HICKORY GOLF NEWS

Rob Ahlschwede reports: The Northwest Hickory Players’ 9th Gearhart Hickory Classic welcomed 57 players from 10 states and Alberta in Canada. We played two rounds over the Gearhart Golf Links in beautiful weather on the Oregon coast. Weather? – mid 60s with some early fog and bright sunshine.  Kinda windy on the first day as the scores indicated, but still […]

Greg Smith reports on the 2023 Keeper of the Spirit gutty tournament: “Thank y’all” “as Lynn Just would say, for participating in the 2023 Keeper of the Spirit gutty challenge. I thought this was a great event with fantastic players. Can’t wait till next year. Speaking of which, 2024 will be the 10th anniversary of the event and I’m planning something […]

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 […]

A century ago young Bobby Jones won his first U.S. Open at this historic New York club. In 2023, the club is pleased to host the 2023 U.S. Hickory Open in conjunction with its year-long celebration of Jones’ victory. Jared Paletti, a member of the Metropolitan Hickory Golfers, and Christian Williams, a hickory golf videographer and member of the SoHG […]

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 […]

Putter maker and hickory golf club specialist Tad Moore was interviewed by Ricky Potts on The Wednesday Match Play Podcast presented by Mindful U. Tad provides an overview of Tad Moore Golf, talks about the 1991 Masters Tournament, explains his pricing model, and takes us on a tour of his workshop. He also gives some advice for hitting a hickory […]

The Kohler Hickory Challenge was played at the Kohler properties this past week, May 11-13. Players started their week with a practice round on the Straits course (home of the 2020 Ryder Cup) and then continued their Kohler adventure with a round on the Meadows course Friday and the Irish course on Saturday. Friday, after the Meadows round, players went […]

As the SoHG prepares for its 16th annual U.S. Hickory Open at the Inwood CC in September, others are also keen to note the 100th anniversary of Bobby Jones’ first U.S. Open victory at the historic club. This latest account comes from Stan Awtrey, the editor of Golf Georgia, the magazine of the Georgia State Golf Association. Awtrey describes Jones […]

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 […]