HICKORY GOLF NEWS

Mr. Woeckener adds 2019 Foxburg title to his USHO victory
August 13, 2019

Aug. 12, 2019 Tom Johnson, host of the Foxburg Hickory Championship, reports: Great camaraderie Great weather Great food Great golf The above were the features of the 11th Annual Foxburg Hickory Championship held amid beautiful skies, and the handsome home of Foxburg Country Club this past Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9 and 10. The FHC is a 36-hole hickory golf event […]

Tom Johnson is “Keeper of the Spirit” at 2019 Wisconsin Gutty Challenge
July 27, 2019

July 25 – Eagle, Wisc. Event host Greg Smith reports: The 2019 Wisconsin Gutty Challenge was held July 18-21 at the Eagle Springs Golf Resort in Eagle, Wisc. The course was in great shape and the staff treated us very well.  I am very proud to announce the following list of champions. Open Division Champion  – Tom Johnson. Senior Park Division […]

Low-score 71 sets record at 2019 Gearhart Hickory Classic
July 26, 2019

July 25, 2019 – Olympia, Washington Event host Rob Ahlschwede reports: The 2019 Gearhart Hickory Classic is in the books. Forty-five players in four divisions faced interesting pin placements and greens that ran to 11.5 on the stimp meter. Fairways were hard and fast and that led to some great scoring. It also led to some head scratching and the […]

Jeremy Wright ‘3-peats’ as 2019 Heart of America Champion
July 25, 2019

July 20, Des Moines, Iowa Bill Reed, tournament host, reports: The 2019 edition of the HoA has been completed. The Open Medal Champion was a three-peat for Jeremy Wright of Louisville, Ky. He had to put in overtime to do so as he finished the 36-hole tournament in a tie with Gary Youngberg of Ames, Iowa. Wright shot 73-75 and […]

Video footage highlights 2019 USHO
June 28, 2019

A 10-minute video produced by a Belvedere Club member, a past president, presents several highlights of the 2019 U.S. Hickory Open, including interviews with committee members and players. The member, who wishes to remain anonymous, teamed with a Charlevoix video production company to produce the film. Belvedere’s PGA Professional, Dennis ‘Marty’ Joy, said the member is devoted to his club and […]

2019 USHO champ has been golfing since he was 6
June 26, 2019

By Jim Davis If you want to grow up to become a U.S. Hickory Open champion, it helps to have a father who loves golf, as well as a country club course adjacent to your backyard. Rick Woeckener had both. The youngest of three children, Woeckener, 50, was born in New Brunswick, N.J. and moved to the Miami area of […]

Woeckener wins title at picture-perfect 2019 USHO
June 25, 2019

June 25 – Charlevoix, Mich. By Jim Davis Early last year, when organizers of the 12th annual USHO were planning the tournament, June 13-15 were the original dates of choice. Later, for logistical reasons, Belvedere GC’s Head PGA Professional, Dennis “Marty” Joy, moved the date back a week, to June 20-22. A stroke of genius, that. For the weekend of […]

100-Hole Hike to benefit First Tee of Greater Charleston
June 15, 2019

June 15, 2019 Bo Turocy, the SoHG’s secretary and the head professional at Wescott Golf Club in Summerville, S.C., is participating in a First Tee fundraiser on Aug. 8 that involves a 100-hole golf marathon. He’s looking for pledges from his fellow hickory golfers. Here’s his note: “Hey everyone! I have an opportunity to use my passion for golf to […]

Results of the 2019 Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship
June 10, 2019

June 5, 2019 Martin Pool reports: Amid the towering fir trees, on a gorgeous sunny weekend in Seattle, the Northwest Hickory Players conducted its fifth rendition of the Pacific Northwest Hickory Championship. Thirty-nine players teed it up on June 1-2 at the historic Inglewood Golf Club, which is celebrating its centennial year.  The course is as challenging as they come, […]

Hickory golf getting start in Baton Rouge
June 6, 2019

June 6, 2019 Stan Spring of Baton Rouge, La., reports that things are going well in his quest to introduce hickory golf as an inducement to preserving the town’s City Park Golf Course, which had come under some pressure to close. “Yesterday, George Morris, feature writer for the Baton Rouge Advocate, came with his photographer to do a feature on […]

2019 Mid American Hickory Open Results
May 22, 2019

May 19, 2019 The first Mid American Hickory Open is in the books. Thirty-four players had a very wet, rain delayed first day. We dodged a bullet the second day, watching severe weather pass by to our north, and finished in sunshine. Thank you to the staff at Soangetaha Country Club in Galesburg, Ill. for letting us continue. You know […]

Results of 2019 Open Danish Hickory Championship
May 20, 2019

May 18, 2019 Copenhagen, Denmark On Saturday, May 18 the 8th Open Danish Hickory Championship was contested at the Asserbo Golf Club – north west of Copenhagen. Sweden’s Henrik Peyron (Helsingborg Golf Club) took the championship trophy with a very fine 78. Second was Dennis Willadsen (Ikast Tullamore Golf Club) of Denmark who was only two strokes off Henrik’s pace. The men’s […]

Results of 2019 Whistling Straits Challenge
May 13, 2019

May 13, 2019 Report by Ernie Ernst: We are certainly lucky here in Wisconsin to have so many great courses to play and 10 that are nationally recognized. We are even luckier that we get to play some of these courses with our hickory sticks in fun events. This weekend, May 10-11, the Whistling Straits Hickory Challenge was contested on […]

World Hickory Golf Day 2019
May 10, 2019

May 9, 2019 World Hickory Golf Day was celebrated by many playing groups around the U.S. and the world on May 5. Check the websites and Facebook pages of the groups for photos of how they spent the day. Posted below are several photos from groups who shared their hickory celebrations with us. If you have more photos to share, […]

Results of 2019 Southern Hickory Four-Ball Championship
May 9, 2019

May 2-4, 2019 Highland Park Golf Course Birmingham, Ala. Tad Moore reports that the 2019 Southern 4-Ball, May 2-4, enjoyed lovely weather and that 64 players and 32 teams entered the event hopeful of winning, but enjoying every minute of this classic team-play tournament. Everyone enjoyed a welcome party and trade show after the practice round on Thursday, a hearty […]

SoHG Housekeeping

The Autumn/Winter 2023 edition of A Wee Nip has been mailed to all members. A PDF has also been posted to the website. A Happy to New Year to everybody!
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Let us know about your hickory hole-in-one. Click here to check out reports from others who have managed this rare shot with a hickory club. Timothy Chenevert, of Baton Rouge, La., got his on the City Park Golf Course in late September.
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