Feb. 24-25, 2018 Pebblebrook Golf Club Sun City West, Ariz. This is the one that put the American Southwest on the hickory map. Organizer Ken Holtz continues to offer one of the season’s best, and earliest, hickory golf outings under the winter-friendly Arizona sunshine. Get out of the winter and into some Arizona sunshine for a February hickory treat. Categories […]
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2018 Temple Terrace Hickory Heritage & U.S. Pro Championship
Feb. 24-26 Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club Temple Terrace, Fla. This 7th annual hickory golf weekend at TTG &GC celebrates one of the first professional events in Florida on a course developed by Tom Bendelow that once had “Long” Jim Barnes as its professional. Conducted and hosted by local golf professional and hickory golf champion Mike Stevens, the weekend […]
SoHG Long Island Special nears room deadline
July 21, 2017 – For all players considering the SoHG’s Long Island Special Sept. 22-24, now is the time to book rooms. On Aug. 10, the host hotel, the Holiday Inn Express Stony Brook, will release the room block being held for this outing. You are encouraged to make your reservations soon to get the discounted rate of $139 for […]
U.S. Hickory Open Champion Nico Bollini
2017 USHO Champ finds a lot to like in hickory golf By Jim Davis Many eyes were on Jeremy Moe in Del Monte for the 10th annual U.S. Hickory Open. Most knew he had won the previous four in a row, and it would have been hard to not root for the likable pro from Florida, where he is now […]
2017 White Mountain Results
Hickories in the mountains at inaugural White Mountain Classic July 8, 2017 – The inaugural playing of the White Mountain Hickory Classic was met with curiosity and enthusiasm at the beautiful and historic Omni Mount Washington Hotel. Seventeen players teed it up in knickers and button-down shirts under the Stableford scoring system. After a 20-minute rain shower, the weather cleared making […]
2017 USHO Wrapup
2017 USHO first-class from the start By Robert Birman Exasperating. Astonishing. Taxing. These words characterized so many players’ rounds at the 2017 U.S. Hickory Open. I suspect that many who traveled to Del Monte links in Monterey in mid-July presumed the 1897 design would be less than a “major” challenge. After all, how hard can an old track, and the […]
Nico Bollini 2017 USHO Champion
California resident Nico Bollini of Laguna Beach claimed the 2017 U.S. Open title in a one-hole playoff with early favorite Cliff Martin of Los Angeles. Both players shot 153 to earn their way to the playoff. For Martin, it is the second playoff loss in a row as Jeremy Moe of Boca Raton, Fla. claimed the 2016 title over Martin […]
2018 Onion Creek Hickory Classic
March 22-24, 2018 Onion Creek GC Austin, Texas This great early season hickory event in Austin is a must-play. Pete League and crew host a complete hickory outing with all the trimmings. And the Lone Star Model A Ford Club promises to back in full force, lending their unique style and glamour to the plus-fours and hickory clubs. The Onion […]
Hickories heating up in Dallas
July 3, 2017 By Jim Davis I am not from “these here parts,” as they say in some of these here parts, but I do enjoy hearing about passion for life and Texans are nothing if not passionate about many things. The state’s motto, the Lone Star State, though, I believe to be in error. A brief examination of its […]
2017 Gearhart Hickory Classic Results
Hot Gearhart celebrates 125th anniversary of historic course June 26, 2017 – Gearhart, Ore. By Rob Birman Twenty-eight players from five states and Canada contested the 2017 Gearhart Hickory Classic, marking two historic occasions. The first was the grand links’ 125th anniversary. The second, record-setting temperatures on the Oregon coast of 92 degrees on Saturday, June 24. Aside from the simply […]