March 4, 2021 Sun City West, Ariz. Tournament Director Ken Holtz reports: Having fun and staying safe – 84 players, sporting 100-year-old clubs with wooden shafts and attired in knickers, argyle socks, woolen caps and vintage outfits, found their way to Sun City West, Ariz., and the Grandview & Pebblebrook Golf Courses, Feb. 27-28, for the 9th annual Arizona Desert […]
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Polish hickory golfers offer ‘virtual’ hickory open
May 1 – Aug. 31 Anywhere Shades of the 2020 National Hickory Championship! The Polish Hickory Golf Society is inviting hickory golfers of today to compare their games against the competitors in the first Open Championship, played in 1860 at Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. Due to the pandemic situation, and the 161-year time gap, the 2021 competition will […]
Jeremy Moe wins 2021 U.S Pro hickory title
Temple Terrace, Fla.Feb. 24, 2021 Mike Stevens reports: For the third consecutive year, Boca Raton professional Jeremy Moe captured the John Shippen Cup to become the U.S. Professional Hickory Golfer of the Year. Seventeen professionals and 18 amateurs entered the 2021 contest held Monday, Feb. 22 at the historic Temple Terrace Golf Course, near Tampa, Fla. Moe’s 73 bested former champion […]
2021 Homesteader Hickory Golf Tournament
May 1-2 Beatrice Country Club Beatrice, Neb. Though it was postponed in 2020, as with so many others, the Homesteader plans to return in 2021. The Homesteader is a fun two-day stroke play event played on a very challenging golf course. Beatrice CC has been used in the past as a USGA Open qualifying course. The original nine was built […]
World Hickory Golf Day
May 2Global Hickory Golf Celebration The day was conceived as National Hickory Golf Day in 2016 by Durel Billy of the AP National Golf Club in Federal Way, Wash. Billy, who enjoys hickory golf, hoped to provide a day where regional groups across the U.S. might celebrate together. Scheduled to fall on the first Sunday in May, the concept has […]
2021 Alexander Findlay Massachusetts Hickory Open
May 14 Country Club of Greenfield Greenfield, Ma. The Hickory Golfers of Massachusetts and the Country Club of Greenfield cordially invite you to participate in the fourth annual, Alexander Findlay/Massachusetts Hickory Open Championship, to be held at the Country Club of Greenfield, the Gateway Course to Hickory Golf in New England. Deadline for entry is May 10. Registration: Call Country Club of Greenfield, 413-773-7530 […]
2021 Lake Sunapee Hickory Classic
July 8 Lake Sunapee CC New London, N.H. SoHG member David Webster has arranged for a hickory golf outing at Lake Sunapee CC, a private club in New London, N.H.. This original 1928 Donald Ross design was the summer home and club of “The Squire” – Gene Sarazen – in the later years of his life. It is a beautiful […]
Spring Matches of the Bon-Air Golfers
April 3 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 – […]
2021 San Sebastian Hickory Golf, Spain
Aug. 4-5 Real Nuevo Club de Golf SS Basozabal Gipuzkoa, Spain For the third year, the Real Nuevo Club de Golf SS Basozabal is scheduled to host a hickory golf championship, organized by by Gonzalo Retana, Freddy Lilly and the Basozabal Golf Club. The Real Nuevo Club Golf de San Sebastián Basozabal lies in mountainous terrain and offers a panoramic […]
2021 Foxburg Hickory Championship
Aug. 13-14 Foxburg Country Club Foxburg, Penn. Greetings hickory players, We are pleased to announce the 13 annual Foxburg Hickory Championship at the historic Foxburg Country Club in the hills of Western Pennsylvania, roughly an hour north of Pittsburgh. Foxburg Country Club was established in 1887, considered the oldest golf course in United States. There are multiple competitions within the Foxburg Hickory […]