May 2-4, 2019 Highland Park GC Birmingham, Ala. One of the earliest hickory golf events, the Southern Hickory Four Ball Championship is a must-play event on the hickory golf calendar. Be sure to check your calendar, too, as the event is a little earlier in 2019. Event host Tad Moore adjusted the dates to avoid the Easter weekend which, in […]
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Brown, Wardwell, and Wilhelm elected to SoHG board
Nov. 30, 2018 In a close vote, David Brown, Bill Wardwell, and Jim Wilhelm were elected to three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2019. They will replace outgoing board members Bill Geisler, Bill Reed, and Rich Schmidt. Of the nearly 550 SoHG voting members, 166 votes were cast, about 31 percent. Brown received 147 votes, Wardwell 128, Wilhelm 113, and Krupkin […]
2019 Homesteader
May 4, 5 Beatrice Country Club Beatrice, Neb. This men’s amateur stroke play event includes two rounds of golf, range balls, practice round, Saturday meal, and a tee gift. The entry deadline is May 2. Click here for a registration form and information. Or call 402-223-2710.
2019 Whistling Straits Hickory Challenge
May 10-11, 2019 Whistling Straits Golf Course Kohler, Wisc. The Wisconsin Hickory Golfers are proud to announce the Whistling Straits Challenge will return to the Wisconsin hickory rotation. Come play Whistling Straits, site of the 2020 Ryder Cup match with your hickory clubs so when you watch on TV you can relate to the shot just executed. In addition to […]
Results of 2018 Interstate Hickory Championship
Nov. 18, 2018 Peter Herrington reports: Hello everybody, This report is somewhat later than usual, because I wanted to include the group photo as an attachment – with one or two notable exceptions, we got everyone involved, and photogenic significant others. Despite the best efforts of the weather (rained on Thursday and Friday; Saturday dry and very pleasant), we had […]
Bill Reed is 2018 Mike Brown Award recipient
“If I do vow a friendship, I’ll perform it to the last article.” Shakespeare: Othello, III, 1604 Nov. 13, 2018 By Jim Davis Even if you are relatively new to the Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), or just recently joined the Golf Heritage Society (formerly the Golf Collectors Society) you have likely heard the name of Bill Reed. This is […]
2018 Mid Pines Hickory Open Results
Nov. 8, 2018 From the Mid Pines golf shop, who kindly sent us a score sheet, we are able to report and congratulate the following: Andrea Hodel, the Open Division Ladies Champion Barbara Kopec, the Ladies Division Net Champion Andrew von Lossow, the Open Division Champion Ted Kopec, the Open Net Champion Jim von Lossow, the Senior Division Champion JJ […]
Niblick & Spoon – the Northwest’s favorite 19th Hole
Nov. 11, 2018 Looking for the perfect 19th hole to share stories about the latest round with hickories? The folks in the great Northwest have come up with an inspired name for their favorite spot at one of their best loved places for hickory golf, the Jackson Park Golf Course, a 1930-era course in Seattle, Wash. Mark Persinger tells the […]
2019 Heart of America Hickory Championship
July 12-14 Bright-Grandview Golf Course Des Moines, Iowa The Heart of America is the oldest continuously held hickory tournament in the world. Originated in 1978 by GCS president and Iowa resident Warren “Ole” Olson, the players in this long-standing tournament are a literal “who’s who” in the playing of modern hickory golf and traditions. The event includes a practice round on Friday followed […]
2019 Alexander Findlay Massachusetts Hickory Open
May 17, 2019 Country Club of Greenfield Greenfield, Mass. The Hickory Golfers of Massachusetts and the Country Club of Greenfield cordially invite you to participate in the fourth annual, Alexander Findlay/Massachusetts Hickory Open Championship, to be held at the Country Club of Greenfield (the Gateway Course to Hickory Golf in New England). Deadline for entry is May 14. Click here […]