Aug. 29, 2020 Forty-five golfers from seven states, including three First Tee players, participated in the 2020 Michiana Hickory Open held at the South Bend Country Club in South Bend, Ind. The course had been drenched by the previous night’s heavy rains and large puddles remained throughout the waterlogged course. It was cart paths only. This and strong winds made […]
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Local media enjoys Foxburg Hickory Championship
It’s always fun when the local media of any particular tournament picks up on an event. Local journalists approach such stories gleefully, without the jaded perspective of larger and national news outlets. So it was great fun to read about the 12th annual Foxburg Hickory Championship in the Clarion News this past August. Click here to see the story, and […]
Germany had strong field and a young champion for 2020
Despite all Covid restrictions in place, 42 players were able to attend from Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland, England, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands; Mexico, Scotland and Sweden, to compete in the 12th edition of the German Open Hickory Championship, played over 36 holes at Kallin Golf Course just outside the German capital, Berlin. The Championship started on Friday, Aug. 14, […]
Heart of America will go on… and did, for 43rd annual event
Aug. 17, 2020Event host Bill Reed reports on the Heart of America Tournament. On July 9 the City of Des Moines, Iowa, informed the tournament director of the annual Heart of America Hickory Championship that the municipally-owned clubhouse of the Bright-Grandview Golf Course would not be available for the scheduled receptions, dinners, and trade and raffle tables that are a […]
Summer gutty golf in full flower at Foxburg
Aug. 17, 2020 Event host Tom Johnson reports on the 12th annual Foxburg Hickory Championship, Aug. 14-15. Our weather was excellent, warm in the mid-80s on Friday, cooler in the mid-70s on Saturday, nice breezes both days kept temperatures moderate. Long time Foxburg CC green keeper Jeff “Tex” Texter had the course in fine condition. The western Pennsylvania region suffered a […]
2020 Salado Pioneer Classic
Nov. 7-8 Salado Pioneer Classic Mill Creek Golf Course Salado, Texas The inaugural Salado Pioneer Classic at Mill Creek CC is a benefit 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 Robertson Colony, established in 1825. Golf, of course, was […]
Vermont Hickory Open adds Rick Woeckener’s name to list of champions
Peter Knowlan reports: The 2020 Vermont Hickory Open was contested Aug. 15-16 at the picturesque Golf Club at Equinox, a historic Walter Travis designed course nestled between the western slope of the Green Mountains and the eastern slope of Mt Equinox, the highest peak in the Taconic range. Rick Woeckener, of Garrettsville, Ohio, the reigning U.S. Hickory Open champion, is now […]
Hickory newcomer Mitch Mitchell takes 2020 Canadian Hickory Open title
Aug. 12-14, 2020 – The Legends GCC, Alberta, Canada Ron Lyons and Chris Ream report: With the ongoing worldwide pandemic we were fortunate to be able to still run a modified Canadian Open Hickory Championship. With quarantine rules in effect, sadly we weren’t able to accommodate the many enquiries we had from the U.S. and Europe, but we were happy […]
Golfers enjoy Spanish Hickory Open in San Sebastian
The field at the 2020 Spanish Hickory OpenAugust 12 – San Sebastian, Spain Gonzalo Retana Ardanaz reports: On Aug. 11, the Real Nuevo Club de Golf SS Basozabal held for the second consecutive year a golf prize in the hickory modality, that is, with clubs from the years before 1935 and with the rules corresponding to the beginnings of golf. […]
Tad Moore, Florida Hickory Golfers featured in Golf Central Magazine
He does make a dandy golf club, does Tad Moore. The folks at Golf Central Magazine think so, too, featuring the award-winning club maker in its Vol. 21 Issue/2 edition. Also featured are the Florida Hickory Golfers and their burgeoning partnership with the Florida State Golf Association. Hickory events will now be offered and promoted through the Sunshine State’s premier […]