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 […]
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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 […]
2018 Michiana Hickory Open
July 28 The Warren Golf Course at Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. Join the Golf Collector’s Society and the Society of Hickory Golfers for the fifth annual tournament that will feature an Open Division, a Senior Division, a Statesman Division, and a Scramble Division. The cost is $65 per player (cart included), $50 per player (walker). Designed by Ben Crenshaw and […]
2018 Nebraska Hickory Championship
July 27-28 Wildhorse Golf Club Gothenburg, Neb. The 2018 Nebraska Hickory Championship is two days of 18-hole stroke play with a 9-hole alternate shot competition after play on the 27th. Entry fee of $175 includes all golf along with steak dinner on Friday night and lunch following the completion of the tournament on Saturday. Practice rounds are available by contacting […]
2018 NHC moves to Ohio
Pete Georgiady has announced that the 2018 National Hickory Championship will be played June 7-9 at the Mound Golf Course in Miamisburg, Ohio. The Mound GC is a 9-hole municipal course belonging to the City of Miamisburg (which has separate 18-hole course nearby). It was laid out as a WPA project in 1936, which does not constitute a gutty pedigree, admits […]
2017 McNabb Cup Results
‘SuperCova’ too much for McNabb Cup field Sept. 12, 2017 – Whitehall, Mich. By MacDuff Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, I, 1599 In a contemplative frame of mind, for his golf had many holes ago given way to […]
2018 Gutty Golf Spectacular
March 24-25, 2018 Catalina Island CC Catalina Island, Calif. Sponsored by the Pacific Coast Hickory Golfers, the Gutty Golf Spectacular is the first all-gutty tournament west of the Mississippi. This third annual gutty event will be contested on the Catalina Island CC, a hickory era and great-for-gutty-golf course. This 9-hole course measures 2,100 yards and will play to a bogey […]
Results of 2017 Iowa Hickory Classic
Sept. 10, 2017 The forces of nature in the forms of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, along with massive flooding and wild fires in various areas of the USA, ( thousands of miles away from the Iowa Hickory Classic) played havoc with many of the faithful attendees of this 10th annual event played Sept. 8-9 at Hyperion Field Club in Des Moines, Iowa. Fifteen […]
Jeremy Wright is 2017 Michiana Hickory Open Champion
Aug. 28, 2017 – South Bend, Ind. Jeremy Wright, the new owner of Louisville Golf, won the 2017 Michiana Hickory Open golf tournament at the Warren Golf Course on the campus of Notre Dame University in South bend, Ind. Playing the course for the first time, Jeremy defeated defending champion Bert Coghill to claim the first place trophy, the $30 […]