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 […]

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 – […]

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 […]

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 […]

Played over the Onion Creek Golf Course in Austin, Texas. Pete League reports: In the Swift Cup Results on March 25, the Texas Team beat the North American Team by 20 to 11. Texas Team Captain was Ken Jackson; Dennis MacIntyre for the North America Team. Five teams competed in the Texas First Tee Hickory Championship with the Dallas Chapter […]

Peter van Eekelen reports: The 2023 New Zealand Hickory Open, March 13, 2023,  had a stellar beginning with an opening competition for the Anzac Flask, a team event between New Zealand and Australia. This is the first time an international match has been contested has been played with wooden shafts since the golden age of hickory. Australia put in an experienced […]

Playing pre-1935 hickory shafted clubs, 99 players celebrated the 11th Arizona Desert Hickory in Sun City West, Ariz.  Equipped with vintage equipment, and attired in knickers, argyle socks, woolen caps and vintage outfits, they challenged Grandview & Pebblebrook Golf Courses in grand style over a two-day competition during the last weekend in February. Players from across the USA and Canada, […]

It was Florida in February and the weather was as the chamber of commerce ordered it – magnificent. Just right for the 13th annual U.S. Professional Amateur Hickory Golf Championship and the preceding casual hickory golf outings. The weekend is hosted by hickory golf champion and professional golf teacher Mike Stevens. On Sunday, five teams competed in a shamble format […]