HICKORY GOLF NEWS

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 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 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 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 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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

May 23, 2022 Bill Martin reports: Despite a slightly smaller turnout, our day at Hollywood, May 18, was a huge success from many perspectives. First the dirty details prior to filling in some of the blanks. 1st Gross – Jared Paletti 2nd Gross – Ron Perlman 1st Reserve – Michael O’Donnell 2nd Reserve – Bill Martin Hollywood did an outstanding […]

On the 14th of May a group of 23 players participated in the 2022 Open Danish Hickory Championship – this year played at Elsinore Golf Club. Due to covid, the tournament has been cancelled since 2019; however, due to all restrictions now lifted we had a lovely day at the old and challenging Elsinore golf course. Gross winner was Olle Dahlgren […]

By Alex Bruce There was a real festive atmosphere May 20, 2022 at Taiheiyo Club – Yachiyo Course as we walked up the winding path lined with large “Japan Hickory Masters Championship” banners from the clubhouse towards the starter’s house. It was a wonderful spring morning, and the players were splendidly dressed in knickerbocker fashion. As always, the ladies were […]

Friday, March 25, 2022. By Pete League Tournament Director Seven of the nine Texas First Tee chapters sent a four-person team to Onion Creek Club in Austin for the second Texas First Tee Hickory Championship. Only the El Paso and West Texas chapters were missing. The format was two two-person teams playing in a scramble, with the cumulative score of […]