May 17, 2021 The season is finding its way to cooler climes as regional groups host opening day events. Here’s a note from the Nebraska, Michigan, and Illinois groups. Dale Hallock, president of the Nebraska Hickory Golf Association, reports:The 2021 NEHGA Hickory Opening Day Challenge was held at Elmwood Park GC in Omaha on Saturday, May 8. It what was […]
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Record field for Findlay/Massachusetts Hickory Open and 125th anniversary for Country Club of Greenfield
Bill Conant reports: It was a near record turnout of 32 players who enjoyed beautiful weather and a fun day at a club celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. The Alexander Findlay/Massachusetts Hickory Open was held May 14 at The Country Club of Greenfield (The Gateway Course to Hickory Golf in New England), in Greenfield, Mass. Players attending were: Bill Wardwell, Dave […]
Hutton takes title at windy Homesteader
May 5 – Beatrice, Neb. Duane Baylor reports: The Beatrice Homesteader Open was held May 1-2 under very windy conditions. This year’s participants were: Duane Baylor, Paul Bjerke , Bob Bjerke , Paul Jensen, John Hutton, Larry Krabsbach, Ron Luster and Dick Shanahan. First place gross went to John Hutton (83-93=175) and second was Larry Krabsbach (95-95=190). Net winner was […]
NWHP celebrates World Hickory Golf Day at Meadow Park GC
The Northwest Hickory Players hosted the 9th Vintage Hickory Classic at Meadow Park Golf Course, a 1915 public course near Tacoma, Wash. The Vintage was initiated 10 years ago to celebrate National Hickory Golf Day, and now continues to celebrate World Hickory Golf Day, offered by the Society of Hickory Golfers. The day started grey and cool but developed into […]
World Hickory Golf Day celebrated on Sunday, May 2
World Hickory Golf Day was created to set aside one day each year, the first Sunday in May, to celebrate the sport. We invite all of you who observed the day in this way to send a photo or other note about your hickory golf day. Two fellows in Wisconsin, in the U.S., held an impromptu match on the […]
Match play off to great start as Kansas golfers grow the hickory game
April 21, 2021 Mike Needleman reports: The Kansas City Area Hickory Golfers are pleased to announce the success of its inaugural event held April 17, 2021, as 30 golfers gathered to contest their skills in the two-person team, match-play event. Play was held at the Jay Morrish-designed Falcon Lakes Golf Course in Basehor, Kan. Everyone enjoyed hickory friendly fairways, speedy […]
Hickory Stick Golf
May 1 Excelsior Springs Golf Course Excelsior Springs, Mo. The Excelsior Springs Cultural Guild is sponsoring a day of hickory golf. The $70 fee for the 4-person scramble includes cart, clubs, green fees and a sack lunch. The event will begin with a hickory golf club demonstration at 10 a.m. followed by a 10:30 a.m. tee time. For information and […]
Woeckener/Hollerbach best tough field at 2021 Southern 4-Ball
April 19, 2021 By MacDuff At the trailing end of the Appalachian Mountains, flanked by long parallel mountain ridges, Birmingham is one of Alabama’s most populous, and one of America’s most historic, cities. An industrial and educational center, its people have been firsthand witness to many of the Civil Right’s movement’s most tragic as well as uplifting events. It is […]
2021 Pioneer Classic
Nov. 6-7 Mill Creek Golf Course Salado, Texas This marks the second annual Pioneer Classic, a two-person team event on the Mill Creek Golf Course in Salado, Texas. The tournament is a fundraiser for the Salado Museum and College Park which preserves the pioneer history of the Salado area. Chief among the early settlers were the 600 Scottish families of the […]
First Tee excitement makes Onion Creek tourney an overall winner
March 30, 2021 Austin, Texas Pete League, host of the Onion Creek Hickory Classic, reports that it was a splendid 2021 outing from any way you look at it. Several First Tee teams turned out in what Pete hopes might eventually turn into a national First Tee Hickory Tournament. Building toward that future, five First Tee teams from the Dallas, […]