!!!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 […]
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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, […]
Andrew Von Lossow wins in Spokane on wings of rare albatross
Sept. 23, 2019 Indian Canyon Golf Club Spokane, Wash. One of the RAREST feats in golf was accomplished by eventual winner Andrew Von Lossow in Saturday’s opening round of the Spokane Hickory Open, sponsored by the Northwest Hickory Players. On Indian Canyon’s second hole, a 447-yard par five, Von Lossow holed his second shot with a jigger from 195 yards. […]
The albatross of Spokane
Sept. 30, 2019By Jim Davis The albatross. A rare bird, on sea or on the golf links. In golf an albatross is the title used to describe a score of three under on a given hole. That can only happen on a par 5 (or more) because if you hole out your tee shot on a par four, you must […]
Woeckener adds Glenmoor title to his 2019 victories
Sept. 23, 2019 Canton, Ohio The second Glenmoor Hickory Open was a splendid two days of hickory golf in Canton, Ohio. The field hosted hickory golfers from as far as Kansas. Day One’s Scramble included members of Glenmoor CC and a practice round by the more experienced hickory players. For the members, it was an enjoyable new experience to learn about and experience first-hand pre-1935 […]
Inaugural match play in Manistee soggy, but successful
Sept. 23, 2019 The following report was filed by Dylan Savela for the Manistee News Advocate in Manistee, Mich. Click on the link below to go to the original page. It was a blast from the past and new tradition for the future. The inaugural Mike Fatke Memorial Hickory Tournament was a success over the weekend as nearly 30 golfers, […]
2019 Queensland Festival of Hickory Golf
Nov. 9-11 Queensland, Australia The 2019 Queensland Hickory Golf Festival is comprised of three days of events over three golf courses – the St. Lucia Golf Links in Brisbane (Nov. 9), the Brisbane Golf Club (Nov. 10), and the Royal Queensland Golf Club Nov. 11). The first is a an 18-hole 4BBB Stableford event, the second an 18-hole foursomes stroke-play […]