Sept. 24, 2022 Ullerberg Golf Course Leuvenum, Netherlands The 2022 edition of the Dutch Open is scheduled again for the historic, private, family owned golf course – The Ullerberg. The competitors will play for the Waller trophy, a beautiful silver cup presented by the Waller family, who built and have owned the course since 1923. The course is unique in […]
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2022 Mike Fatke Memorial Hickory Tournament
Aug. 12-13 Manistee Golf and Country Club Manistee, Mich. The Mike Fatke Memorial Hickory Tournament honors the memory of Mike Fatke, the long-time grounds superintendent of the Manistee Golf and Country Club. It also serves as a fundraiser for the Save a Buddy Fund that Mike and his wife, Molly, established to provide financial assistance for owners to spay or […]
2022 Vermont Hickory Open
Aug. 13-14 Brattleboro Country Club Brattleboro, Vt. The Vermont Hickory Golf Association is pleased to announce that this year’s Vermont Hickory Open will be a two-day medal (stroke) play event featuring four divisions: the Open division (any age or gender), the Senior division, (60 years of age or older), the Statesmen division (70 years of age or older), and a […]
2022 Michiana Hickory Open
Aug. 21, 2022 South Bend Country Club South Bend, Ind. Join the Golf Heritage Society and the Society of Hickory Golfers for the ninth annual tournament that will feature an Open Division, a Senior Division (age 60-70), a Statesman Division (age 70+), and a Scramble Division. The cost is TBD (last year it was $70), but will cart, range balls, […]
Inaugural Tri-State West Pennsylvania Hickory Open
Aug. 21, 2022 Tam O’Shanter Pennsylvania Golf Course Hermitage, Pa. Tri-State Hickory Golf and the Golf Heritage Society are sponsoring the West Penn Open / Heritage Day at Tam O’Shantner PA Golf Course in Hermitage, Pa. As a “legacy golf” event, players are invited to use hickories, classic era clubs, or modern clubs. The hickory division will tee off at […]
2022 Wisconsin Hickory Open
Aug. 25-27 The Golf Courses of Lawsonia, Links Course Green Lake, Wisc. The Wisconsin Hickory Golfers welcome all players to participate in the 2022 Wisconsin Hickory Open to be contested on the Links Course at Lawsonia. Consistently rated in the Top 100 Public Courses in America, Lawsonia offers a unique hickory challenge. This will be our 10th annual event and […]
2022 Liermoen Hickory Tournaments, Norway
Aug. 27-28 Kongsvingers Golf Club Granli, Norway The Kongsvinger Hickory Committee has announced the second hickory golf tournament in modern times in Norway, 27-28 August 2022 at Kongsvingers Golf Club. The first day of the Liermoen Hickory Golf Tournaments will feature Peter Nordwall’s Hickory Challenge: front nine, Greensome Foursome; back nine, Fourball Bestball 18-hole Stableford with hickory handicap … followed […]
Northwest’s own Andrew von Lossow claims 2021 USHO title at Gearhart
By Jim Davis The U.S. Hickory Open last visited the western U.S. in 2017 when it was held at the Del Monte Golf Club in Monterey, Calif. The 2021 version, the 14th playing of the tournament, was held on the oldest course west of the Mississippi (1892), Gearhart Golf Links, in Gearhart, Ore. It was the first held in the […]
2022 Pacific Hickory Cup
Jan. 16-17Shadow Mountain Golf ClubPalm Desert, Calif. After a Covid-induced hiatus, the 2022 Pacific Hickory Cup returns to the Gene Sarazen-designed Shadow Mountain Golf Club in Palm Desert, Calif. This event consists of three rounds of golf over two days (Ryder Cup match play style format). Both Arizona and California will have teams in competition for the Pacific Hickory Cup […]
2022 Winter Park Hickory Classic
Jan. 22-23 Winter Park Golf Course Winter Park, Fla. The Winter Park Golf Course traces its origins to 1914 when Harley A. Ward and Dow George were commissioned to lay out a 9-hole course on 25 acres at the north end of Winter Park, a charming little suburb of Orlando created as a haven for snowbirds seeking more hospitable temperatures […]