baltimore 10-year-old featured with his hickories
SoHG member Michael cruz is only 10-years-old, but he already know his way around a set of hickory golf clubs. Journalist Lyndi McNulty of the Carroll County Times posted a story on the young hickory player in the March 12, online edition of The Baltimore Times’ Carroll County Times. It’s a nice story on young Mr. Cruz and we hope […]
Golf Channel visit to Mission Inn Resort, site of 2022 USHO
March 30, 2022 The NBC/Golf Channel recently visited the Mission Inn Resort, site of the 2022 U.S. Hickory Open, to film 10 episodes for one of its top shows, The Golf Fix. The host, Devan Bonebrake, and the NBC creative team had many wonderful comments about Mission Inn’s beautiful property, practice facilities and courses. For those of you planning to […]
VIP round on historic 12-hole Prestwick layout
Oct. 18 Prestwick GC Prestwick, Scotland Not strictly a hickory golf tournament, this is nonetheless an extraordinary opportunity for hickory golf over an historic layout in commemoration of the 150th playing of the Open Championship. Golf travel company Scottsdale Collection has negotiated an exclusive Prestwick VIP Day on Oct. 18, 2022, for 36 golfers to recreate golfing history and walk in […]