Nov. 14, 2017 Southern Pines, N.C. It was a cold outing, with morning temperatures in the low 30s both Saturday and Sunday. That did not bother North Carolina’s Craig Stroup, whose two-day 156 was good enough for the Open Division title in the Mid Pines Hickory Open, Nov. 11-12. Two back in second place was Mark Hollingsworth of Bluffton, S.C. […]
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2018 Wisconsin Gutty Challenge
July 19-21 Eagle Springs Golf Resort Eagle, Wisc. When you want to have a pre-1900 event, you look for one of the great old traditional courses. Greg Smith and company in Wisconsin have discovered a perfect venue for gutty golf at the Eagle Springs Golf Resort in southern Wisconsin. The course opened for play in 1893. As the course grew […]
2018 Maine Hickory Shaft Open
Sept. 16 Mere Creek Golf Club Brunswick, Maine SoHG member Forrest Dillon is the driving force behind hickory golf in Maine. He has helped to organize the second annual Hickory Shaft Open at Mere Creek Golf Club in Brunswick. The 9-hole event will have a 10 a.m. shotgun start and feature awards for low gross and low net individual play. […]
2018 U.S. Hickory Open
Oct. 29-31 Sedgefield GC Greensboro, N.C. NOTE: The event was postponed from the earlier September date as a result of Hurricane Florence. USHO participants have been contacted to re-confirm their wish to compete at this later date. Contact the organizers with any questions. The U.S. Hickory Open (USHO) is the premier hickory golf tournament in the United States and the […]
2018 Wisconsin Hickory Open
Sept. 27-29 The Links Course at Lawsonia Green Lake, Wisc. The eighth annual Wisconsin Hickory Open is scheduled for Thursday, Saturday, Sept. 27-29. Come enjoy the fall colors of Wisconsin and The Links course at Lawsonia, host of the 2016 U.S. Hickory Open. A championship-quality course reputed as one of the most celebrated and challenging courses in the Midwest – […]
2018 River City Championship
Sept. 30 Champions Run GC Omaha, Neb. The entry deadline for the 2018 River City Championship is Sept. 21. The entry fee of $125 includes golf and dinner at Champions Run; or dinner and reception for $45; golf only is $80. First start time at 12:30 p.m. with reception and dinner to follow. Regular SOHG rules will apply. Please contact Brian Frevert with any […]
Belvedere Golf Club announced as 2019 USHO venue
The Board of Directors of the Society of Hickory Golfers is excited to announce that the 2019 U.S. Hickory Open has been awarded to the Belvedere Club and the Belvedere Golf Club in Charlevoix, Mich. The dates are June 20-22, 2019. Belvedere has hosted an annual hickory event every year since 2006. The golf course was established in 1925, designed by […]
2018 Monterey Hickory Classic
May 4-6 Monterey Pines, Pacific Grove, Del Monte Monterey, Calif. The NorCal Hickory group invites all hickory players to its 5th annual Monterey Hickory Classic on the Monterey Peninsula. It’s a three-day match play event complete with stymies and play with the McIntyre Ouimet or comparable ball. The Monterey Pines GC is the venue for Friday; Pacific Groves Golf Links […]
The 2018 Homesteader Hickory Golf Tournament
May 5-6 Beatrice Country Club Beatrice, Neb. The Homesteader is a fun, two-day stroke play hickory golf event played on a very challenging golf course. The original nine was built in 1917 and designed by Tom Bendelow. The new second nine keeps some of the same design as it winds south of the original nine. There are nice reasonably priced motels in […]
2018 Alexander Findlay / Massachusetts Hickory Open Championship
May 18, 2018 Country Club of Greenfield Greenfield, Mass. The Hickory Golfers of Massachusetts and the Country Club of Greenfield cordially invite you to participate in the third 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 15. Click here […]