Jan. 10-11, 2020 The Columbus Golf Collectibles Show Embassy Suites Columbus, Ohio An annual must for collectors around the Midwest and throughout the country for those who can make it. The Columbus event has stayed the course for many years, annually drawing some of the most prized collectibles and scores of hickory golf clubs. Hosts Gary and Susan Wyckoff make […]
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2020 Winter Park Hickory Classic
Jan. 17-19, 2020 Winter Park GC Winter Park, Fla. The inaugural Winter Park Hickory Classic is formatted as a 27-hole stroke-play event. There will be Men’s and Women’s divisions, awards for both Gross and Net, cocktail parties, club swaps and a weekend of fun on a charming yet challenging 2,500-yard course that winds through picturesque Winter Park, Fla. If you’re […]
Tom Johnson is “Keeper of the Spirit” at 2019 Wisconsin Gutty Challenge
July 25 – Eagle, Wisc. Event host Greg Smith reports: The 2019 Wisconsin Gutty Challenge was held July 18-21 at the Eagle Springs Golf Resort in Eagle, Wisc. The course was in great shape and the staff treated us very well. I am very proud to announce the following list of champions. Open Division Champion – Tom Johnson. Senior Park Division […]
Low-score 71 sets record at 2019 Gearhart Hickory Classic
July 25, 2019 – Olympia, Washington Event host Rob Ahlschwede reports: The 2019 Gearhart Hickory Classic is in the books. Forty-five players in four divisions faced interesting pin placements and greens that ran to 11.5 on the stimp meter. Fairways were hard and fast and that led to some great scoring. It also led to some head scratching and the […]
Jeremy Wright ‘3-peats’ as 2019 Heart of America Champion
July 20, Des Moines, Iowa Bill Reed, tournament host, reports: The 2019 edition of the HoA has been completed. The Open Medal Champion was a three-peat for Jeremy Wright of Louisville, Ky. He had to put in overtime to do so as he finished the 36-hole tournament in a tie with Gary Youngberg of Ames, Iowa. Wright shot 73-75 and […]
2019 California Hickory Open
Nov. 9-10 San clemente GC San Clemente, Calif. Event host Eddie Breeden writes: The 2019 California Hickory Open is a fun two-day (scramble match & individual) golf tournament. Tee times around 10 a.m. both days. Round No. 1 will be our partner/group scramble event, and round No. 2 is individual stroke play. Saturday night will be the annual dinner on […]
2019 Wawashkamo National Hickory Stick Classic
Aug. 9-10 Wawashkamo Golf Club Mackinac Island, Mich. The Wawashkamo National Hickory Stick Classic is a 4-person scramble with a USGA recommended handicap adjustment based on your USGA INDEX. Competitors must use authentic antique hickory shafted clubs. The heads of the iron clubs must have been produced prior to 1935, however reproduction wood heads are allowed. Solid hickory replacement shafts […]
2019 “The Jersey Shore”
Oct. 10 Spring Lake Golf Club Spring Lake Heights, N.J. The Metropolitan Hickory Society is hosting a hickory golf tournament on Oct. 10 at the Spring Lake Golf Club in Spring Lake Heights, N.J. The course boasts three notable architects – Willie Norton from Prestwick, George Thomas from Philadelphia, and the legendary A. W. Tillinghast. The time is 1 p.m. A grilled […]
Hickory golfers in Peoria launch new tournament
June 23, 2019 Hickory golfers in Peoria, Ill. launched the Peoria Hickory Open in late June. Organized by Tom Kerckhove, the event was held at the Arrowhead Country Club in Edelstein, Ill. The SoHG’s own self-described “Goodwill Ambassador of Hickory Golf,” Cal Whitman, took honors at the inaugural event. His name will go on the annual trophy, a handsome old-time […]
Video footage highlights 2019 USHO
A 10-minute video produced by a Belvedere Club member, a past president, presents several highlights of the 2019 U.S. Hickory Open, including interviews with committee members and players. The member, who wishes to remain anonymous, teamed with a Charlevoix video production company to produce the film. Belvedere’s PGA Professional, Dennis ‘Marty’ Joy, said the member is devoted to his club and […]