March 23-25, 2017 Onion Creek Club Austin, Texas A long-time favorite with hickory players from Texas to Canada, the Onion Creek Classic features 18 holes of match play on March 23 for the Swift Trophy. This is with teams from the U.S. vs. Canada, or East vs. West, depending on how many from the far north travel to the event. On […]
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Mission Inn Centennial
March 30 El Campeon GC Howey in the Hills, Fla. WANNA GET AWAY? Mission Inn Resort and the Florida Hickory Golfers invite you to a centennial celebration of the resort’s famed El Campeon golf course at Howey in the Hills, Fla. Enjoy a day of golf as it was played in 1917 with hickory shafted clubs and then relax afterwards at the Gatsby […]
Sixth annual Wyandotte Hickory Open escapes harsh weather
The Wyandotte Hickory Organization held its sixth annual WHO Open Tournament on Oct. 1, 2016. The weather looked a little bleak that day as it rained right up to tee times. The golf gods smiled on the Wyandotte Shores G.C. when the sun came and stayed until the last putt was holed. This year’s open champion Bill Tucholski shot 79 […]
Mike Just, owner of Louisville Golf, 1949-2016
Mr. Michael Just, 66, president and owner of Louisville Golf, passed away Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 after a long battle with cancer. With him was his wife of nearly 40 years, Lynn, his children, and other members of his family. Mr. Just was a well-known and beloved figure, not just in the hickory golf community where his hand-crafted clubs found […]
Arnold Palmer 1929 – 2016
The golfers’ King The sports world is saddened today by the passing of golf legend Arnold Palmer. There is little need, here, to revisit Arnie’s many accomplishments, you can find them from many sources. The fact that this writer feels it easy to write “Arnie” speaks volumes about the man. He was for all people; as Ben Jonson said of […]
Playoff Victory Crowns Moe as ‘Four-Peat’ USHO champion
It was a finish you might expect from two talented golfers who have faced each other on more than one occasion. After 36 holes on the tough Links of Lawsonia, in Green Lake, Wisc., Cliff Martin of Los Angeles, and Jeremy Moe, pro at the Hardscrabble Golf Club in Fort Smith, Ark., each had carded a 151. Moe settled the […]
Tom Johnson adds another gutty title at 2016 CB Macdonald
The 14th annual Charles Blair Macdonald Challenge was played Sept. 9-11 at the historic Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Course. The course is the oldest in North America on its original site. It has been ranked in the Top 10 short courses in the world (excluding the United States) by Golf Magazine. The tournament format has been altered over the years, and the event is now […]
Ellington weathers McNabb maelstrom
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 […]
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. […]