Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout Till you have drench’d our steeples, drown’d the cocks! You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt-couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head! And thou, all-shaking thunder, Smite flat the thick rotundity o’ the world! Crack nature’s moulds, an germens spill at once, That make ingrateful man! King […]
Author Archives: Jim Davis
Grayson Giboney adds second Washington State Hickory Open title
Thirty-four golfers competed in the 2016 Washington State Hickory Open on Saturday, Sept. 10. The venue was the Washington State Golf Association’s Home Course in DuPont, Wash. The Home Course was an assisting course to Chambers Bay at the 2010 USGA Amateur. The greens were very firm and fast,, which made scoring brutal with hickory golf clubs. The wind was a constant 5-10 mph […]
They play it old school in Iowa
The beautiful Hyperion Field Club in Johnston hosted the annual Iowa Hickory Classic on Sept. 9-10. This private club is a favorite of the 53 contestants who regularly travel from throughout the Midwest to test the 1910 Tom Bendelow design. It is a treat to enjoy the Classic’s swap meet and trade show on Friday night followed by the Scottish-themed reception. […]
Golf history the theme at Danish and EAGHC championships
Christian Juel reports: The European Association of Golf Collectors and Historians (EAGHC) held its annual meeting Sept. 1-2 at the Danish Golf Museum. Current president of EAGHC, Mr. Poul Erik Jensen, curator of the Danish Golf Museum was the host of the event. Many interesting lectures were given, including Robin Bargman’s lecture Allen Culpepper Sealy in Pau; J. B. Kazmierczak […]
The Jersey Shore
Spring Lake Golf Club Spring Lake Heights, N.J. Oct. 19, 2016 The Metropolitan Hickory Society invites all hickory players to join the fun at the Spring Lake Golf Club for what promises to be a beautiful and informative day at the “Shore.” Spring Lake is a recently restored and renovated George Thomas/A.W. Tillinghast layout featuring a rich background. Golf will be followed […]
Seth Lomison is Foxburg’s 2016 champ
By Tom Johnson Greetings Hickory Golfers, The Championship was held Aug. 12-13, at the historic Foxburg Country Club, in western Pennsylvania. The Foxburg Country Club was established in 1887. For this event, Foxburg was set up to play as a par 73, at 4,750 yards. The weather forecast for the practice and tournament rounds was less than ideal, high probability of […]
San Francisco Hickory Open
10/8/2016 – 10/9/2016
Lincoln Park GC and Sharp Park GC
San Francisco, Calif.
The NorCal Hickory Players invite hickory golf enthusiasts to enjoy a little of their favorite sport in view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Organizers promise blue skies and Indian Summer conditions. Sharp Park is an Alister MacKenzie gem from the 1930s. Lincoln Park’s pedigree of architects includes Jack Neville, who did that other little course down the coast, Pebble Beach. the course is 36 holes of medal play. Click here for a PDF of tournament information and a registration form. Or, to register electronically, please click here.
Maybe Scotland should be on your bucket list this year!
By Mike Stevens Playing hickory golf in Scotland is the ultimate for anyone into that form of the game. I have had the great fortune to have participated in several World Hickory Opens since 2005. It is a fantastic experience and one that is very affordable. This year the tournament will take place at the Panmure Golf Club, right down […]
72 enjoy play at the Canadian Hickory Open
Canadian Open Hickory Championship at the Legends Golf and CC Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Aug. 10-12 2016 The Canadian Open Hickory Championship kicked off with a 2-day pre-play event on Monday and Tuesday featuring play at two local courses, Montgomery Glen in Wetaskiwin and Ravencrest GC in Edmonton – a good way to brush the rust off those hickory clubs and […]
USHO visits Monterey in 2017
The No. 1 hickory golf tournament in the United States will be held at the Del Monte Golf Course, July 10-12, 2017. When golf made its way to California in the early 1890s the Hotel Del Monte built a 9-hole track that today is the site of the historic Del Monte Golf Course. It is one of two of the […]