The Alex Lowe Trophy was played at the historic Wollongong Golf Club in New South Wales this past Feb. 23. The course was laid out on one morning in 1897 by Royal Sidney members Leonard Dobbin and Irving Kent. That same afternoon the two held an exhibition match over the newly built course, the holes barely fresh from being dug. […]
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Chautauqua adds a hickory flair to St. Patrick’s Day
Eighteen players gathered for the third annual Chautauqua Hickory Open, March 15-16, at the Eagle Springs Golf and Recreation Center in DeFuniak Springs, Fla. Most of the players were members of the Society of Hickory Golfers (www.hickory golfers.com), an international organization dedicated to encouraging the use of these clubs from early in the last century. Players came from Alabama, Florida, […]
Score another classic for the Arizona Desert Hickory
Playing pre-1935 hickory shafted clubs, 96 players celebrated the 13th Arizona Desert Hickory, March 1-2, 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. Click here for a complete report compiled by event organizer […]
Cold snap can’t chill US Professional & Amateur Hickory Championships
A cold front coming through Tampa over Feb. 15-16 brought Scottish style winds that howled through the fairways at the 15th US Professional & Amateur Hickory Championship at historic Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club making scoring extremely difficult. In a see-saw round a two-shot swing on the 17th hole saw Mike Stevens take a one-shot lead over Carlos De […]
Swiss museum to celebrate club maker Tom Stewart
Thomas Stewart Jr., Golf Cleek and Iron Maker, the famous blue-covered book published by Ralph Livingston III in 2010 has been reprinted in a second edition with a green cover by Swiss golfer Paolo Quirici and several partners from Switzerland. The book is part of a larger project to celebrate the prolific clubmaker and includes a museum and workshop where […]
California’s Bagpiper skirls up a good one
The Pacific Coast Hickory Golfers conducted its Bagpiper tournament on Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Costa Mesa Country Club. It was conducted as a two-man Ryder Cup-style team event with six holes each of Best Ball, Alternate Shot, and scramble. “It was a great day of hickory golf, says co-host and organizer Rick Perrault. Rudy Kastelic and Mark Wille were […]
Texas golf magazine picks up story on 2024 USHO
Photographers Greg and Beverly Wise not only served as the official event photographers for the 2024 U.S. Hickory Open at the Kenosha Country Club in Wisconsin, but Greg also wrote about it for various regional golf magazines. The most recent to pick up the story was the Texas Golf Insider. That ought to create a little stir for the 2025 […]
Brock Elder the champ at 2024 Mid Pines
The 2024 Mid Pines Hickory Open, its 21st meeting, had 71 players who enjoyed the always fun-to-play Mid Pines golf course, renovated in recent years to something Donald Ross would have much admired. The 2024 Open Champion was Brock Elder, who posted a 145. Click here to see the results from the entire event. Open Division winners are: Ladies – […]
Tad Moore steps down from Southern Hickory 4-Ball as new hosts plan a fresh start
The Southern Hickory 4-Ball Championship is undergoing a sea change in 2025. It’s founder, legendary clubmaker and SoHG co-founder Tad Moore is stepping down as its host. Moore, 83, said that a recent stroke (he’s fine) got him thinking about things and felt it might be time to hand off the long-running hickory “major,” one he established and has run […]
Bourbon tasting flavors inaugural Bluegrass Hickory Open
Bailey Weigandt reports: The weather was perfect and over 30 players from nine different states joined in for a great weekend of golf at the historic Owl Creek Country Club where the perfect fairways and greens awaited the competitors. Two titles were up for the taking, The Davies and The Bartlett trophies. The Davies Trophy goes to the winner of […]