HICKORY GOLF NEWS

Jeff Shelley has been writing about golf for more than three decades. Hickory golf was bound to make an appearance somewhere along the line. Shelley recently posted an account of the modern hickory game in the September 2021 edition of Golf Course Trades magazine. In the writing of the article, Shelley talked with hickory golfers from around the country, from […]

Aug. 7, 2021Gonzalo Retana Ardanaz reports: On the 4th and 5th of August, the Real Nuevo Club de Golf SS Basozabal golf course hosted for the third consecutive year a golf prize in the hickory modality, that is to say, with clubs from before 1935 and with the rules corresponding to the beginnings of golf. This 3rd San Sebastian Hickory […]

July 21, 2021 Bob Glass had kept an eye on the weather reports, but there was nothing he could do. A perfect deluge of rain that swept across the Midwest had a special inaugural hickory golf outing at Clearview Golf Course in doubt. The hard rain departed in time, but it left the course in a waterlogged, walking-only condition. No […]

July 10, 2021 – David Webster reports: On July 8, five foursomes hailing from eight different states played in rainy conditions in the inaugural Lake Sunapee CC Hickory Classic, in  New London, N.H.  Lake Sunapee is a beautiful restored Donald Ross course and the longtime home and club of The Squire, Gene Sarazen.  Bill Geisler and David Webster shared low gross just […]

July 2, 2021 The Florida Hickory Golfers recently made a trip to The Villages in Florida, about 50 miles northwest of Orland0. A dedicated retirement community, The Villages famously offers a wealth of recreational and social opportunities for its residents. You may now add hickory golf to the list, not officially, but with this golf outing an introduction has been […]

June 29, 2021 Work goes on to complete a restoration of the Southern Pines Golf Course in Southern Pines, N.C. The Donald Ross layout was acquired by the Pine Needles resort and has the loving attention of its owners to bring the layout back to Ross’ intentions. The work has revealed a “lost” par 3 hole, thanks to close examinations […]

June 28, 2021 Martin Pool reports: Fifty-six players, a new record in the Pacific Northwest, teed it up for the 7th annual Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship held at Longview Country Club (est. 1923) in Longview, Wash., on June 18-20. Festivities began on Friday with a fun team competition of best two net of four. We had eight members from the host […]

June 21, 2021 Jacob Orcutt reports: The results are in for the inaugural Smith-Collett Hickory Classic at Shennecossett Golf Course in Groton, Conn.  Our thanks to the entire field for their participation; what a great day of golf! Tim Ball of Marston Mills, Mass., and William ‘Wardy’ Wardwell of Turners Falls, Mass., both tied at 75. Both great scores, but only […]

June 21, 2021Rich Schmidt reports: The inaugural Carolinas Hickory Open went off without a hitch and included two perfect days of weather on a superb Donald Ross 9-holer in the mountains in Tryon, N.C.  Twenty-eight contestants made the trek, and I have yet to hear a complaint about the venue, the value and the quality of the camaraderie! We had […]

June 15, 2021MacDuff reports: Few fairways seem as smooth and inviting as those of the Belvedere Golf Club in Charlevoix, Mich. The seasoned Belvedere player, though, is well aware of the rude treatment possible once the greens are achieved, the sixth and 16th come to mind as particularly disagreeable to the approach which fails to land just so. Many a […]

The Louisville Golf Company is the subject of a video produced by brokerage firm Charles Schwab. The video premiered on June 2, 2021.  Schwab’s videos are part of its “Challengers” series that focuses on people and companies who “challenge, engage and succeed. The Louisville Golf video interviews owner Jeremy Wright and three of the Just brothers who help produce the […]

Sept. 11 Lausanne Golf Club Canton of Vaud, Switzerland By Rick Adams The Golf Club of Lausanne, located in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, will host a hickory golf event on Sept. 11 as one of many activities commemorating the 1921 founding. Club manager Pierre Rindlisbacher expects members will have fun dressing up like golfers from the 1920s and […]

May 27, 2021 Denny Olson reports: I’m glad to report our 2021 Mid American Hickory Open was a success in several ways. Held at the Soangetaha Country Club in Galesburg, Ill., the weather and the course were great. Although our number of traditional participants was down to 19, we had an additional turnout of 17 local members, including eight ladies. That group […]

May 27, 2021 Mike Stevens reports on the inaugural Florida State Hickory Open. First, I congratulate and thank the Florida State Golf Association for conducting a fantastic tournament at Sara Bay Country Club and for all their support of hickory golf. The Florida Hickory Golfers acquitted themselves admirably. Will Peterson, who is back on track with his game, was the […]

Pete League is looking for old hickory putters to be repaired and given to First Tee players. Here’s Pete’s info: The Inaugural Texas First Tee Hickory Championship was held recently at Onion Creek Club in Austin, Texas.  Five four-person teams participated and the Dallas, Texas chapter kicked butt with an even par performance.  All players on the first three teams […]