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 […]
Author Archives: Jim Davis
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 […]
Quirici, Sagarra are 2021 Swiss Hickory champions
Carmen Sagarra and Paolo Quirici win 2021 Swiss Hickory Open Sept. 6, 2021 By Rick Adams Carmen Sagarra, playing from the Hittnau Golf & Country Club in eastern Switzerland, won the women’s division, and PGA teaching professional Paolo Quirici from Golf Club Lugano in the southern Ticino region won the men’s open division at the Swiss Hickory Open held at […]
Buckland Trophy new event on European hickory tour
Oct. 23 J.W. Buckland Hickory Trophy Links Course of the Cologne Golf Club Cologne, Germany The Hickory Society Cologne is pleased to announce the inaugural J.W. Buckland Hickory Trophy, to be played as part of the Dutch Hickory Tour. Play will be in accordance with the official golf rules of the R&A Rules Limited, the betting rules of the DGV (unless […]
Two first-time winners and a repeat champ at the 2021 Wisconsin Hickory Open
Bill “Ernie” Ernst reports: Marks, Burgland and Hackstock take top honors at the 10th annual Wisconsin Hickory Open, Aug. 26-28 at Lawsonia Golf course. The Wisc Hickory Open is in the books. Congratulations goes out to our cChampion, Aaron Marks, who on his first trip to Lawsonia found the secret to success. A Colorado native, Aaron proved on two very […]
Indiana’s Joey Piatek the 2021 champion at Michiana Hickory Open
Jim Jeselnick reports: The ninth annual Michiana Hickory Open, Sunday, Aug. 22, attracted a strong field of 39 participants from seven different states. Sponsored by The Golf Heritage Society and the Society of Hickory Golfers, this was the third year it was held at historic South Bend County Club, a 1916 George O’ Neil design. New head golf professional Greg […]
Brian Gee winner at 2021 German Open Hickory Championship
Petra Hellmann reports (translation by Christoph Meister): Playing golf as it was 100 years ago was on the agenda this past Aug. 13-15 at the Vechta-Welpe Golf Club some 80km south of Bremen. Forty-two participants from seven European countries and various German cities came to the county town to compete for the best player of 2021 at the 13th German […]
Foxburg notches another classic
Aug. 17, 2021Tom Johnson reports: What a wonderful weekend! How terrific to see everyone, plus a couple of visits from Foxburg’s retired keeper of the green Jeff Texter. Heartwarming! As your hosts, Karen and I are extremely fortunate to have the most thoughtful and congenial guests. The assistance offered is always spot on (thank you Dennis Meadows and Mike Campailla), but […]