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 […]
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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 […]
Top Canadian Amateur Competes at High Level with Hickories
Canada’s Gary Melanson is taking hickory golf to new heights Aug. 22, 2017 By Jim Davis Hickory golf clubs are making their way into more tournaments as SoHG members continue to introduce the old clubs into a variety of competitions. We just learned of Mitch Laurance’s entry in the Myrtle Beach World Amateur Golf Championship, the first hickory player in […]
Results of 2017 Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship
Jeff Olsen takes 2017 title in 5-hole playoff Aug. 22, 2017 – Snoqualmie Falls, Wash. By Martin Poole The fairways were baked, running hard and fast. Plumes of dust rose in the air with each mashie shot. (Yes, Virginia, there is dust in Seattle.) With a recent record of 56 consecutive days without rain, the sites of the 3rd annual […]
Rick Woeckener 2017 Foxburg Champion
From Tom Johnson Greetings everyone, Just a follow-up on the Foxburg Hickory Championship held on Friday and Saturday 8/11 and 8/10. Foxburg Country Club was in great shape, was a terrific host, and served as a perfect backdrop for a great event. Additionally, we were blessed with clear and moderately warm weather for all three days of the Championship. The course played […]