By Jim Davis The Happy Hollow Club in Omaha, Neb. has been announced as the site for the 2020 U.S. Hickory Open. The club was established in 1907. The current site was obtained in 1922 and the Chicago golf design firm of Langford & Moreaux was hired to build a 27-hole course over 230 acres. The course opened for play […]
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Results of 2019 Houston Team Challenge
March 3, 2019 – Tournament Director Michael Sloan reports: The second annual Houston Hickory Team Challenge was held Feb. 9-10 at High Meadow Ranch Golf Course in Tomball, Texas. We had nine teams, which translates to 18 players. High Meadow Ranch Golf Course is unique in that it has three 6-hole loops instead of two 9-hole loops. We play the […]
Celebrate World Hickory Golf Day – May 5
March 1, 2019 By Jim Davis While you’re celebrating Cinco de Mayo and the wonderful cultural heritage of our Mexican neighbors, add a hickory golf round to the day. The first Sunday in May has been designated as World Hickory Golf Day. Conceived by American hickory golfer and chairman of the APNational Golf Club, Durel Billy, the day was first […]
Results of 2019 Arizona Desert Hickory Championship
Feb. 28, 2019 General Ken Holtz, commander of hickory golf legions in the great American Southwest, files this report on the 2019 Arizona Desert Hickory Championship (which just gets better and better each year!): Each year, for two days in February, the golfing world of Sun City West, Ariz., goes back in time about 100 years… and has way more […]
Results of the 2019 U.S. Professional & Amateur Hickory Championship
Feb. 24, 2019 – Temple Terrace, Fla. Four-time U.S. Hickory Open Champion Jeremy Moe, of Boca Raton, Fla., won the 2019 U.S. Professional Hickory Golf Championship sponsored by the United States Golf Teachers Federation. His 77 was three clear of runner-up Thomas Garnier and the same score shot by Willie Smith in the first round at Myopia Hunt Club in […]
Golf show launches hickory golf in Tennessee
Feb. 21, 2019Nashville, Tenn. Ben Benoit sends the following report about the first golf show attended by the new Tennessee Hickory Golf Association. The show was Feb. 15-17 at the state fairgrounds in Nashville. Well the three-day show is over and it was a trip. The venue wasn’t the best and the soaking rains all weekend kept many away, which […]
Bobby Duhe Memorial Golf Tournament
April 6 City Park Golf Course Baton Rouge, La. The Friends of City Park in Baton Rouge, La., are hosting a one-day golf tournament to benefit the City Park Golf Course, designed in 1926 by Tom Bendelow. The $150 entry fee includes lunch and entry to the roaring Red Stick Gala after golf. A drawing has as its grand prize […]
Hickory adds new element to Eskimo Open in Illinois
By Jim Davis Winter golf can be tricky north of the Mason/Dixon. In fact, given changing climate patterns, winter golf in the south can now be iffy during the cold and grey months. That does not halt the intrepid hickory golfer, though. There are many who brave the chill and will look for snow-free days for a brisk game. Such […]
2019 Vietnam Veterans of America Hickory Invitational
Jan. 6, 2019 Scott Pilgrim reports – After rescheduling the Vietnam Veterans of America Hickory Invitational from a dismal day of weather on Dec. 8th., we were richly blessed with a perfect day last Saturday on Jan. 5. A high of 70 degrees with a slight 5 mph breeze could not have been better. We were very welcomed by PGA […]
2019 White Mountain Hickory Classic
July 13 Omni Mount Washington Resort Mount Washington, N.H. Greetings from the New Hampshire Hickory Golf Association. The New England Hickory play groups invite you to play in the 3rd annual White Mountain Hickory Open. The event is scheduled for July 13 and will be a one-day stroke play event held at the beautiful and historic Omni Mount Washington Hotel […]