“The impetus for this tournament is really all the great events I have been able to attend through my short time as a hickory golfer, says Christopher Hawes. “Everyone is welcoming and full of character, and the emphasis, while being competitive, is on the pure enjoyment of the game.” Though he enjoyed the sport so much, there were few people […]
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2023 was a great year for hickory golf
As this snapshot of global hickory activity shows from 2023, tournament fields are growing and players continue to enjoy this fascinating sport which brings pleasure on so many levels. It’s hoped these brief summaries will serve as a document, of sorts, certainly not to be considered exhaustive, of the sport in the various countries in which it is played. We […]
First PGA-sanctioned Japanese Hickory Golf Tournament
Alex Bruce reports: The PGA Hickory Golf Tournament TAIHEIYO CLUB CUP 2023, Japan’s first PGA-sanctioned hickory golf tournament (total prize money 8 million yen) was held at the Taiheiyo Club Yachiyo Course on Dec. 8-9. The tournament was played with hickory shafted golf clubs; all players wore knickerbockers. The competition format was a two-day pro-am tournament, with 30 professionals playing […]
Wells, Peterson, Debarros are 2023 Florida hickory champs
Saturday/Sunday – December 9 & 10, 2023 – Mount Dora GC The 2023 Florida Hickory Golfers Championship was contested Dec. 9-10 at the Mount Dora Golf Course. It was a great weekend on which to close out the year. Once again, Will Peterson captured the Stevens Trophy. Carlos Debarros took home the Heritage Trophy, and Natalie Wells bested all the […]
20th Mid Pines Hickory Open won in dramatic fashion
The 20th annual Mid Pines Hickory Open welcomed about 75-80 golfers to the lovely Mid Pines golf course in Southern Pines this past Nov. 1-2. The weather was glorious, said one participant. The greens were tough, said another. Both agreed it was one of the best managed tournaments they had played in this year, from the course and conditions right […]
Ron Perlman digs deep to take 2023 Steam Shovel title
MHS’s annual “Steam Shovel” tournament at Hackensack Golf Club bookended our 12th successful season. Once again we were blessed with phenomenal course conditions! The greens ran true & keen, perhaps rivaling the speed we experienced at Ridgewood Country Club this year. We especially thank Sean Cunningham for being such a gracious host. We missed our friends “Old” Tom Morris and […]
Flory, Moore, and Griffen repeat winners at Wisconsin Hickory Open
Ernie Ernst reports: The 13th annual Wisconsin Hickory Open was contested Sept. 21-23 on the Lawsonia Links at Beautiful Green Lake, Wisc. Peter Flory came out on top as our Champion, defending his title. The weekend of activities started with a picnic and welcome party at the House on No. 2, complete with music provided by Dicky Walsh. The club […]
Ellington snares third McNabb title in dramatic fashion
Reported by MacDuff The great tides of human affairs wash our mortal shores with a seeming indifference; for the greater part of mankind will feel no moving hand, no guiding influence but what is ascribed to fate or the whim of deities beneficent or cruel. And yet we strive. Small creatures in a cold universe, we endeavor to govern ourselves […]
Minoprio Challenge a one-club test of golfing skill and creativity
The first-ever Gloria Minoprio Challenge, hosted by Robert Birman of the Northwest Hickory Players, took place on Saturday, Sept. 16 at Port Townsend Golf Club. A field of 20 players competed with one club (an iron cleek or driving iron) in a 9-hole event, all wearing trousers in honor of the great one. Gloria Minoprio, a British woman golfer of […]
Greenbrier assistant pro Matthew Hoffman is 2023 USHO champion
Early in the going Inwood, N.Y. looked like it would present a rainy prospect and the practice rounds were indeed somewhat drizzly; but the skies cleared and all was well for the 16th U.S. Hickory Open. This year, 100 years later, the sounds of hickory clubs echoed again over the storied course on which Bobby Jones outlasted Bobby Cruickshank in […]