Oct. 5-6, 2019 Martin Pool reports: Some love the ocean, others the mountains. If you are inclined toward the latter, and you are a golfer, you will not find a more spectacular venue to hold a golf contest than the Lake Shastina Golf Resort at the foot of the magnificent Mount Shasta near Weed, California. Led by the Mighty […]
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10th annual Ames Silversmithing Hickory Classic
Sept. 19, 2021 Ames Golf and Country Club Ames, Iowa The tenth playing of this classic is to begin with a 10 a.m. shotgun start. Period dress is encouraged. Prize money of $600 is donated by the Youngberg family. Clubs are available for rent for $30, but these should be arranged with Gary Youngberg no later than Sept. 17. A lovely […]
2021 McNabb Cup
Sept. 24-25 Muskegon CC/White Lake GC Muskegon and Whitehall, Mich. This late-summer event has earned a singular reputation on the Michigan Hickory Tour. Perhaps it is the Friday pre-tournament round on Muskegon Country Club, a testing Donald Ross original – sometimes medal, sometimes Stableford, and maybe even match play this year. A convivial dinner at the Muskegon CC restaurant (the […]
2020 Vermont Hickory Open
Aug. 15-16 The Golf Club at Equinox 3567 Main St, Manchester, VT 05255 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 Statesman division (70 years […]
2020 Iowa Hickory Classic
Sept. 11-12 Hyperion Field Club Johnston, Iowa What can be said about 2020, other than what a year it has already been! Covid-19 hit early in the year and caused a nationwide pandemic. Even with this happening, the HGA hosted a successful 43rd annual Heart of Iowa event in July at the Bright-Grandview Golf Course in Des Moines. During the week […]
The Gold Mashie Tournament – Rhode Island
Aug. 17 Wanumetonomy Golf and CC Middletown, R.I. The Ocean State Golf Society invites hickory golfers to the 2020 Gold Mashie Tournament at Wanumetonomy Golf and Country Club. From 1923-28, the Gold Mashie was originally held over the fabled Ocean Links course in Newport, R.I. The personal property of T. Suffern Tailer, the course was considered one of the best […]
2020 Michiana Hickory Open
Aug. 29, 2020 South Bend Country Club South Bend, Ind. The 2020 Michiana Hickory Open is a GO! The venue is the South Bend Country Club, designed by George O’Neil in 1916. It hosted the Western Open in 1935 and is a section qualifier for the U.S. Open. Tommy Armour called it “the sweetheart golf course of the Midwest.” Chair […]
2020 River City Hickory Championship
Aug. 30 The Players Club of Omaha Omaha, Neb. This annual event honors the great Nebraskan amateur Johnny Goodman and includes a reception, and hall of fame banquet. This is a limited-field event of from 20-24 players at The Players Club of Omaha. The members of the Nebraska Hickory Golf Association annually induct celebrated state golfers, past and present, into […]
2020 Virginia Hickory Fourball
Sept. 14-16 Birdwood Golf Course, (Univ. of Virginia) Charlottesville, Va. This annual event is a favorite for Virgina’s hickory players. Sponsored by the Virginia Hickory Golf Association, the event is hosted in 2020 by Jim Clawson. The format is a two-day, 36-hole, two-person team competition. There are 18 holes of foursomes and 18 of best ball. The event will be […]
2020 Hickory Stick Invitational – Evans Scholars Fundraiser
Sept. 14, 2020 Forest Lake Country Club Bloomfield Hills, Mich. As all of us know we are in “unprecedented times” and how often have we heard that word used in the last four months. The result is difficult times for most of us and charities are no exception. Many charities have been very hard hit because the many events they […]