Oct. 15, 2019 Hickory Golf Open Kitzbühel, Austria Tatjana Thoß of Germany and Giunto G. Schalkenberg of Austria report: “I’m golfing in the rain” … with as much enthusiasm and joy as Gene Kelly sang and danced in the rain, 30 golfers from Germany, Austria, Suisse, France, and Poland were celebrating the first Hickory Golf Open Kitzbühel, throughout the weekend […]
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2020 National Hickory Championship
June 11-13 Mound Golf Course Miamisburg, Ohio The 2020 National Hickory Championship, its 23rd year, is scheduled for the historic Mound Golf Course of the City of Miamisburg, Ohio. Contestants play 36 holes over two days. Clubs must be original 19th century or approved replicas (available for rent if you don’t have your own set) and all players use the […]
2020 Vermont Hickory Scotch Foursomes
July 19(RESCHEDULED FROM JUNE 13!!)Copley Country ClubMorrisville, Vt. This annual event of the Vermont Hickory Golf Association is an 18-hole competition between two-person teams played over the very scenic Copley Country Club. Play will be conducted with all teams playing in the same flight without reference to handicaps. Tees appropriate to age or gender of players to be used accordingly. […]
2020 Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship
June 13-14 Eagle’s Pride Golf Course Dupont, Wash. The Northwest Hickory Players is pleased to invite you to the sixth annual 2020 Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship to be held at the historic Eagle’s Pride Golf Course in Dupont, Wash. Formerly known as Fort Lewis Golf Course, golf was first played on this military base in 1922 when General Ulysses Grant […]
2020 Houston Hickory Team Challenge
!!!NEW DATE!!! June 13-14 High Meadow Ranch Golf Club Tomball, Texas This hickory golf event has shifted from early May to mid-June. Organizers hope they will be able to go forth at that date, but will quickly alert players if that should change. The tournament benefits the First Tee of Greater Houston. The registration fee of $215 includes two rounds […]
2020 Belvedere Hickory Open
!!!CANCELLED!!! June 18-20 Belvedere Golf club Charlevoix, Mich. The 2020 Belvedere Hickory Open has been cancelled. It will not be rescheduled for later in 2020, reports host professional Dennis “Marty” Joy, but will certainly be on the schedule for 2021. After a year off to host to the 2019 U.S. Hickory Open, the Belvedere Golf Club is pleased to announce […]
2020 Onion Creek Hickory Classic
March 26-28Onion Creek ClubAustin, Texas On March 13, host organizer Pete League announced that the 2020 Onion Creek Hickory Classic has been postponed indefinitely. Please contact tournament organizers directly for more information. The 2020 Onion This great hickory event at the Onion Creek Club has become one of the legends on the national hickory golf tour. Players from across the […]
‘Truett Trophy’ hickory event added to prestigious R&A Autumn Meeting
Oct. 6, 2019 Reports have filtered in that the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews has begun a new tradition for its Autumn Meeting. It is one we hope will find a lasting place in the Club’s fixture schedule. The R&A Autumn Meeting, Wednesday, 18 Sept., included this year The Truett Trophy, played with hickories over the Eden […]
Christensen slogs to win in wet River City Hickory Championship
Event organizer Kevin Cawley reports that the 2019 version of the River City Hickory Championship on Sept. 29 was a wet one. Nonetheless, the field got in nine holes and, as always, good fun had by all. The event also recognized new Nebraska Hickory Golf Hall of Fame inductees Rob Ahlschwede, Roger Hill, and Tad Moore.
The Art of Will Jacoby
Designed and Handcrafted in Louisville, Ky. By Jim Davis If there is a commonality among those who play modern hickory golf, it is a vague discontent with the surface values of the modern game that appear absolutely silly to the untutored. “Contempt,” as Arnold Haultain said, “could be poured upon any game by anyone unacquainted with (it).” Modern hickory golfers, […]