Author Archives: Jim Davis
Wide World of Hickory – 2018
December 2018 By Jim Davis Each year since 2009, the autumn edition of A Wee Nip magazine contained several pages devoted to a summary of the world’s foremost hickory golf events. Selection was based on the significance of the event to the country of origin. All hickory golf outings are significant in their way, but it is impossible to list […]
2019 Houston Team challenge
Feb. 9-10 High Meadow Ranch Golf Club Tomball, Texas This hickory golf event benefits the First Tee of Greater Houston. The registration fee of $215 includes two rounds of golf, cart, gift bag, range balls, Saturday dinner, Sunday awards lunch, and awards. Hickory golf clubs will be made available. The tournament will be played as a two-player team event. High […]
Louisville Golf profiled in GolfWRX story
Dec. 13, 2018 There are but a few solid makers of fine hickory golf replicas – Tad Moore, Louisville Golf, Play Hickory, and a few others; so when a story comes along that highlights one of these SoHG favorites, well, we just love to share it. In the linked article, GolfWRX.com contributor Peter Schmitt presents his take on the Louisville […]
2019 Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship
June 1-2 Inglewood Golf Club Kenmore, Wash. The Northwest Hickory Players is pleased to invite you to the fifth annual 2019 Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship to be held at the historic Inglewood Golf Club (est. 1919) in Kenmore, Wash. Designed by famed Northwest architects, A. Vernon Macan and Robert Johnstone, Inglewood is a premier championship course in the Northwest. For […]
2019 Vietnam Veterans of America Hickory Invitational
Jan. 5, 2019 Vietnam Veterans of America Hickory Invitational Cedar Crest Golf Club, Dallas, Texas An invite from Scott Pilgrim: I hope everyone has returned safely from the U.S. Hickory Open, Mid Pines, and Old Kinderhook tournaments, and had a wonderful time. As most of you know, our Texas hickory event is fast approaching. It had been rescheduled from early December […]
Results of Florida Hickory Golfers seasonal championship
Dec. 10, 2018 Will Peterson once again bested the field to take Player of the Year Honors and James Chambers was awarded the Heritage Player of the Year Honors. Thanks to everyone who attended. Dinner at the Olive Branch in Mount Dora was a nice change of pace and the staff did a great job herding our group on […]
2019 Temple Terrace Hickory Heritage and U.S. Professional Hickory Golf Championship
Feb. 23-25, 2019 Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club Temple Terrace, Fla. The Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club opened in 1922, designed by noted architect Tom Bendelow. At the time, its 6,400 yards was described by the Tampa Tribune as a “brute of a course.” It was a stout test for the hickory clubs of the day. The golf is […]
2019 Indiana Hickory Open
Oct. 11-13 Cambridge Golf Course Evansville, Ind. Cambridge GC, built in 2000, is a Scottish links-style golf course on the north side of Evansville. The course has zoysia grass in the fairways and L-93 bent grass greens. The Open division will play between 5,400-5,500 yards. Seniors will play about 5,300 yards, statesmen will play about 5,100, and the ladies will play about […]
2019 World Hickory Open Festival
Oct. 20-24 Dunbar, Kilspindie, Gullane No. 2 and 3 East Lothian, Scotland The 2019 World Hickory Open Festival, one of the world’s foremost hickory golf contests, is to played on the lovely links courses of Dunbar, Kilspindie, Gullane 2 and Gullane 3. The WHO was founded by the late Lionel Freedman in 2005 Johan Moberg of Sweden was the 2018 […]