June 16-18 Belvedere Golf Club Charlevoix, Mich. The Belvedere Golf Club is pleased to announce the 15th annual Belvedere Hickory Open, scheduled for June 16-18. Our membership is honored and delighted to have the tournament regarded as one of the “major” hickory golf championships in the United States. We wholeheartedly welcome all participants and guests to Belvedere Golf Club and […]
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2022 Czech Hickory Championship
June 18 Park Golf Club Ostrava Šilheřovice, Czech Republic Event host Dalibor Procházka says “It is my pleasure to announce the date and venue of this year’s Czech Hickory Championship, which will take place on Saturday June 18 on the historic and beautiful parkland (literally!) course in Šilheřovice. Please spread the word if you know other hickory players. Click here for a PDF of information […]
2022 French Hickory Golf Championship
June 24-26 Club du Lys Chantilly Lamorlaye, France The French Hickory Golf Championship is being organized by Joel Travers and French Golf Hickory Association. The venue is the beautiful Les Chênes course of the Club du Lys Chantilly in Lamorlaye, France, a 1929 Tom Simpson design. Between 48 and 64 players are expected and includes both amateurs and professionals, possibly including […]
2022 Smith-Collett Classic
June 25 Shennecossett Golf Course Groton, Conn. The Connecticut Hickory Golf Association is excited to announce the second annual Smith-Collett Classic at Shennecossett Golf Course. Tee times will begin at noon, and the fee will be $40 per walking player, or $60 per riding player. Players must register here by Friday, June 10, and payment is due to the course […]
2022 GHS Latrobe Heritage & Hickory Classic
June 27 Latrobe Country Club Latrobe, Pa. This special golf outing is being offered to Golf Heritage Society members, friends and guests. The event fee for non-GHS members includes membership in the GHS. The event is part fundraiser, but is mainly meant to be an enjoyable outing in remembrance of Arnold Palmer on his home course. Click here for a […]
2022 Matches of the Bon-Air Golfers
April 2 Washington Wilkes CC Washington, Ga. The Bon-Air Golfers, established 1896, and reconstituted 1996, as Augusta’s hickory golfing society, will contest its Spring Matches in two forms: Fitzjohn – using original 19th century (no later than 1905) smooth-faced irons and spliced-neck woods; and actual, original 19th century gutta percha balls, or “The Park” replicas from McIntyre Golf. Ogilvie – […]
2022 Sacramento Hickory
April 9-10 Haggin Oaks GC Sacramento, Calif. You are invited to a first-year hickory golf tournament of 36 holes, played over two days on two separate, but co-located courses at Haggin Oaks. Saturday’s round will be played on the Arcade Creek Course (first tee time 11:30 a.m.) and Sunday’s round will be on the Alister MacKenzie Course (first tee time at 9:33 a.m.). Alister MacKenzie designed the […]
2022 Oddball Tournament of The Honorable Company
April 15,16 Hillcrest Golf Center, Washington, Ill. and Metamora Fields, Metamora, Ill. The Honorable Company of Illinois Golfers has for the past several years hosted an annual spring gathering for gutty enthusiasts, along with 12 holes of feathery golf. Hosts Denny and Cathy Lane have renamed it The Oddball “…to honor the spirit of the golfers who keep the old […]
Summary of World Hickory Golf in 2021
The world certainly saw its challenges in 2021 –political strife, warfare, Covid, and climate change among them. We are very fortunate, this global hickory golf community, to face our challenges on fairways and greens. However else the great disturbances of the world might have touched us, at least many of us had an opportunity for a bit of peace with […]
Florida Hickory Golfers conclude eventful season
Dec. 14, 2021 Mike Stevens reports: The Florida Hickory Golfers concluded another successful season with our annual championships at Mount Dora Country Club on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 11, 12. Players were seeded based on their performance throughout the year and as expected, top seed Will Peterson coasted to a victory and retains the Stevens Trophy for another year. […]