Aug. 10, 2019 South Bend Country Club South Bend, Ind. Join the Golf Heritage Society and the Society of Hickory Golfers for the seventh annual Michiana Hickory Open and Trade Fair. This year’s event has moved to the South Bend Country Club, designed by George O’Neil in 1916. It hosted the Western Open in 1935 and is a section qualifier […]
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2019 Vermont Hickory Open
Aug. 10-11 Country Club of Barre Barre, Vt. The Vermont Hickory Open is entering its second decade. The state’s premiere hickory event of the year is a two-day medal (stroke) play event featuring men, women, senior, and super senior divisions in both gross and net. All proceeds benefit the Vermont Hickory Golf Association’s work in developing a Vermont Golf Museum. […]
Centennial celebration at Miami Valley CC
Aug. 16-17 Miami Valley Country Club Dayton, Ohio Miami Valley Country Club will celebrate its centennial in 2019 and invites hickory golfers to join its members for a weekend of hickory golf to commemorate the occasion. The outing includes an 18-hole scramble on Friday, Aug. 16 followed by 18 holes of medal play on Saturday, Aug. 17. Miami Valley was […]
2019 Western Hickory Match Play
May 24-26 Meadow Lakes GC, Juniper GC, and Aspen Lakes GC Bend, Oregon The NorCal Hickory group invites you to participate in the next edition of the Western Hickory Match Play in beautiful Bend, Oregon. This is our second year of this West Coast three-day match play event. For 2018, the event was held on the Monterey Peninsula. For 2019, we […]
2019 Wyandotte Hickory Golf Classic
May 31- June 2 Wyandotte Shores GC Wyandotte, Mich. This is a three-day golf outing. Players may sign up for one, or all three days. There is a warm-up round on Friday, a two-person scramble on Saturday and open medal play on Sunday. Cost is $60 per person per day, which includes 18 holes of golf, cart, lunch, and awards. […]
2019 Onion Creek Hickory Classic
March 21-23 Onion Creek GC Austin, Texas One of the all-time classics of the national hickory schedule, the Onion Creek Hickory Classic continues to improve each year, thanks to the attentive eye of its organizer Pete League. The event begins with the Swift Trophy Matches with teams from the USA and Canada on Thursday. The 36-hole Classic is played on […]
2018 Interstate Hickory Championship
Nov. 1-3 Old Kinderhook Resort Camdenton, Mo. Hello everyone, Please note that there are some changes this year, resulting from the kind offer of Old Kinderhook to manage the event. Debs and Sherry will not be collecting dinner money this year. For those not staying at the hotel, you will still need to pay for your golf and food when […]
Results of 2018 McNabb Cup
Sept. 8, 2018 Muskegon Country Club Muskegon, Mich. It is the unexpected that always happens. By MacDuff Four days before the McNabb Cup, a lightning bolt caused a cottage three doors to the north to erupt in flames. No one was home, although there were people in residence next door. The charred ruins were still in evidence as the McNabb […]
2019 Wisconsin Gutty Golf Challenge
July 18-21 Eagle Springs Golf Resort Eagle, Wisc. Eagle Springs Golf Resort opened for play in 1893. As the course grew to 18 holes, it is believed that Tom Bendelow, who worked for the AG Spalding Golf Company in Chicago, was the course architect. After the depression in 1929 the golf course was cut to 9-holes. Much of the historic […]
2019 Gearhart Hickory Classic
July 19-21, 2019 Gearhart Golf Links Gearhart, Ore. The Gearhart Hickory Classic, presented by the Northwest Hickory Players, is played over a beautiful 1890s course on the coast of Oregon. The practice round is played in a scramble style with local members, all playing hickory. Saturday and Sunday medal rounds to determine the championship. There will be four divisions for competition […]