Teams for the first 2-Man Hickory Best Ball Championship What a amazing day of hickory golf in the great northwest on a recent Sunday morning. After hours of wind and rain the day and night before, we were able to get out and golf. Our six teams were fortunate enough to compete in the first annual 2-Man Hickory Best Ball event […]
Author Archives: Jim Davis
McMath holds off surging Lomison for Foxburg title
The Foxburg Country Club clubhouse By Tom Johnson The seventh Foxburg Hickory Championship was held Aug. 14-15 at the near-ancient Foxburg Country Club in Western Pennsylvania. Foxburg was created in 1887, and maintains many of its original features. The weather was perfect for golf, sunny skies, cool temperatures in the morning, warming up to the low 80s by the time the […]
Wee Nip going online
Printing and mailing a magazine these days is quite expensive, and the costs are not coming down. In an effort to save costs, the Wee Nip is going online at issuu.com. With the fall issue, the SoHG will no longer print and mail the magazine. It is however, easy to read in the online format. The spring issue was placed here, in addition […]
Vermont Hickory Open
Williston Golf Club Williston, Vt. USA 8/13/2016 – 8/14/2016 Tournament Information The ninth annual Vermont Hickory Open will be played at the Williston Golf Club, a 1927 course in picturesque Williston. Practice rounds will be Friday, Aug. 12. For online and printable PDF applications, click here. For details, please visit the website: vthickoryopen.org.
Whistling Straits Invitation
Whistling Straits Kohler, Wisc. USA 5/13/2016 – 5/14/2016 Tournament Information Whistling Straits Invitation Home of the 2015 PGA and 2020 Ryder Cup After watching the PGA at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisc., why not come and challenge your play by joining the Wisconsin Hickory Players next May, at both the Straits Course and the Irish Course? Day one, Friday, May 13, we […]
Alexander Findlay Hickory Open Championship
Country Club of Greenfield Greenfield, Mass. USA 5/13/2016 – 5/13/2016 Tournament Information The Hickory Golfers of Massachusetts and The Country Club of Greenfield, cordially invites you to participate in the first annual ALEXANDER FINDLAY HICKORY OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. Registration – 10 a.m. Tee times – 10:30 a.m. Tournament Course – The Tournament will be played on the historic Hickory Course built by Alexander […]
Heart of America Hickory Championship
Bright-Grandview Golf Course Des Moines, Iowa USA 7/15/2016 – 7/17/2016 The 39th Heart of America continues its run as the oldest continusously held hickory tournament in the world. Lots of good things goin on from golf on this 1902 Tom Bendelow course, to trade shows, good food and even better company. Click here for a PDF sheet with information and […]
130 players vie for Swedish hickory title
The players at the 2015 Swedish Hickory Championship Report courtesy of Jonas Fack The 18th Swedish Hickory Championship was held Aug. 1-2 on the links of Flommen Golf Club. Flommen, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, was started by the caddies at neighboring Falsterbo Golf Club (1909), as they were not allowed to play on the course which they worked. […]
Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship
Salem Golf Club and the OGA Course Salem, Ore. USA 5/14/2016 – 5/15/2016 Tournament Information The Northwest Hickory Players invite you to join us for the second annual Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship. Day 1 (Saturday) will be at the historic Salem Golf Club (1928) with a noon starting time. Food and Trade Show will follow the first round play. Day […]
Leith Rules Golf Society offers Muirfield Experience
The Leith Rules Golf Society is hosting a golf outing for its members and guests at the historic Muirfield Golf Course in Gullane, Scotland. Scheduled for Oct. 27, it comes soon after the World Hickory Open, Oct. 19-23. The outing, called the Muirfield Experience, is a four-man team event played under Stableford Rules. The fee is £225 per person, or […]