Sept. 17-19 2017 North/South Challenge Match & Mike Just Memorial Tournament The Hill Course (designed by Donald Ross) French Lick Resort, French Lick, Ind. Sponsored by the Society of Hickory Golfers the North/South Challenge Match is planned as a Ryder Cup-style format with a maximum of 32-person teams from both North and South regional playing groups. The North/South Challenge Match […]
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Temple Terrace Hickory Heritage Weekend
Feb. 18-20 Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club Temple Terrace, Fla. This is the 7th annual golf tournaments weekend organized by host Mike Stevens and the Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club. Three hickory golf outings are planned. Saturday is the Temple Terrace Hickory Hacker, a four-person scramble. Sunday inaugurates a new event this year, the Mike Stevens Hickory Golf Challenge, […]
2017 Wisconsin Hickory Open
Sept. 21-23, 2017 Links Course, The Golf Courses of Lawsonia Green Lake, Wisc. To begin, everyone in Wisconsin would like to thank all of you who attended and participated in the 2016 U.S. Hickory Open. The weather was perfect and the venue was in great condition. Congratulations to all the winners. Now we are happy to welcome hickory players from across the […]
Long Island SoHG Golf Special
Sept. 22-24 Southward Ho and St. Georges Golf Club Long Island, N.Y. The Society of Hickory Golfers has arranged a special outing for its members at Southward Ho and at St. Georges Golf Club on Long Island, N.Y. SoHG member Richard Schmidt has acted as liaison with the two clubs and will handle RSVPs and registration fees. The itinerary includes a […]
River City Hickory Championship
Sept. 24 Omaha Country Club Omaha, Neb. The 2017 River City Hickory Championship is played in honor of Johnny Goodman and includes a Nebraska Hickory Hall of Fame Banquet. Last year’s inaugural inductees were Alexander Findlay, Johnny Goodman, and Randy Jensen. This year’s inductees are Dr. Gary Wiren and Sam Reynolds. This is a limited field event of from 20-24 […]
Memories of Lionel Freedman
This page has been added to allow members and friends to share photos and memories of Mr. Lionel Freedman. Click here for a post about Lionel written by his daughter, Annetta, to the Edinburgh Evening News. Following are memories shared by Brian Schuman who forged a lasting friendship with Lionel at the World Hickory Open and through subsequent matches between […]
2017 North Texas Hickory Open
Sept. 28-30, 2017 The Old Course at Firewheel Garland, Texas TEXAS HICKORY GOLF will host this inaugural event in the classic style of the hickory game. Golf will be played with hickory shafted clubs (hickory club rentals available), and the period dress of the hickory era is certainly encouraged. Visit tournament sponsor Knicker Dog at www.Knickerdog.com for knickers with socks […]
German Hickory Championship
Sept. 30 Golfclub Feldafing Feldafing, Germany The poster below was designed by Dirk Rehder for the German Hickory Championship. Also on the poster are dates for the Polish and Austrian Hickory Championships. (Mr. Rehder’s website is http://www.fischgraetdesign.de) The woman golfer on the poster is Ms. Nora Haag neé Benzinger, German Ladies Champion 1930. She is shown on the Feldafing Golf Course […]
Gutty Golf Spectacular
March 11-12 The Links at Summerly Lake Elsinore, Calif. The Pacific Coast Hickory Golfers are pleased to announce their second annual Gutty Golf Spectacular, the first all-gutty tournament west of the Mississippi. The Links at Summerly provide a near-perfect setting to test the old sticks and the auld game. The event will take you back in time, promise the event’s hosts. The […]
Lionel Freedman, World Hickory Open founder, 1934-2017
Lionel Freedman, Founder of the World Hickory Open, passed away earlier today, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. He was 83. Mr. Freedman was born in Chiswick, London in 1934. He attended boarding school from 1940–51 and was in National Service from 1952-54. His basic training was in the Suffolks, where he was attached to the 17th Training Regiment of the Royal […]