Sandy Lyle, winner of the 2014 World Hickory Open,in the Panmure clubhouse.   Posted by Wendy GlassFor Carnoustie Country   After two days of highly competitive hickory golf on the famous Panmure golf course, top Scottish golfer Sandy Lyle added 2014 World Hickory Champion to his list of titles.    “I am very honoured to have won the World Hickory […]

   Grayson Giboney, 13, of Mill Creek, Wash., bested a field of 16 to win the Washington State Hickory Championship presented by the AP National Golf Club.    The event was played Oct. 4 on the Home Course in DuPont, Wash. Giboney shot a 76 to won by one shot – over his dad, Brian, who shot a 77. Galen […]

   Do they play hickory golf in Iowa and the mid west ?  ” You betcha” !!!    The recently held Iowa Hickory Classic held at Hyperion Field Club in Des Moines, literally had hickory players from coast to coast and border to border. Players from Florida to the state of Washington, and Minnesota to the Lone Star state of […]

It’s still the same old storyA fight for love and gloryA case of do or die. As Time Goes ByHerman Hupfeld, 1942    In Homer’s immortal epic, The Iliad, are verses that describe the great warriors preparing for battle – checking their weaponry, their shields, helmets, buckles, and armor. This is a favored theme of writers and movie producers who […]

The 12th annual Charles Blair Macdonald Challenge was played Sept. 6-7 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. Heavy rains arrived early Saturday morning, but right on cue, they […]

On a cool Saturday morning, Sept. 6, 26 hickory golfers gathered at Wyandotte Shores Golf Course to compete in the fourth annual Wyandotte Hickory Open.The players looped the nine-hole course twice to complete their 18-hole challenge. The competition was cheerfully intense, and a good time was had by all. Congratulations to the following winners: Open Winner – Ed Ronco, Wyandotte; […]

The third annual Michiana Hickory Open Golf tournament was held on Saturday, Aug. 9 at the Warren Golf Course on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. For the third straight year, Bert Coghill from Illinois garnered the top honors with a score of 82. Bert will have his name inscribed on a permanent trophy that will be hung […]

  Jeremy Moe, the golf professional from Hardscrabble Country Club in Fort Smith, Ark., bettered his first day score of 69 by one to card a 137 for a 13-stroke victory over Rick Woeckener and Mark Hollingsworth. Moe said he had an “up and down round” but managed to scramble well all day and finally “ran away over the last […]

Report on the Swedish Hickory Championship 2014held at Bro-Bålsta GK    By Dr. Patric Andersson    The 17th Swedish Hickory Championship held at Bro-Bålsta GC on Aug. 1 – 3, was decided in unusually hot weather with temperatures above 90 Fahrenheit degrees, cloudless skies, constant sunshine and little breeze. Situated about 40 kilometers northwest from the Swedish capital Stockholm, Bro-Bålsta […]

A USHO opening to remember. Our local correspondent, Rick Woeckener, reports that the heavens opened up on Day One of the 2014 U.S. Hickory Open, flooding the Asheville area with sunshine, low humidity, lows in the upper 60s and highs in the low 80s. Apparently, the local chamber of commerce had something to do with this. The field of 84, […]