The Kohler Hickory Challenge was played at the Kohler properties this past week, May 11-13. Players started their week with a practice round on the Straits course (home of the 2020 Ryder Cup) and then continued their Kohler adventure with a round on the Meadows course Friday and the Irish course on Saturday. Friday, after the Meadows round, players went […]
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Inwood CC and Bobby Jones featured in Golf Georgia journal
As the SoHG prepares for its 16th annual U.S. Hickory Open at the Inwood CC in September, others are also keen to note the 100th anniversary of Bobby Jones’ first U.S. Open victory at the historic club. This latest account comes from Stan Awtrey, the editor of Golf Georgia, the magazine of the Georgia State Golf Association. Awtrey describes Jones […]
Hickory golf blooming among Kansas City sunflowers
The Kansas City Area Hickory Golfers completed its third annual Sunflower Hickory Match-Play Outing on April 22, 2023, at the Falcon Lakes Golf Course in Basehor, Kan. The field consisted of 31 enthusiastic golfers, all determined to battle their matches in cool temperatures; it was 42 degrees at tee-time and never above 45 degrees throughout the day. Match winners earned […]
San Clemente players know how to celebrate a World Hickory Golf Day
World Hickory Golf Day was celebrated in a the best way possible in San Clemente, California. Participants came from around Orange and San Diego counties to join in the festivities. Rick Perrault of San Clemente, Calif., got into the spirt of World Hickory Golf Day by inviting his hickory golf playing friends to enjoy the finer things in golf at […]
NWHP celebrates World Hickory Day with Vintage Hickory Classic
Rob Ahlschwede reports: The Northwest Hickory Players celebrated World Hickory Golf Day early at Meadow Park Golf Course (c. 1915) with the 11th playing of the Vintage Hickory Classic. Seven new hickory players were part of the 42 players who signed up to celebrate the day. One of the highlights was having 18 players in the Open Division – […]
2023 Southern Hickory 4-Ball results
Tad Moore reports: The 2023 SH4B was held on April 20-22 at Highland Park Golf Course in Birmingham, Ala. We had three perfect days of weather. The 65 players competed in a Championship division with Will Peterson and Ted Kopec winning with 134. The Stableford division was won by Fred Niles and Mike Crouch with 159. The Thursday welcome party/trade […]
Wisconsin’s Pay It Forward Hickory Challenge featured in Senior Living Magazine
It’s all in good fun and for a good cause, two things the Wisconsin Hickory Golfers really like. Their Pay It Forward Hickory Challenge has been a popular golf outing these past nine years and last year a local Senior Living magazine picked up on the story. Below are photos from the publication. Great going ladies and gents! Hickory golf […]
Gilbert, Clawson taste 2023 Gutty Gopher victory
Rob Gilbert reports: 2023 Gutty Gopher in the Books A small but intrepid group met on Saturday, April 15, the Ides of April (Tax Day!) at Meadowcreek Golf Course in Charlottesville to contest the third annual VaHGA Gutty Gopher. It was a beautiful day for gutty golf in the commonwealth. After short iron shots down the hill, (and a lucky […]
2023 Oddball Hickory Classic a day for history
By Jim Davis There were no caddies with this group. The sternly dressed men in black coats wore an odd mix of bowlers, top hats and tradesmen caps. Under their arms they each carried from four to eight clubs of a peculiar, though somehow graceful, look – long, slender and narrow, a few with noticeably curved faces. A few clubs […]
Victoria’s Justin Ryan captures inaugural South Australian title by a single stroke
Andrew Baker reports: Early April 2023 saw the inauguration of the two-day South Australian Hickory Shaft Championships. The foursomes championship was held Sunday 2 April at Victor Harbor Golf Club, followed by the individual championship at The Royal Adelaide Golf Club the next day. Both events were played on cloudless autumn days with temperatures in the mid-twenties. The individual championship was contested by […]