August 1, 2022
July 25, 2022 Rob Ahlschede reports: Lyle Rowland’s ace on No. 15 was the tournament highlight for this year’s Gearhart Hickory Classic, an accomplishment that earns him admission to our hickory Dodo Club for such feats. The 2022 Classic was treated to great weather, great play, and great times together for nearly 50 hickory players. True to Gearhart, day two began with […]
July 24, 2022
MacDuff reports on the 2022 playing of the Keeper of the Spirit Gutty Challenge: Tom Johnson, who hosts the annual Foxburg Hickory Championship, likes to say that pre-1900, or what is called gutta percha golf, is “The hardest golf you will ever play, but it’s the most fun you will have.” The hardest? Well, the jury may still be out […]
July 11, 2022
Duane Baylor reports: The 45th playing of the Heart of America was played July 8-10 in Des Moines, Iowa, at Bright Grandview GC. Originally organized by Warren Olson, the event draws players from around the Midwest and beyond. The chief host is the Hickory Golf Association with friends and assistance from both the Golf Heritage Society and the Society of […]
June 30, 2022
Northern Michigan’s beautiful Charlevoix region was the perfect spot for hickory golf June 16-18 and the players at the 2022 Belvedere Hickory Open took full advantage. Blue skies, sunny weather and lovely temperatures greeted the field. Rick Woeckener, who won the U.S. Hickory Open on this course in 2019, finds the 1925 William Watson-designed course suits his game to a […]
Rich Schmidt, Captain of the Carolina Hickory Golf Association, reports on the second annual CHGA Open Championship. Our 2022 championship was contested June 23-24 on the sporty 9-hole Tryon Country Club course. Players go around twice, and play two different greens on hole No. 5 /15 – straightaway the first time, and on the second, a sharp dogleg right over […]
June 28, 2022
June 28, 2022 This year’s Hickory Championship is over! The 2022 Championship was played at the Park Golf Club Ostrava, Šilheřovice, a unique course laid out in a Rothschild castle park among hundred-year-old trees. Despite unexpectedly small participation, it was successful in all aspects. Ideal weather, pitch in perfect condition (quite possibly the best I ever remember), amazing scenery of the […]
June 27, 2022
June 26, 2022Jacob Orcutt reports: A huge thank you and congratulations to the 29 hickory golfers (and two non-hickory golfers) who came out June 25 to compete in the second annual Smith-Collett Classic at Shennecossett Golf Course in Groton, Conn. The Donald Ross track presented a tough challenge for the entire field, with high temperatures and dry conditions making the […]
June 15, 2022
June 15, 2022 Pete Georgiady reports: Some 34 players from around the U.S. and Canada (and another six playing remotely) turned out for the 25th playing of the National Hickory Champion at the historic Foxburg Country Club. Seth Lomison was the winner of a playoff over Bill Geisler at the Mound Golf Course (Miamisburg, Ohio) in 2018 and the outright […]
June 14, 2022
June 14, 2022 Martin Pool reports: It rained all night. It rained all day. As yet another atmospheric river coursed over the Pacific Northwest in 2022, the Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship kicked off on June 5 at the historic Skagit Golf & Country Club (est. 1919) in Burlington, Wash. Forty-one intrepid players teed off on Day 1 for the ninth […]
June 10, 2022
June 9, 2022 By Alex Bruce Around 30 hickory golfers all gathered with two clubs each at the wonderful Tsu (pronounced two) Country Club to compete in the first Hickory Golf Two Club Grand Prix. It was a brilliant sunny day on a historic course that is perfectly arranged for a competitive game of hickory golf. It was interesting to see […]
June 8, 2022
WHO loves ya baby! Each regional hickory golf group from the East coast to the West, has its own flavor, its own style and favorite events. Its players come to know one another like a family, looking forward to the next meeting and often socializing outside of hickory golf. Few groups epitomize the characteristic camaraderie that hickory golf encourages as […]
May 31, 2022
It’s been ever so long. The 1930s, some say, but hickory golf has returned to Western Australia thanks to the incredible ingenuity and pluck of four Perth golfers who braved extraordinarily lovely conditions to take on the Seaview Golf Club course for a morning round. Dan Cullen, Tim Holmes, Mike Gordon, and Clayton Gunning were the intrepid foursome bringing the […]
It’s the course golf history buffs love to hear about, even better, to play. Foxburg Country Club in Foxburg, Pa., dates to the late 1800s and is one of the first, indeed, some say THE first golf course in the country. That discussion is for another time. Our purpose here is to share a little video about the course produced […]
May 26, 2022
The second annual Florida Hickory Open sponsored by the Florida State Golf Association was completed May 24, 2022, at 1924 Bradenton Country Club. The course was in fantastic shape playing hard and fast like a Scottish links. Will Peterson held off a challenge from Bradley Turner to defend his title from a year ago at Sara Bay Country Club. Jeff […]
Denny Olson reports: A successful event was enjoyed by all at this year’s Mid-American Hickory Open, May 20-22, at Soangetaha Country club in Galesburg, Ill. We had 43 participants from six states and Scotsman, Angus Rollo, who now hails from Hvalsoe, Denmark. We began in the rain Saturday morning but finished in sunshine. The course was great, and the staff […]
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The Spring/Summer 2026 edition of A Wee Nip has been mailed. Thanks to all who contributed! Click on the cover image to view the latest edition.The PlusFour Podcast hosted by Rob Birman regularly publishes interviews with hickory golfers, leaders in the hickory golf world and golf historians. Rob is a gifted interviewer and his guests are both knowledgeable and interesting. It's a good mix. The latest is an interview with Stephen Proctor, whose recent book, Matchless, brings to life the storied careers of golf's legendary women greats, including Joyce Wethered and Glenna Collett. Click here for the latest episode (airing Monday, Nov. 17).
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