Oct. 9, 2017 East Lothian, Scotland News Release – Issued on behalf of The 2017 LinkedGolfers World Hickory Festival by Scotland’s Golf Coast. In trying conditions, the players of the 13th LinkedGolfers World Hickory Open showed amazing patience, concentration and above all their sense of humour as they tee’d off yesterday morning at Kilspindie Golf Club on Scotland’s Golf Coast. “They […]
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Video from Wisconsin Hickory Open at Lawsonia
Oct. 10, 2017 The following video was posted by the Fox News affiliate, Fox6 News, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was posted on the affiliate’s website on Oct. 6. All good stuff when it comes to promoting and sharing the fun of this old, but new, game. Thanks for passing it along Wisconsin gentlemen! Click here for the video.
Results of 2017 N/S Challenge Matches
Memories, matches highlight N/S Challenge Sept. 18, 2017 The North/South Challenge Matches – Mike Just Memorial over the Sept. 17-19 weekend was a beautiful tournament played under near-perfect conditions on as sweet a golf course as you will find anywhere. The Donald Ross Course at the French Lick Resort in Indiana was celebrating its centennial, so it was a match […]
Results of 2017 North Texas Hickory Open
Sept. 30, 2017 Reported by Scott Pilgrim: The inaugural North Texas Hickory Open was a big ole Texas win this past weekend. Hosts Johnny Beach and I organized the event at the Old Course at Firewheel (Garland, Texas) with 32 participants in four divisions: Open, Senior, Statesman, and a two-person scramble. Former PGA Tour and Senior Tour player Rives McBee was […]
2017 Long Island Special Results
Sept. 22-24, 2017 Rich Schmidt reports: Nine hearty lads and one gentlelady met in Long Island to enjoy three spectacular days of hickory golf under sunny skies and warm temperatures. Our event started on the south shore at AW Tillinghast’s Southward Ho club. The membership welcomed us with open arms and we had a lovely morning of golf, followed by […]
2017 Mere Creek Results
Sept. 16, 2017 Five players turned out for the inaugural Mere Creek Hickory Club Open. It is an outing that new hickory player Forrest Dillon hopes will build as more learn about the hickory game. “We had five players,” Dillon says. “Bob Young (Yarmouth, Mass.), Mike Pajak (Woolwich, Maine), and Mere Creek members Helen Boucher, Art Baur, and myself. Our pro […]
Results of 2017 German Hickory Open
Sept. 30, 2017 Feldafing GC, Lake Starnberg 42 players from Austria, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.S. competed in the ninth edition of the German Hickory Championship which this year was played at historic Feldafing Golf Course on the shores of Lake Starnberg, some 30km south of Munich. The Championship started on Friday with a four ball best ball net […]
Results of 2017 Wisconsin Hickory Open
Sept. 21-23, 2017, Green Lake, Wisc. The 2017 Wisconsin Hickory Open was to say, “quite unique” in many ways. Although the attendance was down, the enjoyment level never faltered. After taking a break last year to host the USHO, the WHO started off sizzling (literally). The average temperature for the weekend was 93-95 degrees. That wasn’t the only thing that […]
Results of 2017 Johnny Goodman Championship
Sept. 24, 2017, Omaha, Neb., Omaha Country Club The 2017 Champion, Brian Frevert, shot a spectacular 75 on a windy, rainy day. Dave Dunigan won the Senior Division. Click here for a PDF of results and photos. The NEHGA Hall of Fame dinner inducted Sam Reynolds and Golf Digest Top-50 golf instructor Gary Wiren, who gave a clinic prior to […]
2018 Gearhart Hickory Classic
July 20-22, 2018 Gearhart Golf Links Gearhart, Ore. This classic of modern hickory in the northwest celebrates in 126th anniversary this year. Members and entrants will play together on the 20th for that celebration. The 21-22 dates are the 36-hole medal play tournament. The morning of the 21st is a trade show and sale. All are welcome. The historic Gearhart Golf […]