The Vermont Hickory Scotch Foursomes was a great success, reports Tom Wawrzeniak. “Six two-person teams met at the scenic Copley Golf Course on Sunday, July 19, a hot and sunny day,” he writes. “The scores were very close with Matt Dodds and Scott McAllister the overall winners. Runner-up was Greg Paus (new to hickory) and Tom Wawrzeniak. Then the sudden-death […]

June 16, 2020Martin Pool reports:Thirty-five hickory players teed it up June 13-14 in the 6th annual Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship. This year’s tournament was contested at Eagle’s Pride Golf Course, formerly known as Fort Lewis Golf Course, a hickory-era military course in Dupont, Wash. After hunkering in the bunker for so long, it was good to see and enjoy the company […]

June 5 By Jim Clawson Dear Virginia Hickory Players and Friends, We had a small outing this past week playing Gutties at Old Trail Golf Club (www.oldtrailgolf.com ).  The results are shown below.  Eight matches so far in the year-long competition.  On that day we discussed what balls to play.  In the end, all played the McIntyre Vardon ball, a […]

June 8, 2020 By Rick Adams Thirty-one well-dressed ladies and gentlemen from around Switzerland braved the forecast of thunderstorms for the annual Swiss Hickory Golf event at Waldkirch Golfpark, the first SHG gathering of the 2020 season. After light rain for the first couple of holes, the skies cleared long enough to get the round in. In the Stableford format, […]

May 25, 2020 – Kohler, Wisc. Ernie Ernst reports: Three days of Hickory golf after two months of social distancing was just what was needed. The weather over the three days here in Wisconsin was magnificent (70s and sun all week). If you don’t think that is special, you never played the Kohler Challenge in May at Whistling Straits. Our […]

March 5, 2020 Sun City West, Arizona, USA Kent Holtz reports: A record 90+ players, sporting 100-year-old clubs with wooden shafts and donning attire of knickers, argyle socks, woolen caps and vintage outfits, found their way to Sun City West, Grandview & Pebblebrook Golf Courses for the 2020 Arizona Desert Hickory Tournament, Feb. 29-March 1. Players came from across the […]

  Feb. 24, 2020, Temple Terrace., Fla. – Boca Raton, Fla. golf professional Jeremy Moe, a four-time U.S. Hickory Open champion, captured his second consecutive U.S. Professional Hickory Golf Championship and the John Shippen Cup. His 72 bested the field by five shots. The course played its usual tough challenge as only five pros managed to score in the 70s. Dylan Malafronte […]

This event held over a 1914 Florida gem has every potential to become a highlight on the national hickory “tour.” Hogan, Snead, Sarazen, and Hagen, have walked its fairways and now modern hickory golfers are following in their footsteps. The Winter Park Golf Course was rebuilt in 2016 with the idea of revitalizing its role as a community treasure. And […]