June 17 Charlevoix, Mich. As reported by Dennis “Marty” Joy, host pro at the Belvedere Golf Club: Click here for full results. 2018 BELVEDERE HICKORY OPEN RESULTS The Belvedere Leo Diegel Scramble Net Champions Paul Fiedorek and Dick Weller The Belvedere Leo Diegel Scramble Gross Champions / Tie Dan Howell and Fred Muller; Hugh Cameron and Chris Deinlein Ladies Division […]
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2018 Wawashkamo Hickory Stick Classic
Aug. 10-11 Wawashkamo GC Mackinac Island, Mich. This event is played on the incredibly beautiful Mackinac Island at the top of Michigan’s lower peninsula. The course is an historic one, in fact, it was once a battlefield contested by British and American troops in 1814. The course was designed by Alex Smith in 1898 and is one of the oldest […]
Results of the inaugural Glenmoor Hickory Open
July 11, 2018 Canton, Ohio Bob Glass reports: The first Glenmoor Hickory Open is now in the books. Twenty hickory enthusiasts teed it up on a sun drenched Glenmoor Country Club in Canton, Ohio, on July 8. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, though modern, lent itself to a fair test for the hickory golf clubs. There were three categories […]
Results of 2018 White Mountain Hickory Open
July 10, 2018 White Mountain, N.H. Jim Pucci reports: The second annual White Mountain Hickory Open was completed on Sunday, July 8 under beautiful blue skies. The weather all weekend was spectacular. Those who played well overcame the distraction of the inspiring views on nearly every hole. Players from Florida, Pennsylvania and New Brunswick, Canada made the trek to northern New Hampshire. Day […]
2018 Canadian Hickory Open Championship
Aug. 13-17 Legends Golf and Country Club Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada It is one heck of a golf tournament, but then, its host is Ron Lyons. The boundless energy and enthusiasm of one of Canada’s golf icons has produced a hickory championship that is fast becoming a legend itself. “Where else can you get five days of hickory golf, meals, […]
Results of 2018 Belvedere Hickory Open
2018 BELVEDERE HICKORY OPEN RESULTS THE BELVEDERE LEO DIEGEL SCRAMBLE NET CHAMPIONS PAUL FIEDOREK, AND DICK WELLER THE BELVEDERE LEO DIEGEL SCRAMBLE GROSS CHAMPIONS TIE DAN HOWELL, FRED MULLER AND HUGH CAMERON, CHRIS DEINLEIN THE LADIES DIVISION NET 3RD PLACE FROM NOVI, MI – SUSAN COVA NET SECOND PLACE WINNER FROM TAMPA, FL – SUE HAYS NET CHAMPION FROM CINCINATTI, OH – MARY JEAN ESSELMAN GROSS SECOND […]
Results of 2018 Mike Just Challenge Matches
June 25 Chris Deinlein reports: Twenty-six players met in the North Carolina foothills at Mimosa Hills CC for the second annual Mike Just North South Challenge Matches. Unfortunately, there were not enough players from the northern tier of states to field a full team. To compensate, the field was divided by handicap. A flip of the coin determined which side would […]
Results of the 2018 National Hickory Championship
June 21 – Miamisburg, Ohio Former Junior wins National Hickory Championship Pete Georgiady reports: Seth Lomison’s golf career has come full circle. He was part of the first “class” of junior interns from the First Tee of the (N.C.) Triad to play in the NHC back in 2011. Now a month shy of his 21st birthday he is the National Hickory Champion Golfer. Tied […]
Archie Baird Honored With British Empire Medal
June 21, 2018 – East Lothian, Scotland – Archie Baird, who is a lifetime honorary member of the Society of Hickory Golfers, has been recognized for services to the history of golf in the Queen’s Birthday Honors. The award is the British Empire Medal (BEM). Archie is well known to those visitors from the U.S. who are regular golfing pilgrims […]
2018 Swedish Hickory Championship
Aug. 4-5 Båstad Golf Club Båstad, Sweden The Swedish Society of Golf Historians welcomes you to the 21st Swedish Hickory Golf Championship at Båstad Golf Club. Båstad Golf Club was founded in 1930, initiated by Ludvig Nobel (a nephew of the famous Alfred Nobel). The 18-hole parkland course, designed by the British golf course architects Hawtree & Taylor, was opened […]