The 16th hole at the Belvedere Golf Club. The 11th playing of the Belvedere Hickory Open was June 16-18. The event, hosted by the Belvedere Club (c. 1871) has drawn much praise for the hospitality of its members, the organization, and detail with which the event is managed, and the outstanding William Watson golf course, c. 1925. Participants come from […]
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2016 NHC finds new names on championship trophies
The Oakhurst Links in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Dreamy late spring days in the West Virginia valleys have the locals thinking about summer chores to come while the temporary inhabitants of the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs rise late to contemplate a new day of pamperings and recreation. A few miles away, in one secluded valley, 38 men and […]
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New photos and activity for the Tommy’s Honour premiere. Check the Press Room. Have your posted your latest scores? – It’s important that you keep an accurate and up-to-date posting of your hickory golf scores. Log in and check your scores to see that they are current. You should have, at the minimum, five scores posted for casual as well as […]
Whitty Dipper for Poly applications
By Howard Vogel In the category of “shop notes” I, sort of, replaced an old Golfsmith tool with a very common shop remnant. Back in the “good-ole golden days” I attended a Golfsmith club repair class. We were working on persimmon heads back then, not realizing that some of the skill sets we used would transfer over later in life to wood shafts, and wood […]
Longtime Pacific Northwest golfer, collector Bob Lorentzen passes away
Martin Pool, a member of the both the SoHG and the GCS, asked that we post the notice of the death of a good friend. Happy to oblige, Martin. We’re sure that Mr. Lorentzen will be missed. Please click here to read Martin’s memoriam of Robert Lorentzen.
How’s your hickory golf knowledge?
by Brian Giboney June 7, 2016 Hickory golfer and parachutist Brian Giboney has posted a new article to insidegolfnewspaper.com. This one is a short quiz with 10 challenging questions about some points of the hickory game. Click the link below and have a go. http://www.insidegolfnewspaper.com/the-hickory-corner-time-to-check-your-knowledge/
Bubba at the NHC?
by SoHG June 3, 2016 Check out the link below to a Golfweek article about the inimitable Bubba Watson. A resident in the White Sulphur Springs area of W. Virginia, Watson has hinted to Pete Georgiady, organizer of the National Hickory Championship, that he might show up at the tournament one of these days. Could be 2016 is the year. […]
Ben Hollerbach defends World Hickory Match Play title
The field at the third World Hickory Match Play Championship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, May 23-25, 2016 It is becoming a familiar rivalry that brings to mind Jones and Sarazen, or Jones and Hagen, or Jones and just about anybody else. But Jeremy Moe, 2014 WHMP champ and Ben Hollerbach, the 2015 champ, have met for the third time […]
Cliff Martin adds to trophies at Philly Hickory Open
The 2nd annual Philadelphia Hickory Open was held May 22 at McCall Golf and CC in Upper Darby, Pa. McCall is a sporty William Flynn course measuring just 4,500 yards and boasts a rather deceiving par of 66. The field this year was comprised of 23 players from around Philadelphia, New Jersey, Maryland and beyond. Cliff Martin from Los Angeles, Calif. made […]
Von Lossow defends Pacific NW title in Oregon
Northwest Hickory Players at the Pacific NW Hickory Championship Northwest Hickory Players Captain Jim von Lossow of Seattle successfully defended his title in the second annual Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship held at the historic Salem Golf Club (est. 1927) in Salem, Ore. and the OGA course in Woodburn, Ore. on May 14-15. Pre-tournament festivities began on Friday with a gutty […]