Nov. 2-4, 2017 Old Kinderhook Golf Course Camdenton, Mo. This classic hickory tournament is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Organizer Peter Herrington says a book will be produced to commemorate the occasion. “If you will have played in any of our 10 events, you will qualify for your share of hickory golfing immortality,” he says. “We would like to […]
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2017 Tufts Archives Pro-Am
Nov. 9, 2017 Pinehurst Country Club, Course No. 3 Pinehurst, N.C. This is the fourth annual pro-am to benefit the Tufts Archives in Pinehurst. The event is organized by Dr. Jay Harris. Starting time is 9 a.m., shotgun start. Click here to register. ENTRY FEE (collected on site): Includes – golf fees, cart, range, prizes, luncheon and percentage of purse donated to […]
Hickories in the news at World Amateur
Aug. 31, 2017 – Myrtle Beach, S.C. Mitch Laurance, the radio host and hickory golf aficionado from Myrtle Beach, S.C. is in the news for his hickory golf game. A week or so ago, the SoHG posted a story about Laurance and his appearance as the first hickory golfer in the World Amateur Championship held over various Myrtle Beach golf […]
2018 Scotch Foursomes – Vermont Hickory Golf Assoc.
June 9 Copley Country Club Morrisville, Vt. This annual event of the Vermont Hickory Golf Association is an 18-hole competition between two-person teams played over the very scenic Copley Country Club. Play will be conducted with all teams playing in the same flight without reference to handicaps. Tees appropriate to age or gender of players to be used accordingly. Vermont […]
2018 Belvedere Hickory Open
June 14-16 Belvedere Golf club Charlevoix, Mich. The Belvedere Golf Club is pleased to announce the 13th annual Belvedere Hickory Open. “Our membership is honored and delighted to have the event, one of the SoHG’s four major Championship Series events,” says host PGA professional Dennis “Marty” Joy II. “We wholeheartedly welcome all participants and guests to Belvedere Golf Club and […]
2018 Czech Hickory Championship
June 23 Golf Club Líšnice Prague, Czech Republic Dear hickory golf friends! It is my pleasure to invite you to this year’s Czech Hickory Championship. It will take place at the historic and picturesque Líšnice course (9 holes) on Saturday 23rd June contributing to the club’s 90 anniversary celebrations. This course has already hosted our championship in the past. The course is located just outside […]
2018 California North-South Hickory Championship
June 23–24 The North-South Hickory Championship Pacific Grove Golf Links, Pacific Grove, Calif. Welcome to the California Hickory North-South. This event is a two-day hickory golf tournament held on the 1932 Chandler Egan-designed Pacific Grove Golf Links. Pacific Grove Golf Links is known as the “poor man’s Pebble Beach” and for good reason. The course is on the northwestern tip […]
2018 Golflinks Hickory ProAm – Stockholm, Sweden
June 28 Stockholm Golf Club Stockholm, Sweden Established in 1904, the Stockholm Golf Club was designed by John S. F. Morrison (of Colt, Alison & Morrison) with contributions from the Club’s Rafael Sundstrom. It is a parkland course near Stockholm’s city center. This two-player team event has mixed teams of pros and amateurs, as well as all-amateur teams. It is […]
2017 Hickory Stick Invitational
Sept. 11, 2017 Edgewood Country Club Commerce, Mich. Held every year as a benefit for the Evans Scholars Foundation, the Hickory Stick Invitational offers lunch, golf, and dinner. The format is 18-hole, two-net best balls of five-person teams. Hickory clubs are available for those who do not have sets. Tournament fee is $250 per person. For information, and to request […]
Canadian Open Hickory Championship in the news
Aug. 23, 2017 Alberta, Canada Ron Lyons’ Canadian Open Hickory Championship was featured in an article in GolfIndustryNetwork.CA which publishes news of the golf industry in Canada. The 18th playing of the event was completed this past weekend. Each year, Lyons and Co. honor a Canadian golf legend. This year’s inductee was Debbie Amirault, who, in 2011 became the first […]