Martin Pool reports: Twenty-three hickory players teed it up at the 9th annual Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship held at the beautiful Bear Creek Country Club in Woodinville, Wash., on June 26-27. Festivities began the day before when 15 club members joined us for a Member Mixer team event.  In a two-best-net-of-four format, the team of Kurt Jones, Matt Stearn, Jeff […]

Bill Martin reports: On June 21, the Metropolitan Hickory Society was blessed to host the 11th annual “Nickel & Dime” at the esteemed Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J. Designed by golden age architect A.W. Tillinghast, RCC has held numerous PGA Tour & U.S. Amateur events. We sincerely thank our gracious hosts MHS co-founder Mike Policano and his fellow Ridgewood […]

Jacob Orcutt reports on the 2023 Smith-Collett Classic: Shennecossett Golf Course once again held up as a formidable test of hickory golf skill.  Early foggy and wet conditions yielded to humid and hot weather after the turn, adding another degree of difficulty. The format was a modified Stableford scoring system, with 1 point being awarded for bogeys, 2 points for […]

By Jim Davis The 2023 Belvedere Hickory Open (June 15-17) got off to cool start on the Thursday practice round, marked by northerly winds that were chilled by Lake Michigan to create a “brae” day. Both Northern and Southern visitor alike donned sweaters and jackets to brave a cold and heavy day-long mist that saturated a hitherto hard, dry golf […]

By Jim Davis It was hot and dry at the 2023 NHC, just the way that gutty players like it. The brown fairways were fast, the greens brutal and the after-golf conversations, as always, spiced with bitter acceptance and sweet reminiscence.  Twenty-four players from around the Midwest and further afield came to test the hills and plateaus that are the […]

It was a little late, but that’s the way scheduling works sometimes. Although World Hickory Golf Day was officially May 7, the Copper Cup Clan made time to celebrate the day on June 3, and they did so in the best of spirits with good friends and great golf. Here’s a report from the Clan’s Michael Brown: Thirty-seven hickory players […]

The 10th annual Danish Open Hickory Championship was played on 27 May at the Royal Copenhagen Golf Club. It was cancelled in 2020-21 for covid. Christian Joel, president of the Danish Golf Historical Society, reports that that 39 players were entered, including players from Sweden, Switzerland, Germany and Norway. “All in all a wonderful day in the most fantastic summer […]

May 20, 2023 Hickory golf has finally made it to Idaho, thanks to Tom and Sue Tracy and the members of the Northwest Hickory Players. The inaugural SPUD CUP is in the books!  Thanks to everyone who participated and contributed to the fun and camaraderie. Tom Tracy reports on the event: The inaugural Spud Cup hickory event was held May […]