HICKORY GOLF NEWS

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

April 21, 2019    Hickory golfers have a generous side. Besides the enjoyment of the sport, more and more tournament directors and players are adding charitable components to their events, just like the Big Golf Tours.    Mike Stevens, a Tampa, Fla. teaching professional who helps to manage the Florida Hickory Golfers, is the host of the annual U.S. Pro […]

April 17, 2019 Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona’s dry air must be great for hickories. There’s the Arizona Desert Hickory Classic for one thing. And the players near the Tatum Ranch Golf Club have come up with a way to share their enthusiasm for the sport with neighboring clubs. Steve Simer tells the story: We here at Tatum Ranch Golf Club in […]

After finding room for 48 waitlisted participants for the 2019 U.S. Hickory Open, organizer Marty Joy says only one name remains on the list and, even better, there is a very good chance that if you have the time and ability to get to Charlevoix, Mich. between June 20-22, you, too, may have a very good chance to get into the […]

March 18, 2019 The Florida Hickory Golfers completed an outing at the historic Winter Park Country Club & Golf Course March 16-17, with a message for other hickory golfers:  “This 9-hole course is a real gem and should definitely be on your list of places to play with your hickory clubs,” says FHG leader Mike Stevens. “We had fabulous weather both […]

March 15, 2019Metamora, Ill.By Cathy Lane Among the many U.S. regional and world hickory golf groups celebrating World Hickory Golf Day, the Honorable Company of Hickory Golfers, Illinois’ only hickory golf association, had a memorable start. On Nov. 16, 2013, a beautiful day in late fall, friends Jeff Browning and Denny Lane played nine holes at Hillcrest Golf Center in […]

By Jim Davis The Happy Hollow Club in Omaha, Neb. has been announced as the site for the 2020 U.S. Hickory Open. The club was established in 1907. The current site was obtained in 1922 and the Chicago golf design firm of Langford & Moreaux was hired to build a 27-hole course over 230 acres. The course opened for play […]

March 3, 2019 – Tournament Director Michael Sloan reports: The second annual Houston Hickory Team Challenge was held Feb. 9-10 at High Meadow Ranch Golf Course in Tomball, Texas. We had nine teams, which translates to 18 players. High Meadow Ranch Golf Course is unique in that it has three 6-hole loops instead of two 9-hole loops. We play the […]

March 1, 2019 By Jim Davis While you’re celebrating Cinco de Mayo and the wonderful cultural heritage of our Mexican neighbors, add a hickory golf round to the day. The first Sunday in May has been designated as World Hickory Golf Day. Conceived by American hickory golfer and chairman of the APNational Golf Club, Durel Billy, the day was first […]

Feb. 28, 2019 General Ken Holtz, commander of hickory golf legions in the great American Southwest, files this report on the 2019 Arizona Desert Hickory Championship (which just gets better and better each year!): Each year, for two days in February, the golfing world of Sun City West, Ariz., goes back in time about 100 years… and has way more […]

Feb. 24, 2019 – Temple Terrace, Fla. Four-time U.S. Hickory Open Champion Jeremy Moe, of Boca Raton, Fla., won the 2019 U.S. Professional Hickory Golf Championship sponsored by the United States Golf Teachers Federation. His 77 was three clear of runner-up Thomas Garnier and the same score shot by Willie Smith in the first round at Myopia Hunt Club in […]

Feb. 21, 2019Nashville, Tenn. Ben Benoit sends the following report about the first golf show attended by the new Tennessee Hickory Golf Association. The show was Feb. 15-17 at the state fairgrounds in Nashville. Well the three-day show is over and it was a trip. The venue wasn’t the best and the soaking rains all weekend kept many away, which […]

By Jim Davis Winter golf can be tricky north of the Mason/Dixon. In fact, given changing climate patterns, winter golf in the south can now be iffy during the cold and grey months. That does not halt the intrepid hickory golfer, though. There are many who brave the chill and will look for snow-free days for a brisk game. Such […]